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Perceived Effects of KOACI.COM Health Campaign Targeting Mother-Child with HIV/AIDS in Cote dIvoire Hasmah Zanuddin 1 & Ousmane Koffi Abdoulaye 2 1 Associate Professor at the Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2 PhD candidate at the Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [email protected] 1 ,koffi[email protected] 2 March 27, 2018 Abstract The advent of developing media landscape, such as the Internet, social network sites have been adopted by different groups and populations across the world. Through a vari- ety of media, many health care practitioners and health sec- tors have employed mass media to disseminate public health information to the general public and to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, because media representations are deemed able to impact public perceptions and opinions, advocate behavior change, and influence policy and campaign strate- gies (Sern and Zanuddin, 2015). The aims of this study are the access to health information, and able to reach the public through online newspaper services, in that context, the analysis of HIV/AID awareness campaign through the 1 International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics Volume 118 No. 24 2018 ISSN: 1314-3395 (on-line version) url: http://www.acadpubl.eu/hub/ Special Issue http://www.acadpubl.eu/hub/

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Perceived Effects of KOACI.COMHealth Campaign Targeting

Mother-Child with HIV/AIDS in CotedIvoire

Hasmah Zanuddin1 & Ousmane Koffi Abdoulaye2

1 Associate Professor at the Department of Media Studies,Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.2PhD candidate at the Department of Media Studies,

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

[email protected] ,[email protected]

March 27, 2018

Abstract

The advent of developing media landscape, such as theInternet, social network sites have been adopted by differentgroups and populations across the world. Through a vari-ety of media, many health care practitioners and health sec-tors have employed mass media to disseminate public healthinformation to the general public and to raise awarenessof HIV/AIDS, because media representations are deemedable to impact public perceptions and opinions, advocatebehavior change, and influence policy and campaign strate-gies (Sern and Zanuddin, 2015). The aims of this studyare the access to health information, and able to reach thepublic through online newspaper services, in that context,the analysis of HIV/AID awareness campaign through the

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daily online newspaper effective, such KOACI.COM tar-geting mother-child within the Ivorian people. Koaci.com,an independent Pan-African online newspaper created since2008 and based in Abidjan, which gathers every day onits supports (web, mobile, and application) nearly 100,000readers per day (unique visitors, ed), it achieved the high-est score at the time; all press focal points with a superbtrophy. The media was recognized by the jury best press fo-cal point relayed in real time, the information of the state-sector consultation committee private (Koaci.com, 2017).The national AIDS Indicator Survey (AIS) find out thatthe HIV/AIDS epidemic in Cte dIvoire has changed in gen-der, age, and geographic distribution. Female HIV preva-lence declined from 6.4% to 4.6%, still much higher thanmale HIV prevalence, which remained almost unchanged at2.7%. Prevalence dropped dramatically among women ages30-34 (from 14.9% to 6.8%) and women are the HIV-positivepartner in about 50% of serodiscordant couples now, downfrom about 67% in 2005. Geographically, HIV prevalenceremains highest (5.1%) in Abidjan and high (4.3%) in theSouthwest, but other higher-prevalence zones have shiftedto the Center-North (4.4%) and the West (3.6%), wherecivil and ethnic conflict-displaced populations, disrupted so-cial networks, and increased rates of gender-based violence(GBV) (Sessions, 2014).

Key Words:Health information, online newspaper, aware-ness campaigns, mother-child, HIV/AIDS

1 Introduction

The considerable numbers of the vulnerable group in the society,such as women and children often face many healthcare issues.However, a previous research stressed that the aspiration of womenand girls to have a child and become a mother even though manyof them lack awareness and information about sexual health exposethem to risk. For that reason, nowadays, several actions have beentaken to enable women’s access to health care. National control pro-grams against HIV; improved health care of people living with HIVwith antiviral therapy; the free testing in some medical centers, etc.along with International agencies, NGOs and civil society are as well

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involved in the eradication of this epidemic. Furthermore, accessto education and information on sexual health reduces the risk ofinfection through awareness in the mass media. In Cte d’Ivoire,several sensitization programs were put in place in different areasvia the media, including awareness campaigns, advertisements, andprograms (Yomin Virginie Yapo, 2015).

