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Citation

Rodríguez JM, Munoz E, Fandiño-Losada A, Gutiérrez MI. Rev. Salud Publica 2006; 8(3): 168-184.

Vernacular Title

Evaluacion de la estrategia de comunicacion "Mejor Hablemos" para promover la

Affiliation

Secretaria de Salud Departamental del Valle del Cauca. georod5@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Salud en el Tropico)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17269217

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Evaluating the "It's better if we talk" communication strategy for preventing violence and promoting pacific coexistence in Cali, Colombia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The strategy was developed through two intervention components in Cali between August 1996 and September 1998: the population (using the mass media) and the community (using Commune 13 and 20's local media). Post-intervention measurement was made in 2000 to determine the strategy's impact and compared to PAHO's 1996 ACTIVA base-line study carried out in eight Latin-American cities (including Cali) and Spain. 3 types of analysis were used: descriptive-comparative between the periods and bivariate and multivariate analysis using attitudes and abilities as dependent variables. RESULTS: Abilities improved at population level, although they did not change in the communes taking part. Favourable changes occurred in attitudes in community areas, though remaining equal at population level. The mechanisms for solving conflicts displayed an improvement, suggesting increased tolerance from 1996 to 2000 in older men from Commune 20 and the rest of Cali. DISCUSSION: "It's better if we talk" had little impact on the community areas taking part; nevertheless, the universal intervention had a positive impact on the rest of Cali. Interdisciplinary, ongoing multi-sector promotion and prevention must be embarked on for approaching the multifactor problem of violence in Latin-American countries involving individuals and their family, community and institutional-governmental contexts.


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