Population-level behavior change to enhance child survival and development in low- and middle-income countries

Routledge announces OPEN ACESS availability to a very special supplemental issue of Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives titled Population-Level Behavior Change to Enhance Child Survival and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of the Evidence. This OPEN ACCESS issue is sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and features several authors affiliated with USAID and UNICEF, as well as university faculty and development professionals with experience in low- and middle-income countries.

Guest edited by Elizabeth Fox of USAID and Robert L. Balster of Virginia Commonwealth University, Volume 19, Supplement 1, 2014 is a result of a 2013 Evidence Summit to determine which evidence-based interventions and strategies support a sustainable shift in health-related behaviors that enhance child survival and early development.

"This issue of Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives addresses the challenges of finding and using the best evidence in health programs facing the global health community," says Editor Scott C. Ratzan in the Preface. "All of these articles document the evidence-based approaches for social and behavior change that should offer support for global health leaders along with policymakers and practitioners at country and regional levels to invest in our future, and advance child health and development. I congratulate the editors and the authors in this supplement for their contribution to global health and hope that together, we can all advance a better world."