Changing the hand washing behavior in a community is a challenge of different disciplines, including psychology and media practice. Distinct beliefs prevent people from washing their hands properly in critical moments. Moreover, each segment of the community has a different belief. Hence, adults, children, women, and men should be addressed differently. This experimental study explores the process of isolating and changing the beliefs of grade six students from the Chandba Primary School, in Chilga Local Administration North Gondar Zone Amhara Region, in Ethiopia. The intervention activities...

Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Journalismus, Publizistik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This qualitative research aimed at to investigate the effects of multimedia messaging mainly radio broadcast and group discussion to combat child marriage resulting to effect action in three local place in Northern Ethiopia. The study uses KAP's as evaluation framework and purposively selected 81 radio listening groups diary as a main data collection tool as well as semi-structured interview of 18 grassroot workers and three report document for triangulation...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Children and Youth, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this short assessment is to determine the scale of the needs and protection risks for children affected by maltreatment. Furthermore, it is to determine the potential and actual capacities to respond to these within Metema and Lay Armachiho, woredas of the North Gondar Zone Amhara region in Ethiopia. Although the analysis of the information collected from 95 interviews shows some prevention measures, it reveals the presence of child violence, abuse,...