3rd National Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Summit

Call for Abstracts & Innovative Practice:

It is with a great pleasure we invite you to submit your abstract and innovative practice for the 3rd National Social and Behavior Change (SBC) summit, which will be held on February 27- 29th , 2024 Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa.

The Theme of the Conference is "SBC for Sustainable Development”

We are seeking abstracts for presentations on a variety of topics related to SBC, including:

Presentation format: The organizing committee has identified the following three session formats:

1. Poster presentation: A visual display of research evidence or innovative practices that is presented on a poster board.
2. Oral presentation: Proposals/abstracts accepted for Oral Presentation will be grouped by the Program Sub-Committee, according to theme, and organized into panel sessions with an underlying or unifying focus, similar approaches or other interesting linkages. Proposals/abstracts for Oral Presentations may be research-oriented, practice-oriented or both. In each Oral Presentation session, 3-4 presenters will have approximately 15-20 minutes to present followed by a period of discussion with the audience.
3. Skills-Building Session /Workshop: Skills-Building Workshops will provide participants with the opportunity to develop new and strengthen existing skills in a variety of SBC areas.

Please submit your abstract and innovative practice no later than January 19 , 2024. All abstracts will undergo a peer review process, and authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by January 31, 2024.

The organizers of the 3rd National SBC Summit invite abstracts submissions in under two formats:

1. Research abstracts (oral or poster): research findings that reveal new challenges, innovations and methodologies that advance the field of SBC. This may also include Innovative practices that shows effect of SBC in catalyzing change around some of pressing challenges including social, health, poverty, gender, and/or environment etc.

Please look the submission guidelines here.

Abstracts should be not more than 300 words and should include the following information:
-> Title
-> Authors and affiliations
-> Background
-> Objectives
-> Description of intervention (practice-oriented abstract ) or description of methods/design (research-oriented abstract )
-> Results
-> lessons learned
-> Conclusion/implications for the practice and field

2. Skill- building sessions: aim to equip participants with new skills and strengthen existing capabilities in various SBC practice domains. These domains may encompass, but are not limited to research, communication channels, advocacy, program planning, program design, program implementation, monitoring and evaluation, theories, and approaches.

Please look the submission guidelines here.

Abstracts should be not more than 500 words and should include the following information:
-> Title
-> Authors and affiliations
-> Background/Context
-> Learning objectives for participants
-> Description of skills building activity approach and method
-> Discussion/implications for the practice and field

Main Theme: SBC for Sustainable Development

Social behavior and change (SBC) is one of the key tools of health promotion, disease prevention, and resilience. It needs to be embraced as essential strategy of all programs in a move toward achieving sustainable development goals in general and health targets in particular. SBC is a powerful tool for catalyzing societal and personal changes that positively impact the environment, support social equity, improve health, and lead to sustainable development.

In light of these perspectives, the 3rd National SBC Summit focuses to delve into six central sub-themes:

The 3rd National Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Summit will be held on February 27- 29th , 2024 at Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa. The event is organized by the Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Health Education and Promotion Professionals Association (EHEPA) and other partners. The Theme of the summit is “SBC for Sustainable Development”
As part of the event, individuals and institutions which have dedicated and contributed in advocating and advancing SBC practices, research and innovation will be recognized. Therefore, please nominate institutions and individuals whom you believe deserves one or more of the following award categories.
1. Senior SBC service award (Individual): Individuals who have significant contributions in designing and implementing SBC programming or pioneering innovations in the field and served at least for more than ten years in the field as SBC practitioner
2. Senior SBC researcher award (Individual): These are researchers who have immense contribution and research outputs in SBC research. They should have a minimum of 20 publications on peer reviewed journals and more than 10 years of research service.
3. Young SBC researcher award (Individual): Emerging and promising SBC researcher with a minimum of 10 scientific publications on peer reviewed scientific journals and less than 30 years old.
4. SBC service award (institution): have done impactful SBC support and interventions to improve the life of Ethiopian citizens

Please nominate and let’s honor our colleagues and SBC practitioners who have contributed to the field and exceeds the higher bar expectations before February 05, 2024 using the following Button.

Call for Award Nomination

Due Date

SBC Summit

Themes

The 3rd National SBC Summit focuses to delve into six central sub-themes:

Sub-theme1:

Inclusive SBC

Inclusive SBC ensures that every individual, regardless of background or circumstances, can engage in and benefit from SBC interventions. Achieving sustainable development requires to give special consideration to equitable SBC by involving all marginalized groups, such as ….

Sub -theme 2:

Systems Thinking for SBC

Systems thinking should be adopted in all SBC programs. Effectively integrating SBC strategies, initiatives, and activities in health programs in strategic manner through ….

Sub -theme 3:

Innovative SBC

Innovative SBC is the use of new and creative methods and design approaches to achieve SBC goals. Innovative SBC leverages creative methods, including digital technologies, gamification,social media, human centered approaches and behavioral design to reach….

Sub -theme 4:

Building Resilient Communities through SBC

Resilient communities are better equipped to withstand and recover from various challenges and shocks, be they natural or man-made disasters, including….

Sub -theme 5:

SBC in digital ERA

The digital era has transformed the way people communicate, access and interpret information, and make decisions. This sub-theme explore how SBC can utilize digital platforms, social media and online tools to reach….

Sub -theme 6:

Evidence-Informed SBC

Evidence-based SBC relies on scientific evidence to design and implement SBC programs and interventions, evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency, as well as ….

Partners and Sponsors

The organizers of the 3rd National Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Summit are grateful to the following sponsors for their support.