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Essentials - Theory
Theories Informing Individual and Social Behaviour Change
This section offers resources designed to help communicators choose among a variety of theories that inform social and individual behaviour change as they plan, implement, and evaluate programmes. The resources have been selected to provide insight into how change in the behaviours of individuals and communities can be influenced, and how different theories can be applied depending on the objectives of particular programmes.
Essential Resources
- A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants of Health
- Critiques of the Dominant Paradigm - Family Tree of Theories, Methodologies and Strategies in Development Communication
- Defining Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) and Other Essential Health Communication Terms
- HC3 Research Primers
- Theory at a Glance: A Guide for Health Promotion Practice
Recommended Further Reading
- Communication and Natural Resource Management: Experience/Theory
- Social Determinants of Health
- Soul City's Theory of Social and Behaviour Change
- Theories of Behaviour and Behaviour Change across the Social and Behavioural Sciences: A Scoping Review
- Theory Picker











































