Through a systematic review of the literature, this article summarizes and evaluates
evidence for the effectiveness of mass media interventions for child survival. To be included …

Getting health reform right: a guide to improving performance and equity Page 1 160 Bulletin of
the World Health Organization |February 2006, 84 (2) Books & Electronic Media a Technical …

Cable and satellite television have spread rapidly throughout the developing world. These
media sources expose viewers to new information about the outside world and other ways of …

An entertainment‐education radio soap opera introduced in Tanzania in 1993 was
evaluated by means of afield experimental design in which the radio program was broadcast …

Background Nigeria has the highest population in sub-Saharan Africa with high birth and
growth rates. There is therefore need for family planning to regulate and stabilize this …

Low-and middle-income countries, where emerging diseases often make their debut, are
also likely to bear the harshest consequences of a potential influenza pandemic. Yet public …

The field of development communication is dominated by two conceptual models: diffusion
and participation. These models have distinct theoretical roots and differing emphases in …

Objective Ghana, like the rest of West Africa, has very low contraceptive prevalence and is
one of a few nations that reports declines in contraceptive use over time based on two of the …

This study examines the associations between multimedia behavior change communication
(BCC) campaigns and women's and men's use of and intention to use modern contraceptive …

The above travesty of the first sentences of The Communist Manifesto, combined with the
opening reflections on 'anxieties of the global'in Indian anthropologist Arjun Appadurai's …