Communication manuals
- Step-by-step plan for health communication strategies in the Caribbean
- Pan American Health Organization, 2000
- This manual is designed to assist anyone who wants to influence health behaviour in Caribbean communities. It is designed to support those health promotion initiatives that address behaviour change in different environments. The manua...
- Practical advice for creating an HIV/AIDS information resource on the radio
- G. Adam; N. Harford / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999
- This paper argues that improvement in HIV/AIDS mass communications can only be brought about by the local media. The authors have drawn on examples of how radio has been used successfully in this field, to develop a series of guidelin...
- Training manuals to improve the impact of health research
- Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, 2002
- Series of training modules, aiming to to support strategies to increase the impact of health research on policy, programmes and practice through training and institutional development. They focus on practical experience and best pract...
- Guide to designing a national communication for development policy
- Communication for Development, FAO SD Dimensions, 2003
- Short guide based on West African experience in designing a communication for development policy. It identfies seventeen key methodological stages in the definition and implementation phases of a communication programme. The gu...
- Manual for setting up community information resource centres
- K. Mchombu / Oxfam, 2004
- This is a handbook intended for rural community members who want to better share information. It is aimed specifically at those who want to start a Community Information Resource Centre (CIRC). Tha handbook begins by discussing the ro...
- Manual on effective writing skills
- A. Barker; F. Manji / Fahamu, 2002
- Guide to effective writing, aimed at researchers, campaigners, scientists, fundraisers, project managers, social activists and people who train writers. It includes practical examples and exercises. It focuses on three skill areas: ...
- Reforming agricultural university teaching in Africa
- H. Michelsen; L.W. Zuidema; C.H. Hoste; D. Shapiro / International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2003
- Universities in sub-Saharan Africa have been widely criticized for being too academic and remote from the practical needs of the societies that they are supposed to serve. Yet these universities often include among their faculty a gre...
- Manual on advocacy techniques
- S. Sprechmann; E. Pelton / CARE International, 2001
- This manual is a training guide designed to familiarise program managers with key advocacy concepts and techniques. The paper looks at the ways to contextualise policies, or the lack of them, in order to develop the most approp...
- Practical guide aimed at southern NGOs working in reproductive health
- J. van Kampen / EU/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia, 2002
- This is a basic guide outlining reasons and methods for Southern NGOs to engage with the media. The author begins by discussing a number of reasons for organisations to actively engage with the media and benefits that can accrue from ...
- Manual on working with the media during vaccine trials
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
- This handbook aims to to equip scientists with ideas, skills, and knowledge on how to relate to the media and thereby reach the general public and some specific groups. While focused in HIV vaccine trials, the advice on how to ...
- Practical advice for creating an HIV/AIDS information resource on the radio
- G. Adam; N. Harford / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999
- This paper argues that improvement in HIV/AIDS mass communications can only be brought about by the local media. The authors have drawn on examples of how radio has been used successfully in this field, to develop a series of guidelin...
- Training manuals to improve the impact of health research
- Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, 2002
- Series of training modules, aiming to to support strategies to increase the impact of health research on policy, programmes and practice through training and institutional development. They focus on practical experience and best pract...
- Guide to designing a national communication for development policy
- Communication for Development, FAO SD Dimensions, 2003
- Short guide based on West African experience in designing a communication for development policy. It identfies seventeen key methodological stages in the definition and implementation phases of a communication programme. The gu...
- Manual for setting up community information resource centres
- K. Mchombu / Oxfam, 2004
- This is a handbook intended for rural community members who want to better share information. It is aimed specifically at those who want to start a Community Information Resource Centre (CIRC). Tha handbook begins by discussing the ro...
- Manual on effective writing skills
- A. Barker; F. Manji / Fahamu, 2002
- Guide to effective writing, aimed at researchers, campaigners, scientists, fundraisers, project managers, social activists and people who train writers. It includes practical examples and exercises. It focuses on three skill areas: ...
- Reforming agricultural university teaching in Africa
- H. Michelsen; L.W. Zuidema; C.H. Hoste; D. Shapiro / International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2003
- Universities in sub-Saharan Africa have been widely criticized for being too academic and remote from the practical needs of the societies that they are supposed to serve. Yet these universities often include among their faculty a gre...
- Manual on advocacy techniques
- S. Sprechmann; E. Pelton / CARE International, 2001
- This manual is a training guide designed to familiarise program managers with key advocacy concepts and techniques. The paper looks at the ways to contextualise policies, or the lack of them, in order to develop the most approp...
- Practical guide aimed at southern NGOs working in reproductive health
- J. van Kampen / EU/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia, 2002
- This is a basic guide outlining reasons and methods for Southern NGOs to engage with the media. The author begins by discussing a number of reasons for organisations to actively engage with the media and benefits that can accrue from ...
- Manual on working with the media during vaccine trials
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
- This handbook aims to to equip scientists with ideas, skills, and knowledge on how to relate to the media and thereby reach the general public and some specific groups. While focused in HIV vaccine trials, the advice on how to ...
- Communications and development: a practical guide
- A. Burke / Department for International Development, UK, 1999
- Practical guide to use of communications media in development programmes (written with DFID programmes in mind). Issues covered are Why communication is important Guide to implement development communication p...
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