Mass media HIV awareness and behaviour change
Health promotion campaigns conducted through mass media, such as radio, television, video, posters and magazines, have been shown to raise awareness of HIV risk and the importance of abstinence, faithfulness and condom use. There is evidence that mass media and social marketing campaigns have been most effective when combined with educational materials, sexual and reproductive health services, and interpersonal interventions.
Recommended readings
- Impact of the HEART campaign: findings from the youth surveys, 1999 and 2000
- ( C. Underwood / Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University , 2000)
- The Helping Each other Act Responsibly Together (HEART) campaign, designed for youth by youth, informs young people about HIV/AIDS, promotes abstinence and condom use. The Campaign was designed to pro...
- Intervention strategies that work for youth: summary of the FOCUS on young adults
- ( B. Finger; M. Lapetina; M. Pribila / YouthNet, Family Health International , 2002)
- What kinds of programs work in their attempts to promote youth reproductive health and HIV prevention? What factors make some programs successful and others less so? This document reports on programs ...
- Selling safe sex to young people - does youth-targeted social marketing work?
- ( Lori Asford;Sohail Agha / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2001)
- Young people in sub-Saharan Africa often lack accurate information about sexuality and reproductive health. Social attitudes towards sex make it difficult for them to protect themselves against pregna...
- Fighting HIV/AIDS with awareness: the case of rural Uganda
- ( Jimmy Whitworth;Cedric Mahe;Sam M Mbulaiteye;Jessica Nakiyingi;Anthony Ruberantwari;Aamato Ojwiya;Anatoli Kamali / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- The AIDS epidemic is sweeping sub-Saharan Africa at an alarming rate. However there are exceptions to the trend. The number of AIDS sufferers in both rural and urban areas of Uganda has been falling...