Despite the Ivorian economic improvements in the general healthstatus of the population and substantial improvements in healthconditions, infant and child mortality rates remain high, at 88deaths per 1,000 live births. Infectious diseases, primarily malaria,gastrointestinal ailments, respiratory infections, measles and tetanus,account for most of the illness and death among children. Overallaccess to health services remains limited, particularly in rural areas.There are several large hospitals in Abidjan, but few regional healthcenters. In addition, chronic shortages of equipment, medicines,and trained healthcare personnel compound the poor quality ofavailable services. In many rural areas, health care remains un-der the guidance of family elders and traditional healers (Impact,1999). Considering the high HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country,according to the analyses of national AIDS Indicator Survey (AIS)that the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Cte dIvoire has changed in gender,age, and geographic distribution. However, HIV prevalence amongFemale HIV declined from 6.4% to 4.6%, but still much higherthan male HIV prevalence, which remained almost unchanged at2.7%, on the other hand, prevalence dropped dramatically amongwomen ages 30-34 (from 14.9% to 6.8%) and increased significantlyamong older men (from 5.9% to 7.8% among ages 40-49, reaching9% among ages 50-59) (Sessions, 2014).

The overall cause for health due to a surge in the problem ofdisease due to HIV/AIDS. In particular, mortality by HIV/AIDS-related conditions has increased in importance, though at a differentpace in different parts of the world. As noted in (Table1.), theHIV/AIDS is now the firth most important cause of death, aheadof tuberculosis, malaria and diarrhoeal diseases in Cote dIvoire.

Table1. Top 10 Causes of Death in Cote dIvoire

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Source: (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013)

1.1 Information and prevention campaigns

Hence, there is an urgent need to implement the comprehensivevariety of communication for reducing the growing epidemic. Thisstudy on initial health communication structure with regard to theHIV/AIDS prevention the Mother-Child with the stated goal of im-provement of effective health information and awareness campaignsin Cote dIvoire. Many countries, including Cote dIvoire, haveadopted different strategies to addressing social disparities. How-ever, information, education, and training are important compo-nents of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)efforts. But until recently, in Cte dIvoire, only 32 maternal andchild health centers provided PMTCT in a country that has morethan 2700 health centers in the public and private sector combined.The majority of health workers working in the field had not re-ceived formal PMTCT training that would allow them to take careof pregnant women (USAID and FHI, 2011). An analysis of the lit-erature identifies that evaluations of information and condom distri-bution campaigns show that the level of awareness about HIV andits transmission modes is rising over time; such approach suffersfrom a number of limitations. As in Cote dIvoire, the informationcampaigns were focused on the urban areas, were of temporary na-ture and seldom targeted the high-risk groups. Therefore, it is stilldifficult to ensure an adequate distribution of condom, not least be-cause of the resistance of religious groups to their use. Finally, it hasproved extremely difficult to persuade people to use them and, in-deed, sexual behaviour does not appear to change easily in responseto public information campaigns. Without the necessary changesin attitudes it seems unlikely that the promise condoms hold willbe fulfilled (Cornia, Patel and Zagonari, 2002). However, Cte dI-

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voire cannot afford to limit its response in fighting the HIV/AIDSepidemic. While there are limited appreciation and understandingof the potentially serious impact of HIV/AIDS on society. The crit-ical public awareness campaigns and education interventions couldtarget key high-risk people (Impact, 1999).

1.2 Objective of the Study

The aim of this study is awareness campaigns in relation to childand women health issues, particular, HIV/AIDS, the specific aimsas follow:

a. To provide a comprehensive review of the effectiveness ofmedia interventions to prevent HIV/AIDS

b. To assist access to health care and increase Prevention ofMother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of people living with HIV

c. To determine the effectiveness of health information in theview of online media to enhance HIV/AIDS message delivery

1.3 Research Question

The study will be guided by the following research questions: a.What are the health programmes and health awareness campaignprovided by the online newspaper? b. How mass media plays avital role in communicating health information and promotion tohelp public health issue? c. How do social marketing and commu-nications impact community and health awareness campaigns? d.Could online newspaper health coverage disseminate the preventiveand awareness campaigns message?

