Integrating Social & Behavior Change for Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery -- Lopez and DeCoster

1. Integrating Social and
Behavior Change for
Disaster Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery
Mary DeCoster,The
TOPS Program, Food for
the Hungry
Claire Boswell, Food for
the Hungry
Beth Outterson, Medical
Teams International
Jean Meyer Capps, Jean
Capps Associates
Consulting
Debora B. Freitas
López, Chemonics
International

2. Agenda
 Welcome and introductions (Debora)
 Broadening and Deepening Our
Approaches, Increasing Our Efficacy in
SBC (Mary DeCoster)
 Building Capacity of Refugees as
Agents of Change (Beth Outterson)
 Community ODF status and Ebola
Virus Disease (EVD) in
Lofa County, lIberia (Jean Meyer
Capps)
 Q&A

3.  Improving nutrition as the
foundation of being resilient
 Learning from the populations
we work with to learn how to
be resilient
 Trying to register vulnerable
populations to help address
needs and “follow them”
 IPC workshops to promote
better health outcomes/status
 Building structures that help
deal with conflict
 Building social capital
 IDP and refugee camps, have
women participate in
committees, decision-making,
and welcoming new people
 Identify potentially vulnerable
populations and address their
needs through social
interaction
What you are doing to build resilience
and promote resilience behaviors?

4.  Better case studies/histories
with data (evidence) –
measure behavior change
and impact (project level) –
what approaches help and
ensure sustainable BC
 Tools to train CHWs/first
responders (See MTI)
 Feedback from communities
to decision-makers
 At org. level – how to
transition from development
to emergency response
What are the gaps? What SBC
approaches, tools, etc. are needed?