Analyse des disparitésde genre pour lariposte vaccinale

La recherche sur la pandémie de COVID-19 a mis en évidence la nécessité d’une approche plus équitable entre les femmes, les hommes et les personnes aux autres identités de genre dans la réponse vaccinale. Alors que les agences de santé publique du monde entier s’efforcent de garantir l’accès de toutes et tous aux vaccins, les acteurs de la communication sur les risques et de l’engagement communautaire (CREC) doivent reconnaître et prendre en compte les différentes façons dont le genre peut influencer la couverture vaccinale et l’acceptation des vaccins.

Breakthrough ACTION a élaboré une boite à outils pour une analyse ddes disparités de genre pour la riposte vaccinale à l’intention des acteurs de la RCCE qui travaillent avec les autorités sanitaires nationales et d’autres partenaires pour élaborer, mettre en œuvre et surveiller une réponse vaccinale. Cette boîte à outils fournit des conseils pratiques pour identifier les obstacles liés au genre qui doivent être abordés et identifier les opportunités qui peuvent être exploitées pour permettre une riposte vaccinale équitable du point de vue du genre qui augmente la couverture vaccinale pour toutes et tous. Bien que Breakthrough ACTION ait développé cette boîte à outils en se basant sur l’amélioration de l’utilisation des vaccins COVID-19, elle est applicable à toute réponse vaccinale.

La boîte à outils comprend:

  • Des preuves de l’importance de la prise en compte de la dimentions genre dans une riposte vaccinale.
  • Des conseils étape par étape et des astuces pour mener une analyse des disparités de genre.
  • Des fichiers Excel modifiable d’analyse des disparités de genres pour collecter, organiser et analyser les informations existantes et faire des recommandations sur les trois piliers de la CREC : systèmes de CREC pour les situations d’urgence, communication des risques, et engagement communautaire.
  • Une analyse des disparités de genre illustrative basée sur la riposte vaccinale COVID-19 d’un pays.
  • Ressources supplémentaires pour l’intégration de la dimension genre dans les activités de CREC.

Analyse des disparitésde genre pour lariposte vaccinale

Research on the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for a more gender equitable approach to a vaccine response. As public health agencies around the world work to ensure that everyone has access to vaccines, risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) actors must recognize and address the different ways in which gender can impact vaccine acceptance and uptake.

Breakthrough ACTION developed the Gender Analysis Toolkit for Vaccine Response for RCCE actors working with national health authorities and other partners to develop, implement, and monitor a vaccine response. This toolkit provides practical guidance to identify gender related barriers that need to be addressed and identify opportunities that can be leveraged to enable a gender equitable vaccine response that increases coverage for all. While Breakthrough ACTION developed this toolkit based on improving uptake of COVID-19 vaccines, it is applicable for any vaccine response.

The toolkit includes:

  • Evidence on the importance of considering gender in a vaccine response.
  • Step-by-step guidance and tips for conducting a gender analysis.
  • Worksheets to collect, organize, and analyze existing information and make recommendations across three RCCE pillars: RCCE systems for emergencies, risk communication, and community engagement.
  • An illustrative gender analysis based on a country’s COVID-19 vaccine response.
  • Additional resources for integrating gender in RCCE activities.

Shifting Social and Gender Norms as Part of Social and Behavior Change, Part 1

When behavior change is the goal, program planners need to understand if, how, when, and under what conditions a behavior is influenced by social and gender norms. Social and gender norms are the implicit, informal rules that most people accept and abide by; these rules are learned and reinforced from childhood to adulthood through observation, instruction, and social interaction. Norms play out at all levels, in individual decisions, relationships, and communities, and are also embedded in formal and informal institutions. They can have profound effects on individuals and group behaviors and actions.

This online course was developed by Breakthrough ACTION and adapted from the in-person and virtual Social Norms Training Curriculum developed by the Passages Project. Part 1 offers an overview of social and gender norms and an introduction to using norms assessments for designing social and behavior change programs. The course uses animations and real-life case examples to illustrate the application of this work in different contexts. Part 2, which will be available in 2024, covers the design of norms-shifting interventions and the measurement of these approaches.

