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Social and behaviour change in WASH

A self-led course to master social and behaviour change methods for WASH projects - practical tools and key principles

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Course details

Language
English
Duration
1-2 hours
Cost
Free

What will you gain from the course?

  • Understanding of different theories of behaviour change
  • Clear steps to implement the four key elements necessary to design and implement effective social and behaviour change in your context
  • Confidence to increase the likelihood of the project succeeding

Course highlights

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  1. How do theories of behaviour change work at the individual, interpersonal, community and societal level?

  2. To begin a social and behaviour change WASH intervention, you need to define the desired behaviour(s) that you are trying to achieve.

  3. Having identified the behaviour and your priority group, it's now important to take time to better understand the significant factors that influence behaviour.

  4. It's time to select, refine and implement activities that will best address the key reasons why someone might resist change among your priority group.

  5. As we know from our own experience, human behaviour is hard to predict. What are the important questions to ask to enable your priority group to adopt the desired behaviours?

  6. What are the important criteria to consider to improve the likelihood of your project succeeding?

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