Publications and reports related to Division activities are listed here. Links to all the publications will be added in the near future.

• BOLIVIA
• BRAZIL
• NICARAGUA
• PERU

BOLIVIA

Valente, T., & Saba, W. (2001). Campaign exposure and interpersonal communication as factors in contraceptive use in Bolivia. Journal of Health Communication, 6, 303-322.

Bolivia's Lilac Tent: A first in health promotion. (1999). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs.

Valente, T. & Saba, W. (1998). Mass media and interpersonal influence in a reproductive health communication campaign in Bolivia. Communication Research, 25, 96-124.

Valente, T. & Saba, W. (1996). Reproductive health is in your hands: The national media campaign in Bolivia. SIECUS: Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, 25(2), 10-13.

Payne Merritt, A. (1992). Family planning goes public: A resounding success for Bolivia's first mass media family planning campaign. Integration, 41-43.

BRAZIL

PROQUALI improves health services in Brazil. (2000). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs.

Kincaid, L.D., Payne Merritt, A., Nickerson, L., de Castro Buffington, S., de Castro, M.P., & de Castro, B.M. (1996). Impact of a mass media vasectomy promotion campaign in Brazil. International Family Planning Perspectives, 22(4), 169-175.

Raffaelli, M., Siqueira, E., Payne Merritt, A., Campos, R., Ude, W., Greco, M., Greco, D., Ruff, A., Halsey, N., & the Street Youth Study Group. (1995). HIV-Related knowledge and risk behaviors of street youth in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. AIDS Education and Prevention, 7(4), 287-297.

Raffaelli, M., Campos, R., Payne Merritt, A., Siqueira, E., Antunes, C.M., Parker, R., Greco, M., Greco, D., Halsey, N., & the Street Youth Group. (1993). Sexual practices and attitudes of street youth in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Social Science Medicine, 37(5), 661-670.

Payne Merritt, A., & Raffaelli, M. Creating a model HIV prevention program for youth. The Child, Youth, and Family Services Quarterly, 16(2), 7-9.

NICARAGUA

Nicaraguan youth begin to play it safe. (2001). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs.

PERU

Valente, T., Paredes, P., & Poppe, P. (1998). Matching the message to the process: the relative ordering of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in behavior change research. Human Communication Research, 24(3), 366-385.

Valente T., Poppe, P., & Payne Merritt, A. (1996). Mass-media-generated interpersonal communication as sources of information about family planning. Journal of Health Communication, 1(3), 247-265.

Valente T., Poppe, P.,, Alva, M.E., Vera de Briceo, R., & Cases, D. (1995). Street theatre as a tool to reduce family planning misinformation. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 15(3), 279-289.