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Suivi des rumeurs et gestion de l’infodémie dans les situations d’urgence en santé publique

La surabondance d’informations sur la santé – y compris les rumeurs et la désinformation en ligne et hors ligne – est un problème croissant dans le monde entier. Cette situation, appelée infodémie, oblige les responsables de la santé publique et les professionnels de la santé à redoubler d’efforts pour fournir au public des informations exactes et actualisées.

Ce cours s’adresse aux responsables de la mise en œuvre des programmes de communication des risques et d’engagement communautaire, ainsi qu’à d’autres professionnels du monde entier qui s’efforcent d’identifier les rumeurs émergentes et d’y répondre. Le cours offre une vue d’ensemble de la théorie et de la pratique de la création d’un système de gestion de l’infodémie, y compris des instructions étape par étape, des études de cas et des liens vers des outils supplémentaires. Les participants apprendront les définitions clés, étudieront la manière de mener une analyse paysagère de l’infodémie et sélectionneront des sources de données sur les rumeurs. Les modules couvrent également une variété de techniques d’analyse, des stratégies pour lutter contre la désinformation et des considérations pour le suivi et l’évaluation de la gestion des infodémies.

Suivi des rumeurs et gestion de l’infodémie dans les situations d’urgence en santé publique

The overabundance of health information—including rumors and misinformation on and offline—has been a growing challenge across the world. This situation, called an infodemic, requires public health officials and health providers to work even harder to provide the public with accurate, up-to-date information.

This course is intended for risk communication and community engagement program implementers and other professionals working to identify and respond to emerging rumors. It offers an overview of the theory and practice of creating an infodemic management system, including step-by-step instructions, case studies, and links to additional tools. Participants will learn key definitions, consider how to conduct an infodemic landscaping analysis, and select sources of rumor data. The course modules also cover a variety of analysis techniques, strategies for addressing misinformation, and considerations for monitoring and evaluating infodemic management efforts.

Mobiliser les communautés pour la santé reproductive et la planification familiale

L’engagement communautaire (EC) est essentiel pour encourager les comportements positifs et surmonter les obstacles sociaux et structurels à la santé reproductive et la planification familiale (SR/PF). L’EC peut favoriser une utilisation accrue des services de SR/PF, de meilleures interactions prestataires-clients, un partenariat et une redevabilité sociale renforcés entre les systèmes de santé et communautaires.

Il s’agit d’un cours de renforcement des capacités destiné au personnel des Ministères de la Santé, aux chargés de programmes des ONG et au personnel des organisations donatrices sur la manière de mobiliser les communautés pour résoudre les problèmes de santé reproductive et de planification familiale. Le cours comprend six sessions et est structuré autour des phases et des étapes du Cycle d’Action Communautaire (CAC). Ce cours de deux heures préparera les apprenants aux étapes clés de la conception et de la gestion d’un programme de mobilisation communautaire efficace pour la SR/PF. Des supports de lecture et des outils supplémentaires sont disponibles pour aider l’apprenant à mieux comprendre et appliquer le contenu du cours.

Objectifs du cours

  • Articuler le rôle de l’engagement communautaire dans le cadre d’une programmation élargie de changement social et comportemental (CSC) pour la SR/PF
  • Identifier les étapes clés de la conception, de la mise en œuvre et de la documentation de l’engagement communautaire pour l’action collective
  • Utiliser des ressources supplémentaires pour la planification et l’orientation de l’engagement communautaire
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Behavioral Design to Inform Social and Behavior Change for Nutrition

Behavioral science offers empirical insights into how people interact with their environment and each other under different conditions. It includes research from various fields, such as cognitive and social psychology, marketing, neuroscience, and behavioral economics, that provide insight into the complexity of human behavior. Behavioral design leverages insights from behavioral science to develop and test innovative solutions that, rather than trying to change people, seek to reshape their context to positively influence their behavior. It offers a powerful tool to address some of the stickiest challenges in health and nutrition programs, services, and policies.

