Personal Communication Networks and the Effects of an Entertainment-Education Radio Soap Opera in Tanzania

Mohammed, Shaheed Nick

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“…As a result, the video group had a higher proportion of intention to vaccinate their children with VarV. Previous researches on the use of entertainment health education had found mixed results on the effectiveness in completely behavior changing [ 26 , 27 ]. However, of the two independent education interventions, the video was designed to evoke an emotional interaction with participants, through its affective entertainment education storyline, and it caused an improvement in the VarV coverage by both 12 and 24 months of age.…”

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Evaluation of two health education interventions to improve the varicella vaccination: a randomized controlled trial from a province in the east China

Chen

2018

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundWe evaluated the effect of two Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM)-based health educational interventions on varicella vaccine (VarV) vaccination among pregnant women in a province in the east China.MethodsA prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted among 200 pregnant women with ≥12 gestation weeks to test two interventions, including a messaging video and a messaging booklet. The participants were randomly assigned into the control group, the video group or the booklet group. The VarV coverage at 12 and 24 months old was compared among the children of the three groups and relative risks (RRs) were calculated, by using the coverage of the control group as reference. The timeliness of VarV was also assessed. Furthermore, differences in the effects on the knowledge and attitude of VarV vaccination between the two interventions was evaluated.ResultsThe VarV coverage of their children by 24 months of age was 86.4%, 76.1% and 56.7% for the video group, the booklet group and the control group, respectively. The relative risks (RRs) for the coverage of VarV at 24 months of age were 4.8 (95% CI: 2.06–11.3) for the video group and 2.4 (95% CI: 1.2–5.1) for the booklet group. The means of delays were 57.3 days in the video group, 76.9 days in the booklet group, and 100.6 days in the control group. The proportion of women who intended to vaccinate their children with VarV was higher in the video group than the booklet group (93.9% vs. 82.1%, p < 0.05).ConclusionsOur findings indicated that perinatal health education through booklet or video could improve the coverage and schedule adherence for children’s VarV vaccination.

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Evaluation of two health education interventions to improve the varicella vaccination: a randomized controlled trial from a province in the east China

Chen

2018

BMC Public Health

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“…‘Adoption’ is defined as the uptake of the innovation, ideas or programme by the targeted audience [ 20 ]. The theory has been applied in a variety of ways across public health—in particular in HIV prevention [ 13 ] and family planning [ 25 , 26 ]—and there is empirical support for aspects of the theory in the broader public health literature [ 20 , 27 ]. It has not—to our knowledge—been applied to partner violence prevention interventions.…”

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“…According to the theory mass and mid media channels are most effective in generating awareness, identification and knowledge about new ideas and behaviours [ 20 , 26 ]. Interpersonal communication about the new ideas is, in turn, influential in persuading individuals to adopt or reject new behaviours [ 25 , 28 ] and those more ‘homophilious’ or similar, such as peers, have the greatest sway [ 20 ].…”

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Examining diffusion to understand the how of SASA!, a violence against women and HIV prevention intervention in Uganda

et al. 2018

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BackgroundA growing number of complex public health interventions combine mass media with community-based “change agents” and/or mobilisation efforts acting at multiple levels. While impact evaluations are important, there is a paucity of research into the more nuanced roles intervention and social network factors may play in achieving intervention outcomes, making it difficult to understand how different aspects of the intervention worked (or did not). This study applied aspects of diffusion of innovations theory to explore how SASA!, a community mobilisation approach for preventing HIV and violence against women, diffused within intervention communities and the factors that influenced the uptake of new ideas and behaviours around intimate partner relationships and violence.MethodsThis paper is based on a qualitative study of couples living in SASA communities and secondary analysis of endline quantitative data collected as part of a cluster randomised control trial designed to evaluate the impact of the SASA! intervention. The primary trial was conducted in eight communities in Kampala, Uganda between 2007 and 2012. The secondary analysis of follow up survey data used multivariate logistic regression to examine associations between intervention exposure and interpersonal communication, and relationship change (n = 928). The qualitative study used in-depth interviews (n = 20) and framework analysis methods to explore the intervention attributes that facilitated engagement with the intervention and uptake of new ideas and behaviours in intimate relationships.ResultsWe found communication materials and mid media channels generated awareness and knowledge, while the concurrent influence from interpersonal communication with community-based change agents and social network members more frequently facilitated changes in behaviour. The results indicate combining community mobilisation components, programme content that reflects peoples’ lives and direct support through local change agents can facilitate diffusion and powerful collective change processes in communities.ConclusionsThis study makes clear the value of applying diffusion of innovations theory to illuminate how complex public health intervention evaluations effect change. It also contributes to our knowledge of partner violence prevention in a low-income, urban East African context.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov #NCT00790959. Registered 13th November 2008.

