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Eng 1001g-600 College Composition I Critical Reading & Source-Based Writing, Ashley Flach Jan 2023

Eng 1001g-600 College Composition I Critical Reading & Source-Based Writing, Ashley Flach

Spring 2023

No abstract provided.


Something Soft And Sharp, Anju Sharma Jan 2023

Something Soft And Sharp, Anju Sharma

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 139-149


Provider Behavior Change: Social And Behavior Change Approaches To Quality Of Care In Family Planning, Breakthrough Research Jan 2023

Provider Behavior Change: Social And Behavior Change Approaches To Quality Of Care In Family Planning, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

Breakthrough RESEARCH was USAID’s flagship social and behavior change (SBC) research and evaluation project to drive the generation, packaging, and use of innovative SBC research to inform programming. A six-year project (2017–2023), Breakthrough RESEARCH was led by the Population Council in collaboration with our consortium partners: Tulane University, Avenir Health, Population Reference Bureau, Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, and ideas42. This legacy resource highlights evidence, insights, and learnings over the past six years from Breakthrough RESEARCH’s work to advance provider behavior change (PBC) programming and fill critical PBC evidence gaps.


Adolescent Education, Health And Wellbeing Status In Four Counties In Kenya: Two Years Into The Covid-19 Pandemic, Population Council Kenya Jan 2023

Adolescent Education, Health And Wellbeing Status In Four Counties In Kenya: Two Years Into The Covid-19 Pandemic, Population Council Kenya

Adolescents and Young People

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in widespread school closures globally, including in Kenya. This educational disruption had potential adverse consequences for adolescent school learners including school dropout, learning loss, opportunity losses, loss of previously acquired skills, and loss of socio-emotional benefits of time spent with peers and teachers. This study was undertaken in four counties in Kenya—two urban (Nairobi, Kisumu) and two rural (Kilifi and Wajir). Focusing on adolescent girls aged 10–19, the study increased understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls’ education outcomes to enable implementation of policies and programs to address immediate harms caused, and to …


Using Audience Segmentation Approaches To Inform Integrated Family Planning And Maternal Health Programs In Niger, Breakthrough Research Nov 2022

Using Audience Segmentation Approaches To Inform Integrated Family Planning And Maternal Health Programs In Niger, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

Understanding the specific behavioral determinants and barriers to health-seeking for reproductive and maternal health services is critical to developing social and behavior change (SBC) programs that can best address the needs of the community. Effective SBC interventions can incorporate audience segmentation, the practice of dividing an audience into subgroups based on demographic, psychographic, and/or behavioral factors to develop tailored SBC approaches that are most likely to resonate with each audience subgroup. This brief presents study results of audience profiles for women of reproductive age in Niger with a focus on three reproductive and maternal health behaviors. It is intended to …


Comparing The Attitudes, Norms, And Beliefs Of Husbands And Wives For Reproductive, Maternal, And Child Health—Evidence That Drives Effective Social Behavior Change Programming In Kebbi State, Breakthrough Research Oct 2022

Comparing The Attitudes, Norms, And Beliefs Of Husbands And Wives For Reproductive, Maternal, And Child Health—Evidence That Drives Effective Social Behavior Change Programming In Kebbi State, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

This brief provides rigorous evidence-based insights to implementers and researchers of social and behavior change (SBC) programs that seek to improve community knowledge, attitudes, norms and behaviors for improved health of pregnant and postpartum women. The brief focuses on key behaviors including early breastfeeding initiation within one hour of birth and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, while also uncovering the barriers and facilitators to the practice of these positive health behaviors. It is one of a series that presents findings from a Breakthrough RESEARCH study that uniquely captures data on a wide range of psychosocial drivers …


Evaluation Of Rise Ii Integrated Social And Behavior Change Activities In Niger: Baseline Report, Leanne Dougherty, Lynn Abu Turk, Nrupa Jani, Chaibou Dadi Aug 2022

Evaluation Of Rise Ii Integrated Social And Behavior Change Activities In Niger: Baseline Report, Leanne Dougherty, Lynn Abu Turk, Nrupa Jani, Chaibou Dadi

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

Breakthrough RESEARCH is conducting a mixed-methods study that includes quantitative methods to assess differential changes over time in key health outcomes associated with Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced (RISE) II's integrated social and behavioral change (SBC) strategy and qualitative methods to explain how and why gender-related changes occurred or were associated with these changes. This technical report presents descriptive baseline findings for the quantitative portion of the evaluation. This information will support RISE II's Resilience Food Security Activity partners to understand how to tailor planned SBC approaches to address barriers to adopting targeted health behaviors.


