Behavior Change & Communications

According to USAID, behavior change and communications focuses on facilitating and encouraging health-promoting behaviors. It uses behavior as a lens to ensure appropriate use of and demand for improved services; it also maintains this approach in planning and designing infrastructure and services. Resources available in this sub-theme include school hygiene seminars, hygiene support contacts, and information on safe hygiene practices.

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Behavior Change & Communications Resources

Improving the Lives of People Living With HIV Through WASH: Water Sanitation and Hygiene Trainer Guide

Published: 
January 1, 2012
U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of this training is to reduce the incidence of disease among PLHIV through improved WASH practices at health facilities and in the home.Read more

Improving the Lives of People Living With HIV Through WASH: Water Sanitation and Hygiene Participant Guide

Published: 
January 1, 2012
U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of this training is to reduce the incidence of disease among PLHIV through improved WASH practices at health facilities and in the home.Read more

USAID Ghana WASH Project: Modules for Training Community Facilitators in Behavior Change Communication in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion

Published: 
May 1, 2011
U.S. Agency for International Development
The manual is made up of two parts. The first part, Training Manual for Community Facilitators in Behavior Change Communication in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Sector, provides detailed content and additional information on topics discussed during the training sessions. Copies may be...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Workshop Design for the Training of Trainers

Published: 
June 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This training guide describes a 10-day workshop for trainers who will train field workers in performing the tasks needed to work with communities on water and sanitation activities. The training can cover activities involving technical skills, such as latrine construction, spring capping, or well...Read more

Maintaining Safe Water Supply and Sanitation: Student Text

Published: 
January 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
Unhygienic conditions, such as improper excreta disposal and unsafe water supply, which are common conditions in many of our rural communities, lead to increased illness of the residents and can lead to death, particularly for children. Poor personal hygiene habits also lead to increased illness...Read more
Regional focus: 
LesothoSub-Saharan Africa

Who Will Go for the Ball? A WASH Education Comic Book

Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This behavior change communications tool was designed by teenagers in Ghana to get their peers to think about WASH in their daily lives.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

My Health, My Wealth: The WASH Funtivity Book

Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This behavior change communications tool, designed for children 6-12 years of age, is full of fun activities to get kids thinking about proper sanitation and hygiene practices.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

USAID Ghana WASH Project: Winrock International's Behavior Change Communication (BCC) Strategy for the Ghana WASH Project

U.S. Agency for International Development
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) are powerful drivers of human development, as they affect quality of life through improved health and rising wealth. Behavior change interventions are crucial to not only improving hygienic health, but also generating multiplier social impacts. Awareness is...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Delivering Effective WASH Training

Published: 
December 19, 2016
This workshop gives you the knowledge and skills you need to effectively facilitate and adapt lessons on WASH. During this workshop you build core skills in the areas of communication, instruction and facilitation. You are also exposed to basic concepts in lesson design. After completing the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

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