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Glossary<br />

Behaviour Change Communication<br />

Behaviour change communication (BCC) is a research-driven approach for promoting<br />

<strong>and</strong> sustaining behaviour change in individuals <strong>and</strong> communities, <strong>and</strong> is implemented<br />

though the development <strong>and</strong> distribution of specific health messages via a variety of<br />

communication channels.<br />

Entertainment Education<br />

“Entertainment-Education is the process of purposely designing <strong>and</strong><br />

implementing a media message to both entertain <strong>and</strong> educate, in order to<br />

increase audience knowledge about an educational issue, create favorable<br />

attitudes, <strong>and</strong> change overt behavior” (Singhal <strong>and</strong> Rogers, 1999. Entertainment<br />

education: a communication strategy for social change. L.Erlbaum Assoc.)<br />

Mass Media<br />

Mass media include radio, television, print media (newspapers <strong>and</strong> magazines), <strong>and</strong><br />

other forms of traditional media, which may reach large numbers of target audience.<br />

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