Advancing Communication and Behavior Change Strategies for Cleaner Cooking

Advancing Communication and Behavior Change Strategies for Cleaner Cooking – Announcing a special issue of the Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives funded by the USAID | TRAction Project.

This special issue presents exciting findings on methods to promote the adoption of clean cooking technologies and fuels. The issue aims to advance our understanding of behavior change related to the technology, the enabling environment, and demand creation. Lessons are intended to inform household energy policy and program strategies. (Link to flyer, pdf)

Guest editors: Jay Graham, Assistant Professor,George Washington University; Sumi Mehta, Director of Research and Evaluation, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves; Julia Rosenbaum, Deputy Director, FHI360,USAID/WASHplus Project; Brendon Barnes, Professor, University of Johannesburg.

Advancing Communication and Behavior Change Strategies for Cleaner Cooking | Complete issue |

Saving Lives by Building Bridges Between User Needs and Clean Cooking Technology– Joshua P. Rosenthal, John Borrazzo

Behavior Change Communication: A Key Ingredient for Advancing Clean Cooking – Brendon Barnes, Julia Rosenbaum, Sumi Mehta, Kendra N. Williams, Kirstie Jagoe , Jay Graham

Quantitative Stove Use and Ventilation Guidance for Behavior Change Strategies – Michael A. Johnson, Ranyee A. Chiang

Advocate Program for Healthy Traditional Houses, Ume Kbubu, in a Timor Community: Preserving Traditional Behavior and Promoting Improved Health Outcomes – Rachmalina Prasodjo, D. Anwar Musadad, Salut Muhidin, Jerico Pardosi, Maria Silalahi

Understanding Consumer Preference and Willingness to Pay for Improved Cookstoves in Bangladesh – Julia Rosenbaum, Elisa Derby, Karabi Dutta

Piloting Improved Cookstoves in India – Jessica J. Lewis, Vasundhara Bhojvaid, Nina Brooks, Ipsita Das, Marc A. Jeuland, Omkar Patange, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

Use of Behavior Change Techniques in Clean Cooking Interventions: A Review of the Evidence and Scorecard of Effectiveness – Nicholas J. Goodwin , Sarah Ellen O’Farrell, Kirstie Jagoe, Jonathan Rouse, Elisa Roma, Adam Biran, Eric A. Finkelstein

Does Peer Use Influence Adoption of Efficient Cookstoves? Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda – Theresa Beltramo , Garrick Blalock , David I. Levine , Andrew M. Simons

Agency-Based Empowerment Training Enhances Sales Capacity of Female Energy Entrepreneurs in Kenya – Anita V. Shankar , MaryAlice Onyura , Jessica Alderman

Factors Influencing the Acquisition and Correct and Consistent Use of the Top-Lit Updraft Cookstove in Uganda – Allen Namagembe , Nancy Muller , Lisa Mueller Scott , Greg Zwisler , Michael Johnson , Jennifer Arney , Dana Charron , Emmanuel Mugisha

The Role of Mixed Methods in Improved Cookstove Research – Debbi Stanistreet , Lirije Hyseni , Michelle Bashin , Ibrahim Sadumah , Daniel Pope , Michael Sage , Nigel Bruce

Integrating Behavior Change Theory and Measures into Health-Based Cookstove Interventions: A Proposed Epidemiologic Research Agenda – Maggie L. Clark , Judy M. Heiderscheidt , Jennifer L. Peel

Tagged as: behavior change