Online Course on Behaviour Change and Advocacy
This course highlights the significance of behaviour change across the sanitation value chain. You are exposed to behaviour theory and advocacy methods from prominent sanitation professionals who have designed and implemented impactful interventions in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
For whom?
- Young and mid-career water, sanitation or public health professionals working in private companies, local authorities or NGOs.
- Practitioners, decision-makers and other professionals (not strictly working already in the field) who have the interest to expand their knowledge in sanitation, behaviour change and advocacy.
Course content
This is an intensive 11-week online teaching course, with an average study load of 8 hours per week. The course is divided into 5 units. Each unit has an average duration between 1 to 4 weeks and it is assessed via different assignments usually delivered by the end of the unit.
The 5 main units are:
- Behaviour & advocacy definitions, concepts, and determinants
- Transitions towards sustainable sanitation through behaviour change approaches
- Sanitation behaviour & advocacy strategies
- Behaviour change models
- Sanitation behaviour change design workshops
This online course highlights the significance of behaviour change across the sanitation value chain. Participants are exposed to behaviour theories and advocacy methods from prominent sanitation professionals who have designed and implemented impactful interventions in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to understand the concepts of behavioural change, and demonstrate an awareness of approaches promoting change in a diverse range of populations and contexts.
Course Coordinator
Konstantina Velkushanova
Senior Lecturer in Non-Sewered Sanitation
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