The objective of this eLearning series is to provide an overview on how to use data and information to make SBCC interventions more robust with a focus on malaria. This includes strategies to encourage the long-term adoption of specific behaviors related to malaria prevention, such as sleeping under a net and prescribing ACTs, for various target audiences, pregnant women, providers, and children under 5, for example.  

If you are interested in how to make your malaria prevention SBCC program stronger or more robust or improve your ability to measure the outcomes of your SBCC program, then take this course, which consists of 5 modules. 

Module 1: Telling Stories About Behavior: Theory As Narrative is presented by Dr. Doug Storey and will introduce participants to some of the basic theories used in social and behavior change communication, using examples specific to malaria. 

Module 2: Formative Research for SBCC: Do You Know Your Audience? is presented by Dr. Michelle R. Kaufman and will introduce participants to the basics of formative research for informing SBCC programs, using examples specific to malaria. 

Module 3: Pre-testing: A Critical Step to Ensuring SBCC Effectiveness is presented by Dr. Rupali Limaye and will introduce participants to the critical steps in pre-testing SBCC interventions, using examples specific to malaria. 

Module 4: Monitoring Malaria SBCC Interventions is presented by Hannah Koenker, MPH, and will introduce participants to various approaches and indicators for monitoring malaria SBCC activities. 

Module 5: Evaluating Social and Behavior Change Communication is presented by Dr. Marc Boulay and will introduce participants to techniques for evaluating and attributing causality to SBCC interventions, using examples specific to malaria.