Building The A3 Policy Checklist, Yeeva Cheng, Cara Kraus-Perrotta Jul 2022

Building The A3 Policy Checklist, Yeeva Cheng, Cara Kraus-Perrotta

Adolescents and Young People

The Adolescent Atlas for Action (A3) is a suite of tools that summarizes the lives and needs of adolescents around the world to promote evidence-based decision-making. Through accessible and easy-to-grasp data just one click away, the A3 bridges the gap between decisionmakers and evidence to inform policies and programs. The A3 Policy Checklist, created by the Population Council’s GIRL Center, features a curated list of national policies relevant to the lives of adolescents under 9 thematic domains, and whether countries have enacted each policy. The checklist presents a snapshot of commitments made to achieving adolescent wellbeing through adolescent-focused policies. As …


Building The Adolescent Indicators And Gender Gaps Dashboard, Lauren Woyczynski, Christina Misunas, Md. Irfan Hossain Jul 2022

Building The Adolescent Indicators And Gender Gaps Dashboard, Lauren Woyczynski, Christina Misunas, Md. Irfan Hossain

Adolescents and Young People

The Adolescent Atlas for Action (A3) is a suite of tools that summarizes the lives and needs of adolescents around the world to promote evidence-based decision-making. Through accessible and easy-to-grasp data just one click away, the A3 bridges the gap between decisionmakers and evidence to inform policies and programs. The Adolescent Indicators dashboard and Gender Gaps dashboard are two simple but dynamic dashboards that provide insights on the lives of adolescent girls and boys living in low- and middle income countries (LMICs) across 9 thematic domains of wellbeing. The Adolescent Indicators dashboard showcases how adolescent girls or boys are faring …


Eng 3001-001: Advanced Composition, Tim Engles Jun 2022

Eng 3001-001: Advanced Composition, Tim Engles

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1000-001: College Composition I, Ashley Flach Jun 2022

Eng 1000-001: College Composition I, Ashley Flach

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-007: College Composition I, Ann Hart Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-007: College Composition I, Ann Hart

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Tha 2258-001: Script Analysis, Chris Wixson Jun 2022

Tha 2258-001: Script Analysis, Chris Wixson

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-005: College Composition I, Ann Hart Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-005: College Composition I, Ann Hart

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-005: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Ann Hart Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-005: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Ann Hart

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-009: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Brad Stiles Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-009: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Brad Stiles

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-600: College Composition I, Ashley Flach Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-600: College Composition I, Ashley Flach

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-600: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Ashley Flach Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-600: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Ashley Flach

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 2705g-001: African American And Africana Literatures, Tim Engles Jun 2022

Eng 2705g-001: African American And Africana Literatures, Tim Engles

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Film 2759g-600: History Of Cinema, Robin Murray Jun 2022

Film 2759g-600: History Of Cinema, Robin Murray

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1000-004: College Composition I, Ashley Flach Jun 2022

Eng 1000-004: College Composition I, Ashley Flach

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-012: College Composition I, Niall Nance-Carrol Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-012: College Composition I, Niall Nance-Carrol

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature, Niall Nance-Carrol Jun 2022

Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature, Niall Nance-Carrol

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 2901-003: Structure Of English, Melissa Caldwell Jun 2022

Eng 2901-003: Structure Of English, Melissa Caldwell

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 3009g-001: Myth And Culture, Chris Wixson Jun 2022

Eng 3009g-001: Myth And Culture, Chris Wixson

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-002: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Tammy Veach Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-002: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Tammy Veach

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 3405-001: Children's Literture, Niall Nance-Carrol Jun 2022

Eng 3405-001: Children's Literture, Niall Nance-Carrol

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-008: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Brad Stiles Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-008: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Brad Stiles

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-007: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Tammy Veach Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-007: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Tammy Veach

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 3005-001: Technical Communication, Shelly Spear Jun 2022

Eng 3005-001: Technical Communication, Shelly Spear

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.