Two-day workshop on Social Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) was organized by Nagaland State AIDS Control Society from March 15-16 with regional SBCC consultant UNICEF, Guwahati, Dr. Pravin Kumar and SBCC consultant, UNICEF, Nagaland, Marykali Yepthomi as resource persons.
The workshop was facilitated by joint director (IEC), Metevinuo Sakhrie and assistant director, youth affairs, NSACS Ainato Yeptho.
In the workshop, the topics covered by the resource persons were evolution of SBCC, communication process, behavior change process and supportive environment, counseling, understanding issues-use of problem tress, people analysis and problem statement, Use of IEC materials, SBCC plans for HIV programs, creating a positive learning environment and facilitation skills.
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.
Senior medical officers and counsellors from ART plus centres, district program officers from six district AIDS prevention and control unit and NSACS officers and staff attended the programme.
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