BA Zambia Implementation Package: Men’s Wellness Days Toolkit

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

This package is part of a set of implementation packages designed by the Breakthrough ACTION Zambia team.

Men’s Wellness Days are an integrated design package to address the following problems:

Men want to avoid HIV but do not use condoms every time they have sex
Men who engage in risky sex do not regularly get • screened and tested for HIV
Men want to prevent malaria but do not sleep under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) every night
Men do not participate in preventative or curative care for their children under five, including nutrition and care seeking for illnesses

BA Zambia Implementation Package: Emergency Planning

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

This package is part of a set of implementation packages designed by the Breakthrough ACTION Zambia team.

The emergency planning activity is designed to address the following behavioral problem:

Some caretakers do not seek timely care at health facilities when their children under five experience symptoms of illness. Specifically, this design addresses the following behavioral barrier to caretakers seeking care for children, as identified through Breakthrough ACTION’s formative research and social and behavioral diagnosis process:
To avoid the hassle of going to the facility, many caretakers delay seeking care until they deem it necessary, yet they lack cues to determine when it is necessary.

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

This package is part of a set of implementation packages designed by the Breakthrough ACTION Zambia team.

Ishibeni Utuntu, or Adolescent Wellness Days, is an integrated package designed to address the following problems:

Adolescents want to avoid HIV and unintended pregnancy but do not use condoms
Adolescents want to avoid unintended pregnancy but do not use modern contraceptives
Adolescents who engage in risky sex do not get screened and tested regularly for HIV
Adolescents want to prevent malaria but do not sleep under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) every night