Notes: See CD BAN 5 for the Video CD version.|See PL BAN 250 for the adolescents question and answer guide and PL BAN 257 for the facilitator's video guide.|Part of the Adolescent Communication ToolkKt (KT BAN 6).|Many people and organizations belonging to the Adolescent Reproductive Health Working Group, Bangladesh, have contributed to creating the Know Yourself package of booklets, videos, and facilitator’s... more
Notes: See CD BAN 5 for the Video CD version.|See PL BAN 250 for the adolescents question and answer guide and PL BAN 257 for the facilitator's video guide.|Part of the Adolescent Communication ToolkKt (KT BAN 6).|Many people and organizations belonging to the Adolescent Reproductive Health Working Group, Bangladesh, have contributed to creating the Know Yourself package of booklets, videos, and facilitator’s guides on adolescent reproductive health.|Technical assistance provided by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP): .|Financial support from USAID.|Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) Communication Program less
Formative Research: The Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) Communication Program addresses the gap between knowledge and practice through its multi-pronged communication strategy focusing on priority adolescent issues revealed by adolescents themselves. The comprehensive program is based on extensive research revealing the need to create an enabling environment that supports adolescents knowledge and service seeking... more
Formative Research: The Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) Communication Program addresses the gap between knowledge and practice through its multi-pronged communication strategy focusing on priority adolescent issues revealed by adolescents themselves. The comprehensive program is based on extensive research revealing the need to create an enabling environment that supports adolescents knowledge and service seeking behaviors. less
Pretesting: Adolescents are involved in all stages of program developments: Formative research, character development and story writing for scripts and comic books, retesting, acting, and evaluation.
Summative Evaluation: The program implemented a pilot study of the ARH materials in three rural areas of Bangladesh. This pilot study included baseline and follow-up cross-sectional surveys of adolescents and their parents in the implementation and selected comparison areas. Overall, 1702 adolescents and 1203 parents were interviewed in the spring of 2004 and 1827 adolescents and 1276 parents were interviewed in the summer... more
Summative Evaluation: The program implemented a pilot study of the ARH materials in three rural areas of Bangladesh. This pilot study included baseline and follow-up cross-sectional surveys of adolescents and their parents in the implementation and selected comparison areas. Overall, 1702 adolescents and 1203 parents were interviewed in the spring of 2004 and 1827 adolescents and 1276 parents were interviewed in the summer of 2005. The main findings from this study include: Nearly 60 percent of all adolescents in the implementation areas reported participating in the ARH group sessions; Participants in the implementation sites had greater knowledge of puberty and adolescence, pregnancy, maternal health and HIV/AIDS than either non-participants or adolescents living in the comparison sites; Participants were more likely to have discussed RH issues with a parent or elder family member than either non-participants or adolescents living in the comparison sites; The program did not have a noticeable effect on adolescents' perceptions of self-esteem or problem-solving ability; Compared to parents in the comparison areas, parents in the implementation areas indicated a greater level of participation in household decision-making by adolescents. less
Summative Evaluation Links:
ARH Communication Impact, 2-pages (January 2007)
Bangladesh ARH Focused Community Assessment: Final Report (November 2006)
Distributor: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP)
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