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“…RE-AIM framework allows us to examine how affordability, accessibility, and awareness at multiple levels influence adoption and sustained use of LPG [ 33 , 34 , 36 ] in study aim 1 and study aim 2. In addition, gender networks in communities also influence uptake and use of health interventions [ 38 ]. Aim 3 explores the relative influence of personal gender networks of males and females in selected households and their impact on LPG adoption.…”

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“…Personal social networks of individuals in communities influence awareness levels, which in turn drive adoption, implementation, and maintenance of stoves [ 39 ]. Implementation of health interventions are impacted by the personal networks of men and women in the households [ 38 , 39 ]. Both men and women play a critical role in adopting, implementing, and maintaining cleaner cooking technologies like LPG [ 39 ].…”

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Adoption and sustained use of cleaner cooking fuels in rural India: a case control study protocol to understand household, network, and organizational drivers

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BackgroundImplementing efficient stoves and clean fuels in low and middle-income countries are critical for improving health of poor women and children and improve the environment. Cleaner biomass stoves, however, perform poorly against the World Health Organization’s indoor air quality guidelines. This has shifted the focus to systematic dissemination and implementation of cleaner cooking systems such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) among poor communities. Even when there is some uptake of LPG by poor communities, its sustained use has been low. Concurrent use of LPG with traditional biomass cookstoves compromises reductions in household air pollution and limits health and environmental dividends. Therefore understanding key drivers of adoption and sustained implementation of clean fuels among the poor is critical. There is a significant gap, however, in the research to understand determinants and sustained exclusive use of clean fuels in rural poor communities.Methods/designUsing a case control study design, this study will explore the impact of affordability, accessibility, and awareness on adoption and sustained use of LPG among rural poor communities of India. The study uses a multistage random sampling to collect primary data from 510 households. Case group or LPG adopters constitute 255 households while control group or non-LPG adopters constitute the remaining 255 households. The study will deploy sophisticated stove use monitoring sensors in each of the stoves in 100 case group households to monitor stove use and stacking behavior (using clean and traditional systems of cooking) of participants for 12 months. Moreover, this will be the first study to explore the impact of personal social networks striated by gender on LPG adoption. This study is guided by the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) implementation science evaluation framework.DiscussionLessons from this study will feed into a larger discussion on developing a pro-poor strategy to foster uptake and sustained use of cleaner cooking systems such as LPG. Understanding the determinants of adoption and sustained use of cleaner cooking systems through the RE-AIM framework will expand our insights on implementation of cleaner cooking systems among poor communities and will advance implementation science in the clean cooking sector. A thorough study of such implementation strategies is crucial to realize multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals on global health, climate change, and energy security.

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Personal Communication Networks and the Effects of an Entertainment-Education Radio Soap Opera in Tanzania

Cited by 31 publications

References 12 publications

Evaluation of two health education interventions to improve the varicella vaccination: a randomized controlled trial from a province in the east China

Evaluation of two health education interventions to improve the varicella vaccination: a randomized controlled trial from a province in the east China

Examining diffusion to understand the how of SASA!, a violence against women and HIV prevention intervention in Uganda

Adoption and sustained use of cleaner cooking fuels in rural India: a case control study protocol to understand household, network, and organizational drivers

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