[afro-nets] New discussion group: Strategic Communication for Behaviour Change Globally

["Megan O'Brien" <info@ibpinitiative.org>]

New discussion group: Strategic Communication for Behaviour Change Globally
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Strategic Communication for Behaviour Change Globally: The Power of the Media 

Online Discussion Forum: 
26 March - 04 May 2007

Register for free at: http://my.ibpinitiative.org/public/youthandmedia/

The objective of this online discussion forum is to share effective strategies in the area of popular culture and youth-led media for sexual and reproductive health promotion, drawing on Y-PEER's http://www.youthpeer.net/site/index.php  expanded, innovative partnerships.  The six weeks of discussion shall cover channeling the power of the media to effectively implement strategic behaviour change communication, touching on young people in the spotlight through youth-led and interactive media, theatre and concerts, individual face-to-face testimonials and screen-to-screen dialogue, and radio-based interventions. 

Moderated by Dr. Srdjan Stakic, Coordinator of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness http://publichealth.yale.edu/ycphp/ , the forum will consist of six weekly discussion topics, each co-facilitated by an expert in the specific issue of the week's discussion.   Facilitators shall include: 
Georgia Arnold, Vice President of Public Affairs at MTV Networks International http://www.mtv.com/mtvinternational/  and Co-Founder of Staying Alive http://www.staying-alive.org/ ; 
Bill Ryerson, Founder and President of the Population Media Center http://www.populationmedia.org/ ; 
Colin Dixon, Head of Global Partnerships and Development at Dance4Life http://www.dance4life.com/; 
Dr. Cydelle Berlin, Executive Director of The NiteStar Program http://www.nitestar.org/ ; 
Amil Husain,  United Nations Millennium Campaign http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=138312 ; 
Todd Murray, Executive Director and Founder of Hope's Voice http://www.hopesvoice.org/  and Executive Producer of the documentary Road to Hope.

This online discussion is sponsored by UNFPA's Division for Arab States, Europe and Central Asia together with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health INFO Project.

Megan O'Brien
For the IBP Initiative
The INFO Project
http://www.ibpinitiative.org 
mailto:info@ibpinitiative.org