FOR HIV/AIDS
A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
This work was supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of Family
Health International’s Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care (IMPACT) Project (Cooperative Agreement
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FHI implements the USAID IMPACT Project in partnership with the Institute of Tropical Medicine Management
Sciences for Health Population Services International Program for Appropriate Technology in Health and the
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BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION (BCC)
FOR HIV/AIDS
A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
GLOSSARY
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I.
INTRODUCTION
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II.
THE ROLE OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION
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III.
THE PROCESS OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE: A FRAMEWORK
FOR BCC DESIGN
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IV.
BCC GOALS
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V.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
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VI.
FHI’s APPROACH
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VII.
BCC STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
State program goals
Involve stakeholders
Identify target populations
Conduct formative BCC assessments
Segment target populations
Define behavior change objectives
Design BCC strategy and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan
Develop communication products
Pre-testing
Implement and monitor
Evaluation
Feedback and redesign
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VIII.
CHALLENGES
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IX.
MANAGEMENT OF BCC AND BUDGET
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X.
CAPACITY-BUILDING
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XI.
LINKAGES AND PARTNERSHIPS
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XII.
CONCLUSION
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XIII.
FURTHER READING
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GLOSSARY
BEHAVIOR CHANGE INTERVENTION (BCI): A combination of activities/interventions tailored to the needs of a specific group and developed with that group to help reduce risk behaviors and vulnerability to
HIV by creating an enabling environment for individual and