This online course, developed by Breakthrough ACTION and USAID Advancing Nutrition, offers a practical, hands-on introduction to behavioral science and behavioral design, and how to apply these approaches to nutrition challenges. It uses a real-life case example to illustrate the behavioral design process in action and guides participants to consider whether and how the solutions can be adapted to their own contexts. This case example draws from research and design work conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support families to follow nutrition guidelines for feeding their young children during and after illness.

Worksheet activities are assigned at several points within the course. The activities prompt learners to think through how what they are learning can be applied to their work and within their organization, services, or programs. Learners are encouraged to download the worksheet, which is also located under the “Materials” tab above, and to use it when completing course activities. The worksheet is for personal use and is not required to receive the course certificate.

Introduction to SBC for Nutrition

Behavioral science and behavioral design are tools that can strengthen social and behavior change (SBC) program design. If nutrition SBC is new to you, you may find it useful to complete the Social and Behavior Change for Nutrition introductory course first. It explains the importance of SBC to achieving nutrition outcomes and offers an overview of SBC models, approaches, and processes.

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Mobiliser les Communautés pour la Santé Reproductive et la Planification Familiale

Community engagement is critical for encouraging positive behaviors and addressing reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP) social and structural barriers. Community engagement can foster increased uptake of RH/FP services, improved provider-client interactions, and enhanced partnership and social accountability between health and community systems.

This is a skills-building course for Ministry of Health staff, NGO program managers, and donor organization personnel to learn how to work with communities to build local strengths and support community-led action for RH/FP issues. The course consists of six sessions structured around the adapted Community Action Cycle. It outlines key steps for designing and managing effective community engagement programming, including the process, principles, and values of community engagement and the time, staffing, and budget needed to carry out community engagement for RH/FP. Additional reading materials and tools help the learner more deeply understand and apply course content.

Learning Objectives

  • Articulate the role of community engagement within broader social and behavior change (SBC) programming for RH/FP
  • Identify key steps in designing, implementing, and documenting community engagement for collective action
  • Utilize additional resources for community engagement planning and guidance
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Know, Care, Do: A Theory of Change for Engaging Men and Boys in Family Planning

Engaging men and boys in family planning (FP) and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) can improve their own lives and those of their intimate partners, families, and communities. Evidence shows that engaging men and boys in FP/SRH programs decreases unintended pregnancy, improves maternal health, reduces sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS, and advances gender equality (see Materials tab for references). Though progress has been made to engage men and boys more effectively in FP/SRH programs, most programs continue to do so in incomplete ways.

This course is intended for program implementers who are working to increase and improve the engagement of men and boys in FP programs and services. Course participants will deepen their understanding of what engaging men and boys in FP means and how programs and services can engage them in supportive, affirming, and gender equitable ways. Throughout this course, participants will familiarize themselves with the Know, Care, Do theory of change and case studies that guide the design and implementation of programs and services that engage men and boys in FP/SRH across their life course and across all levels of the socio-ecological model. Allowing for pauses to complete short reflection exercises, this course will take approximately two hours to complete.

Introduction à l’économie comportementale

Every day, billions of people make trillions of decisions, at work, at home and everywhere else. Behavioral economics (BE) is the study of the decisions and actions we make as human beings. This course will introduce you to BE, which includes behavioral biases and ways to apply behavioral design to family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH). BE teaches us that the interplay between context and psychological features of humans can have a surprisingly powerful effect on our behavior. Insights from behavioral analysis allow us to anticipate and account for these inconsistencies in human behavior when designing products, programs, and policies in public and reproductive health and beyond. The sessions in this course consist of instructional videos and engaging tasks that you can complete to deepen your understanding of the application of behavioral economics. We look forward to working with you and hope you enjoy the process.