Improving hygiene awareness and promoting behaviour change

UNICEF will work with specialized partners to build capacities, improve indicators of change in knowledge and behaviour and identify promising, rights based approaches to communication.

'We know it won't change students' behaviour instantly.

Communication for changing behaviour, with the necessity to implement the MURIGA.

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As a follow up to the evaluation, UNICEF increased its focus on effective hygiene promotion and behaviour change communication in communities and is supporting the strengthening of the operation and maintenance system.

Furthermore, the Director General of the Haitian National Police suggested the implementation of a community policing approach to change the behaviour of the police, improve their image and enhance communication with the population.

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Participatory communication also sought to change attitudes and behaviour in order to empower the people and strengthen the democratic process so that, in the long run, the development agenda could be set and implemented by the people.

Society has always retained a basic faith in the power of education to change human behaviour.

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24. A UNDCP World Health Organization (WHO) study Multi City Drug Injecting and HIV Study 1994, on drug injecting behaviour and HIV infection in 13 cities, showed that injecting drug users do change their behaviour in response to information about HIV acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and with access to the means for behaviour change.

Measuring the effectiveness of an intervention that is designed to change behaviour is difficult to undertake with precision.

Provision of adequate financial incentives Incentives must be sufficient to stimulate a change in the behaviour of the herders.

Technology oriented actions will need to be complemented with efforts to raise awareness and change behaviour regarding energy consumption.

Parties identified barriers for effective coordination and communication of climate change activities.

42. Offering adequate training in modern communication techniques and in media literacy as they have an impact on youth and their behaviour

The Mission would focus on health education campaigns to change behaviour that could affect their physiological and psychological well being.

To establish channels in the community through which NAPPA can advocate and pass information to influence policy change, attitudes and behaviour change with regard to youth sexuality and status in society.

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Most recently, efforts have focused on the synthesis and analysis of experience and the production of materials for education and behaviour change.

In addition to the Global Knowledge Partnership mentioned above, it actively participates in the following communication international forums and task forces the Inter Agency Task Force on Behaviour and Communication, the Round Table on Communication for Development, and the E 9 Summit on Education for All.

At the same time, the solution to the problem involves, to a large extent, persuading motorists many of us to change our behaviour.

(d) The National Hygiene Education Programme is designed to change behaviour patterns and habits amongst the general public and the handlers of foodstuffs.

We are all very much disturbed over your conduct... and wish you would change your behaviour so that Her Majesty might forgive you.

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We believe that to reverse the spread of that disease we must work both on promotion of safe sexual behaviour and on prevention through social communication campaigns.

45. In the area of communication for behaviour change to prevent HIV AIDS, UNFPA collaborates with other agencies in in school and out of school education activities training of reproductive health information and service providers and IEC activities focusing on HIV AIDS, as part of population and reproductive health programmes.

Many key results for children depend on behavioural change, and thus require a consistent approach to communication.

However, with regard to effectiveness, most national drug advertising campaigns fail if their intention is to change behaviour, primarily because they are too broadly targeted.

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Furthermore, a better educated population would likely change its demographic behaviour with respect to nuptiality, fertility, health and migration in ways leading to greater well being.

The programme has also helped to change the behaviour of service providers and has successfully placed children's interests on the development agendas of soum (district) authorities.

The United Nations Charter itself provides for the use of sanctions to change the behaviour of those who would challenge, or seek to undermine, international norms.

Whereas such campaigns might deter the potential sporadic and curious abuser, it is acknowledged that, in the case of paedophiles, no change in behaviour would result.

That it's about communication that doesn't just produce greater understanding within the individual, but leads to real change.

The Working Group agreed to change the word communication to communications in paragraph (a), pursuant to footnote 19.

Today, information technology goes far beyond mass media communication, offering possibilities for change and new perspectives on development.

An initial communication on climate change had been drafted and the Government had adopted a strategy for the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.