Social Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) Strategies for Community Awareness, Mobilization and Participation for Adoption of Arsenic Free Water Consumption Practices -Pakistan

Until recent time, the Nigerian space is besieged with issues emanating from “End-SARS” agitation, masterminded by some aggrieved youths who publicly protest to seek redress in fundamental issues that are affecting the Nigerian front in the 21st century. These issues include police brutalities, corrupt governance, hardship, weak political system, incessant killings, poverty, tribalism, divide, and rule system, and suffering. Their means of agitation include public demonstrations, blockade of governmental establishments, and disruption of governmental and non-governmental economic and social activities. This further paves room for hoodlums to acerbate their heinous and malicious acts, which includes likes of youth restiveness, shop breaking, theft, looting, and destruction of properties. These malicious dichotomies unequivocally increase the pain, suffering, hunger, and death of the people and threaten the existence of the Nigerian state. The study, therefore, aims at identifying the cause and effect of “End-SARS” agitation in the Nigerian space, drawing reference from Uzo Nwamara’s Dance of the Delta. To achieve this, Textual Analytical Approach and Social and Behavioural Change Communication Theory are employed as guides. Uzo Nwamara as a new generational Nigerian playwright strives in his plays to address issues of terrorism, youth restiveness, political bigotry, and tribal sentiments. Amongst the major suggestions, the study insists that job opportunities should be made available to the Nigerian youths as that would help decrease the rate of crime which paves room for the establishment of SARS and other crime-related agencies that are positioned to tackle crimes in the Nigerian state.

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Effect of community based behavioural change communication intervention to improve neonatal mortality in developing countries: A Systematic Review

JBI Library of Systematic Reviews ◽

10.11124/jbisrir-2011-112 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 9 (40) ◽

pp. 1650-1678

Author(s):

Dejene Tilahun ◽

Zewdie Birhanu

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Neonatal Mortality ◽

Behavioural Change ◽

Communication Intervention ◽

Community Based ◽

Change Communication ◽

Behavioural Change Communication

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Climate change communication programs – a case study for local government managers in Thuan An district, Binh Duong province

Science and Technology Development Journal ◽

10.32508/stdj.v19i2.696 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 18-27

Author(s):

Tuan Ngoc Le ◽

Trang Thi Thu Dien

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Human Activities ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Community Awareness ◽

Change Communication ◽

Object Properties ◽

Management Capacity ◽

Communication Programs

95% of the causes of climate change (CC), according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), are rooted from human activities. Raising community awareness is, thus, the primary solution to the issue. This research aims to develop communication programs to raise public awareness of CC, a case study in Thuan An District. The context, object properties, information gaps, and communication demand, etc. have been surveyed and documented. Thereby, the CC communication programs were proposed, including: objectives, messages, media, and compatible communication activities, etc. The communication materials (manuals, posters, training books, etc.) were also compiled accordingly. This model can be expanded in other areas, contributing to improvement of managers’ awareness and management capacity, and then being more proactive in coping to the current situation of CC in the province.

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Understanding and affecting school water behaviour using technological interventions

10.31224/osf.io/c7ujh ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cheroline Ripunda` ◽

Marthinus Johannes Booysen

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Water Consumption ◽

Behavioural Change ◽

Consumption Patterns ◽

Smart Meter ◽

Usage Pattern ◽

Water Usage ◽

Technological Interventions ◽

Break Time ◽

The Mean

This paper studies and reports the water usage behaviour of a primary school in Stellenbosch in the period leading up to the 2018 drought. The aims of the study was to characterise water consumption patterns for a school, and to quantify the effects of the technology-driven interventions on behavioural change. Three interventions were implemented using smart meter data: posters, playing cards, and daily presentations. The school’s water usage pattern was found to be predictive and regular, except for daily losses, which were extrapolated from measured nightly flow. The water usage distribution was Gaussian with the mean being centred around break time. The interventions were able to reduce water consumption of the school by 44% when compared to the use of a school in the same town where the interventions were not implemented.

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Water Consumption and Management in Schools in the City of Alicante (Southern Spain) (2000–2017): Free Water Helps Promote Saving Water?

Water ◽

10.3390/w12041052 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 1052

Author(s):

Álvaro-Francisco Morote ◽

María Hernández ◽

Jorge Olcina ◽

Antonio-Manuel Rico

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Water Consumption ◽

Free Water ◽

Household Consumption ◽

Water Saving ◽

Southern Spain ◽

School Directors ◽

The City ◽

Geographic Perspective ◽

Made In

Studies on water in cities usually focus on household consumption. However, little attention has been given to non-household consumption and schools from a geographic perspective. The objectives of this research are to examine water consumption trends in schools in the city of Alicante (Southern Spain) between 2000–2017, revise how water use is managed in these centers, and, lastly, examine initiatives aimed at environmental education and saving water in these schools. The results obtained from a survey of school directors indicate a low level of participation because only 14 of the 88 educational centres in the city chose to collaborate in this research. Second, and with regard to water trend consumption, in 2017, water consumption increased by 1.76% in comparison with the average for the period of 2000 to 2004, in contrast with a 38.9% fall in non-household general consumption in the city. Lastly, measures to encourage water saving and environmental education in schools are limited. This tendency is explained by the increase in the number of users over the last five years. Second, the water bill is not paid directly by schools’ directors and, thus, ‘free’ water is a factor that does not incentivise savings. A third is the little investment made in the installation of water-saving devices, water-saving plans, or action taken to promote the use of non-conventional water resources to the watering garden. Lastly, low promotion of environmental education or incentives for savings in schools.

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Food, Memory and Meaning: The Symbolic and Social Nature of Food Events

The Sociological Review ◽

10.1111/j.1467-954x.1994.tb00105.x ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 42 (4) ◽

pp. 664-685 ◽

Cited By ~ 112

Author(s):

Deborah Lupton

Keyword(s):

Social Relationships ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Eating Habits ◽

Behavioural Change ◽

Childhood Memories ◽

Memory Work ◽

Social Nature ◽

The Social ◽

Symbolic Meanings ◽

Consumption Practices

Food preparation and consumption practices are considered integral to the maintenance or deterioration of bodily health. As a consequence, individuals in western societies are regularly exhorted to follow health guidelines in their everyday diets. However many fail to heed this advice. Various reasons have been proposed for lack of behavioural change, but few have fully considered the social function and symbolic meanings of food and eating. This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study using the innovative qualitative research method of memory-work to uncover the meanings surrounding food practices in developed societies. The data used are childhood memories about food written by students at an Australian university. The memories are examined for common themes and patterns, revealing important aspects of the ways in which food contributes to social relationships and cultural practices. The findings provide explanations for individuals' adherence to certain eating habits and avoidance of others, and point the way towards the further application of memory-work to elucidate the meanings and symbolic role played by food in western societies.

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