Kohima, March 18 (MExN): A two-day workshop on Social Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) was held on March 15 and 16, organized by Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS).
The workshop was organized to capacitate the participants to use knowledge of social and behavioral change principals for planning SBCC interventions for HIV, prepare communication plans to implement HIV programs with a special focus on adolescents, use their understanding of the socio-ecological model for inclusion of marginalized and high risk populations in communication planning and transfer their knowledge and skills to mid managers and service provides as a facilitators, a press release stated.
The workshop was attended by Senior Medical Officers and Counsellors from ART Plus centres, District Program Officers from six District AIDS Prevention and Control Units, and NSACS officers and staff.
The resource persons were Dr. Pravin Kumar, Regional SBCC Consultant UNICEF, Guwahati, Marykali Yepthomi, SBCC Consultant, UNICEF, Nagaland. It was facilitated by Metevinuo Sakhrie, Joint Director (IEC) and Ainato Yeptho, Assistant Director, Youth Affairs, NSACS. Some of the important topics covered were: Evolution of SBCC, Communication process, Behavior change process and supportive environment, Counseling, Understanding issues- use of problem tree, people analysis and problem statement, Use of IEC materials, SBCC plans for HIV programs, creating a positive learning environment and facilitation skills.
