C-Change Training Partners
| The Links Center provides quick links to current C-Change Training Partners. | |
 | C-Change is working to strengthen the capacity of organizations and NGOs in Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe in order to raise the quality of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) programming for HIV prevention, enhanced uptake of modern family planning methods, malaria prevention, and antenatal and maternal health care. C-Change works with a number of partners in developing and carrying out capacity building activities through face-to-face training modules, online courses, and graduate degrees and certificates related to SBCC. C-Change is assisting organizations to assess the professional competencies of their staff to carry out SBCC programming, planning, and evaluation by implementing, in partnership with NGOs and other organizations, an SBCC capacity strengthening program in Namibia, Kenya, Nigeria, and elsewhere in Africa. The process begins with C-Change conducting an assessment using their new SBCC Capacity Assessment Tool. In addition to the SBCC Tool, C-Change is developing other resources for use by USAID missions, NGOs, and organizations that use SBCC elements in designing and implementing health programs. |
 | Internews is an international media development organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard. Internews is designing an instructor-facilitated online/distance learning course on media monitoring of relevant health and development issues, i.e., HIV/AIDS, family planning, and malaria. The course aims to develop competencies and strengthen local capacity for the design of monitoring and evaluation tools and processes for systematic tracking of media coverage of health and development issues, and use of data to design and implement strategies for improved media coverage. This course is intended for media and communication staff and/or any development specialist in government and non-governmental organizations responsible for promoting accurate media coverage of relevant issues that may contribute to the achievement of health and development goals. |
 | Ohio University, through its Communication and Development Studies program, is devoted to multidisciplinary teaching of, and research on, the utilization of information and communication systems and processes to promote national and regional development, to support specific development projects, and to facilitate social change. Ohio University coordinates the overall implementation of capacity building and strengthening activities with a focus on the development of critical competencies for SBCC. Ohio University has worked on the design and implementation of a training package that includes face-to-face (together with C-Change headquarters), instructor-led, and self-paced online training courses in SBCC. The online modules, which are accessible from this site, use the SBCC Learning Package content and are offered as 1) a facilitated course, and 2) a self-paced course. Ohio University has also contributed to the establishment of a Center of Excellence in social and behavior change communication at the University of Witwatersrand in Southern Africa. Further activities include the design of this C-Change Capaicty Strengthening Online Resource Center; the development of a curriculum with I-TECH for short-term in-service training for frontline health workers; and the establishment of regional capacity building initiatives. Ohio University also supported competency-based capacity assessments in Namibia and is supporting capacity building activities in Nigeria. |
 | Soul City is a social change edutainment project which aims to impact on society at the individual, community, and socio-political levels. Soul City has collaborated with The University of Witwatersrand, School of Public Health in development and launch of a new concentration in SBCC within the Masters of Public Health program. This new concentration is particularly suited for people working in government and non-governmental organizations, who have an interest in, or are currently involved in programs implementing social and behavior change communication or doing research in this area. The six courses offered under this new area of specialization will provide students with the competencies and skills they need to design, implement, monitor and evaluate programs and interventions to address determinants of health and illness at multiple levels. Courses addressing different aspects of SBCC also will be offered as short courses for a certificate or diploma. For further information please visit the School of Public Health. |
 | University of Washington's International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) works in partnership with local ministries of health, universities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), medical facilities, and other organizations to support the development of a skilled health work force and well-organized national health delivery systems. I-TECH has developed a five-module training curriculum that addresses the need for short-term in-service training to introduce frontline health workers (health workers who directly interact with patients) in the developing world to the practice of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) and to transfer skills these workers need to effectively support SBCC efforts. The curriculum is generic, (i.e., not tailored to a specific country, cadre of health worker, or health topic) and addresses gender and cultural diversity issues. It has been designed as a flexible curriculum that will be adapted to the particular needs of local partners such as supporting a launch of a new SBCC campaign or supporting general health worker efforts. The modules can be used separately to address specific gaps in competencies and skills or together as a five-day comprehensive training. In addition, the content can be expanded to include more in-depth training on specific health topics. |