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Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas

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Report for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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This report attempts to fill some gaps in knowledge about the organisational and institutional features of behavior change radio dramas. The report looks at the development and production of radio serial dramas and soap operas that entertain as well as educate the public about positive reproductive health behaviors relating to HIV/AIDS, STDs and family planning. The text of the full report is available below, section by section.

Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas


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Contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Introduction
  3. Methodology
  4. Synthesis of Findings
  5. Replicable Features
  6. Case Studies

- Rruga MePisha

  • Bolivia - Wila Kasta
  • Burundi - Our Neighbours Ourselves
  • Cambodia - Lotus on Muddy Lake
  • India - Tinka Tinka Sukh
  • Kenya - Tembea Na Majira
  • Malawi - Zimachitika
  • Nepal - Cut Your Coat and Service Brings Reward
  • Rwanda - Urunana
  • South Africa - Soul City
  • St Lucia - Apwé Plezi
  • Tanzania - Twende Na Wakati
  • Vanuatu - Famili Blong Serah
  • West Africa (Regional) - Yamba Songo
  • References
  • Acronyms/Abbreviations



    • Annexes:
    * Contact list
    * At-a-glance Table of Case-Studies




    Acknowledgements [back to TOC]



    Thanks to respondents' openness and honesty, I was able to get a good sense of their projects' strengths and weaknesses, and am grateful to all the project holders, staff, researchers and donor agency representatives who gave me their time and insights. I wish them all the best of luck in their wonderful work.


    Particular thanks go to Nicola Harford for her guidance throughout the project, and comments on the first draft of this report. Thanks also to staff at CDC for their support and patient editing work.

    Mary Myers
    Development Communications Consultant (Freelance)
    St Anne's Cottage
    Wardour, Tisbury
    Wiltshire, United Kingdom
    marymyers@zoo.co.uk

    Anne Sebert, MPH
    Axiom Resource Management
    656 Albion Street
    Denver, Colorado, USA
    annesebert@hotmail.com

    Sharon Bell
    2542 Coralwood Rd.
    Decatur, Georgia, USA