Plenary
SBCC Spotlight
- Anuradha, Breakthrough Team Change Leader, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Voices of Girls against Early and Child Marriage-Feminist Approach to Technology, India
Session 1
Listening to Learn
Format: Oral Presentations
Moderator: Ajai Kumar S, Team Lead, Strategic Communications, John Snow India
- Lost in Translation: Language Needs Assessments in Humanitarian Crises (Peter Squires)
- Communication Failed: Health Communication Targeted for Tribal Women and Way Forward in India (Nirmalya Mukherjee, Shipra Joshi, Arpita Mitra)
- Increasing Listenership to a Radio Drama by identifying Audience Needs and acting upon them: Experiences of adapting Bhanchhin Aama (Mother Says) in Nepal (Indra Dhoj Kshetri, Ramesh Dhakal, Kenda Cunningham, Pooja Pandey)
Session 2
Expanding Communication Possibilities
Format: Oral Presentations
Moderator: Radharani Mitra, Global Creative Advisor, BBC Media Action
- Using the Approach of Co-creation to Design Culturally Appropriate SBCC Materials for Uttar Pradesh’s (India) First Breastfeeding Cubicle (Sarah Tanishka Nethan, Shatarupa Bandopadhyay, Abdul Qadir, Raj Shekhar, Aarti Kumar, Vishwajeet Kumar)
- Better Diets for Smallholder Farmers and Workers in the Tea Sector: Leveraging Business Channels to Reach Vulnerable Populations through a Multi-Component Behaviour Change Communications (BCC) Approach (Mirjam Kneepkens, Genevia Stone, Biju Mushahary, Catherine Macharia-Mutie, Barbel Weiligmann, Christina Nyhus-Dhillon)
Session 3
Amplifying Innovation
Format: Oral Presentations
Moderator: Barsha Chakroborty, Lead – Digital Engagement, Partnerships and Advocacy, Breakthrough India
- Creating a Scalable Model for Healthcare Delivery and Patient Centered Care in Rural India using Telemedicine: A Positive Deviance Inquiry and Intervention (Pallavi Jain, Anu Sachdev, Arvind Singhal, Jagdeep Gambhir) PPT presentation available here
- Using Machine Learning to improve Quality Assurance of Behaviour Change Communication Program in Madhya Pradesh, India (Neha Shah, Diwakar Mohan, Kerry Scott, Amnesty Lefevre)
- Helping Local Leaders Solve Local Problems: Incorporating Evidence-Based SBC into Nepal’s Newly Federalised System Including Government, Academia and Partners (Pranab Rajbhandari, Shreejana K. C., Caroline Jacoby, Sanjanthi Velu, Zoe Hendrickson, TrishAnn Davis, Thaneswor Koirala)
- Successful Parenting – a Public-Private Sector Partnership Saving Lives in Northern India (Pallavi Dhall, Surya AV, Susan Mackay, Pradakshana Kaul, Smita Singh, Abhishek Singh)
Session 4
Overcoming Demand Barriers
Format: Oral Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Archna Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of Development Communication & Extension, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.
- Boosting Routine Immunisation Demand Generation – The Indian Experience (Varsha Chanda, Nisar Ahmad, Bhawani Shankar Tripathy, Rania Elessawi)
- Digital Vaccine Platform to Reduce Risk of Lifestyle and Nutrition Related Diabetes and improve Self-Care among Pediatric Diabetic Patients: Ongoing RCT of Longitudinal Outcomes (Bhargav Sri Prakash)
- Vaccine Indicator and Reminder (VIR) Band Community Intervention: Formative Evaluation Study, Karachi, Pakistan (Noor Sabah Rakhshani)
Session 5
Innovating and Collaborating – Making Strides for Behaviour Change
Format: Oral Presentations
Moderator:Shivani Kapoor, SBC Expert
- Changing Hygiene Behaviours and Gender Norms: Practical Experiences from South Asia WASH Results Programme in Bangladesh (Mitali Das, Mosa Effat Nur)
- Promotion of Biofortified Orange Sweet Potato with Social Marketing Strategies in North India Increases Demand for a more Diverse Diet (Kathryn Merckel)
- Less is More: Prioritising Behaviors for Effective Multi-Sectoral Nutrition SBC (Lisa Sherburne, Michael Manske, Laura Itzkowitz, Kelsey Torres, Fartun Yussuf)
Session 6
New Insight for Inclusion in Sexuality and Gender
Format: Oral Presentations
Moderator: Anupama Srinivasan, Asst. Director REACH, India
- Development and Validation of a Theory Based Gender Norms Scale (The GNS) (Erica Sedlander, Jeffrey Bingenheimer, Michael Long, Minati Swain, Nadia Diamond-Smith, Rajiv Rimal)
- A Knowledge Platform on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Nujhat Khan, Arnob Chakrabarty) PPT presentation available here
Session 7
Breaking New Ground to Encourage Atypical Approaches
Format: Comms Talk
Moderator: Sanjeev Kumar, SBCC Expert
- Why We Are Not the Experts (Mehek Ali, Kausar S. Khan)
- The Future of Online Campaigns for Social Change: Learnings from #Isthislove Campaign to Address Intimate Partner Violence in India (Surabhi Srivastava, Vithika Yadav)
Session 8
Breaking New Ground to Encourage Atypical Approaches
Format: Comms Talk
Moderator: Sanjeev Kumar, SBCC Expert
- Why We Are Not the Experts (Mehek Ali, Kausar S. Khan)
- The Future of Online Campaigns for Social Change: Learnings from #Isthislove Campaign to Address Intimate Partner Violence in India (Surabhi Srivastava, Vithika Yadav)
