The Drum Beat 543 - Communication and Change News and Issues
This issue includes:
- PLANNING MODELS: 5 selections
- Please VOTE in our Polio Poll
- CHANGE THEORIES: 4 selections
- CI's NRM theme site: NEW focus on climate change adaptation
- UNIVERSITIES: 7 selections
- Share Your OPPORTUNITIES: Development Classifieds
This section includes summaries of frameworks and models for guidance in communication planning and review exercises.
This approach seeks to identify and optimise existing successful solutions or strategies within the community or organisation to solve problems that require behaviour and social change. It is based on the observation that in every community or organisation, there are a few individuals or groups who have overcome or prevented a pervading problem while using the same resources as their peers.
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2. Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) Scale
This scale is intended to: (i) be multi-faceted and measure multiple domains within the construct of gender norms; (ii) address programme goals related to sexual and intimate relationships, and sexual and reproductive health and disease prevention; (iii) be broadly applicable yet culturally sensitive; and (iv) be easily administered so that a number of actors can take on this type of evaluation.
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3. RAPID Outcome Mapping Approach (ROMA)
ROMA draws on concepts of complexity, on outcome mapping tools, and tools for policy engagement which have been field-tested through more than 40 workshops and training courses worldwide. ROMA is designed so that each of the 8 steps systematically provides the policy entrepreneur with more information about the context s/he is working in so that s/he will be able to make better strategic choices.
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4. Situation Analysis Framework (SAF)
The diagram below summaries the logical linkages of the SAF components: Development Problem <===> Goal <===> Main Problem <===> Immediate Objectives <===> Problem Tree <===> Focal Problems <===> Communication Objectives <===> Communication Mode Design <===> Outputs <===> Activities <===> Inputs.
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A logic model is a map or simple illustration of what one does, why one does it, what one hopes to achieve, and how one will measure that achievement. It includes the anticipated outcomes of services, indicators of those outcomes, and measurement tools to evaluate the outcomes. The goal is to help clarify thinking about programmes and services in terms of how they are intended to work and what may need fine-tuning to make them more effective in producing positive results for families.
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Please VOTE in our new Polio Poll
Do you feel the polio experience has a lot to teach us about health communication?
This section includes summaries of theories and assumptions about the nature of change and how change can be encouraged and facilitated to inform strategy development and evaluation initiatives.
Appreciative inquiry "involves a significant shift in emphasis from local problems to local achievements, from participation to inspiration. By identifying and reinforcing positive and constructive actions, relationships and visions within a community, it encourages local ownership in activities that contribute to sustainable development and secure livelihoods at the village level."
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This theory provides a way of thinking about the planning of health promotion interventions that places a spotlight on the relationship between environmental and behavioural determinants of health. The approach assumes that our health is shaped by many environmental subsystems, including our family, community, workplace, cultural beliefs and traditions, economics, the physical world, and our web of social relationships. Health promotion efforts must thus be comprehensive, addressing those systems that adversely affect the person's capacity for living healthily.
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8. Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire - An Analysis
Freire puts forth an instructive strategy in which the individual learns to cultivate his or her own growth through situations from daily life that provide useful learning experiences. The method requires that students do more than simply reproduce the words that already exist; they must create their own words - words that allow them to become aware of reality in order to fight for their own emancipation.
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9. Ashe Transformational Model
This model was developed by the Ashe Performing Arts Company, based in Kingston, Jamaica. It is based on the image of people moving from the stage of a "caterpillar" to that of a "butterfly". It is essentially about letting go of the old way of being and creating a new way that is healthy and beneficial for all.
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FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CI, together with FAO's Communication for Sustainable Development Initiative (CSDI), has made a few changes to the Natural Resource Management theme site.
The home page of the site profiles a number of new resources on how communication is being used to support adaptation to climate change, as well as several regional platforms that have been working with CSDI on climate change adaptation (CCA).
CCA Resources
- Communication for Development: A Key to Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security: CSDI Strategy
- Advancing Adaptation through Communication for Development
- Collaborative Change: A Communication Framework for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security
- Communication Assessment and Action Plan for the LACC Project in Bangladesh
- Communication for Development: Facing the Challenges of Climate Change, Natural Resource Management, Risk Management and Food Security
- Indigenous Peoples' Communication for Development: Collaborative Efforts towards Self-determined Sustainable Development
CCA Platforms
- Plataforma de Comunicación para el Desarrollo
- Plataforma de comunicación indígena
- Onda Rural
- ComDev Near East
Click here for access to the resources and platforms.
This section contains a listing of universities and other academic institutions that offer post-graduate programmes related to communication, change, and development.
10. Osmania University - Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Housed in the College of Arts & Social Sciences, the Department of Communication and Journalism introduces students to the theories, principles, and problems of mass communications - emphasising the concept of freedom of information as the cornerstone of constitutional democracy. Specialisation tracks include: Masters in Communication and Journalism (MCJ), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Communication and Journalism, and PhD in Communication and Journalism.
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11. Swansea University - Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
The Master of Science (MSc) in International Communication and Development, within the Department of Political and Cultural Studies, is designed to provide students with a detailed understanding of the international system - in particular, the impact of culture on global politics and an understanding of the impact of political, economic, and cultural factors on news work.
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12. Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women's University - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Master of Science (MSc) in Extension Education provides students with understanding in extension systems, gender and development, development communication, research methods, theory, and practice of extension work. The Department lays emphasis on fieldwork in urban slum communities and exposure to rural communities. Students taking part in the Post Graduate (PG) Diploma in Communication and Media are trained to work in professional media environments including advertising, production studios, television channels, public relation firms, etc.
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13. University of Manchester - Manchester, United Kingdom
The Master of Arts (MA) in International Development: Social Policy and Social Development provides an opportunity to examine existing welfare policies and to develop professional skills in the formulation and implementation of social policies. A Research Training route is also available. An integral feature of this programme is overseas field study. A PhD is also offered.
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14. University of Sindh - Centre for Rural Development Communication (CRDC) - Jamshoro, Pakistan
The CRDC offers a one-semester professional Diploma in Rural Development Communication (DRDC). Participants have included government officials, non-governmental organisation (NGO) workers, and media professionals. The syllabus includes courses entitled: Development Communication; Understanding Rural Society; Media Workshop; and Field Work and Report.
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15. Ohio University - Athens, Ohio, United States
The Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIA): Communication & Development Studies stresses the use of communication to promote and support positive social development. The curriculum includes interdisciplinary perspectives on national development, area studies, and training in applied research methods. Online, non-credit certificate courses in participatory communication, strategic communication in development, and field research in non-western settings, among others, are also offered.
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16. University of the Witwatersrand - Johannesburg, South Africa
The Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Social and Behaviour Change Communication, conducted in partnership with the Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication, includes courses designed for people working in organisations or government in order to provide them with the skills they need to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate social and behaviour change communication programmes and interventions to address determinants of health and illness at multiple levels.
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