Furthering the Field: PMC Shares New Knowledge About How Gender Norms Interact with Mass Media Programs to Influence Reproductive Health and Family Planning Behavior Change SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT., Oct. 1, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This September, the International Journal of Population Research published an article looking at a unique aspect of behavior change relating to...

Democratic Republic of the Congo Turns on Their Radios on September 16th SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 8, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new radio show airing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo doesn't promise to solve every challenge, but it is promising top-notch...

Sex, Soap Operas, and Social Change: Kriss Barker Teaches Sabido and Changes the World SHELBURNE, Vt., May 19, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When Kriss Barker first met Bill Ryerson in Washington DC, she thought he must be mistaken. It was 2001, and Barker, an expert in public health...

Bringing People to Life: Radio Dramas Informing Societal Norms SHELBURNE, Vt., March 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When Norbert Regero was awarded a role in a radio serial drama being produced and aired in his home country of Rwanda, he was ecstatic. Not only was...