2 Literature Review

2.1 Health System and HIV in Cote dIvoire

In early 2012, the Government of Cte dIvoire shifted toward a pro-gram of targeted free services for pregnant women, children, andmedical emergencies. Implementation is being planned now and willbe included in the National Plan for Health Development (PNDS).A national health insurance scheme is being developed to generatefunding, however at present, the planned budget for the Ivorian

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Ministry of Health and Fight Against AIDS (MSLS) does not coverestimated needs in terms of essential medicines, let alone antiretro-virals (ARVs). Given that HIV/AIDS services are fully integratedinto the public health system (PEPFAR. 2012). In contributing toits goal of achieving universal health coverage and to increase theprovision and quality of health services at all levels of the health sys-tem and departments. The government has adopted the countrysperformance-based financing (PBF) program as a key strategy forreducing maternal and infant mortality among the most vulnerablepopulations. In addition, this technical assistance will be supportedin 14 districts through the World Banks Projet de Renforcement duSystme de Sant et de Rponse aux Urgences Epidmiques (PRSSE)and in five districts through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu-berculosis, and Malaria (Management Sciences for Health, 2016).

In terms of the responses of HIV counseling and testing, whichhave been scaled up in low-income countries, regularly, womenseeking prenatal care at participating health center receive gen-eral health education, including information about HIV and majorprevention messages. All women obtain specific posttest counsel-ing, which is more time-consuming than was pretest counseling,given the need to effectively shape information for women accord-ing to serostatus. Addressing infant feeding choices for mothers isimportant since one third to one-half of all mother-to-child trans-missions occur postnatally through breastfeeding (Spensley, Srip-ipatana, Turner, Hoblitzelle, Robinson and Wilfert, 2009). Theprevious study found that four countries reported having providedHIV testing and counseling of pregnant women, including SouthAfrica, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia (Kalembo, Yukai, Zgamboand Jun 2012). While in Cote dIvoire, the national HIV testingand counseling and antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs havecontinued to grow, with monthly ART enrollment increasing from1,800 in May 2009 to 2,500 in May 2010 and stabilizing at 2,000by October 2011. As the government of Cote dIvoire has adoptedWHO guidelines prescribing ART enrollment at a CD4 count below350, and roll-out in 2012 will increase the number of ART-eligibleclients (PEPFAR. 2012), within this context, in Cote dIvoire, asthe PEDI-TEST Project ANRS aims to assess the parental accept-ability of initial HIV diagnosis of infants between 626 weeks, atpost-delivery points of attention (Ndondoki et al. 2013).

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2.2 Media intervention

Health promotion and mass media campaigns are initiatives un-dertaken to disseminate information about, mass media campaignsare implemented via (e.g. television, radio broadcasts and newspa-per). Media campaigns can be standalone interventions or be in-tegrated into complex social marketing programmes (Ferri, Allara,Bo, Gasparrini and Faggiano, 2013). In line with previous reviews,which identified 19 articles with mass media interventions. The au-thors concluded that mass media campaigns that are theory-based,targeted, and use various media networks can affect reproductivehealth behavior via theory social diffusion. They concluded thatprograms in which mass media is part of a multifaceted interven-tion approach are more likely to be successful than mass mediaalone and that one-off or episodic behaviors are more amenableto mass media effects than habitual. The analyses emphasize thereality that health communication campaigns are almost alwaysimplemented in conjunction with other interventions (Naugle andHornik, 2014). However, the successful intervention is one thatcombines several methods, such as the theory of planned behavior,seeing that HIV/AIDS infection is a perceived social norm.

On the other hand, interventions to reduce HIV-related stigmahave not generally included mass media and address small audi-ences, and few have been conducted outside the United States(Creel, Rimal, Mkandawire, Bse, and Brown, 2011). AlthoughCte dIvoires significant progress in mobilizing HIV/AIDS interven-tions, the level of unmet need for treatment is high and appearsto be related to the large number of people who do not know theirHIV status and are unable or unwilling to access public services(Uwamahoro, 2014). As mentioned above, Cte dIvoire cannot af-ford to limit its response in fighting of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.However, the critical public awareness campaigns and educationinterventions could target key high-risk populations, such as sexworkers and adolescents (Impact, 1999). Fortunately, the media canhelp inform people and empower them to act on their healthcare,therefore, this paper attempts to use online newspaper, namelyKOACI.COM involved in health communication and health aware-ness campaign in the health sector, particular mother and childwith HIV/AIDS disease in Cote dIvoire.

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2.3 The Role of online newspaper: KOACI.COM

The past paper indicated that the media in general provide so-cial movements an opportunity to shape public “collective mindsabout specific political or social problems (Zanuddin and Ganjian,2017), in particular, as in this study the role of online newspaperin shaping health information and coverage, as there are few com-prehensive studies available in disseminating health information inCote dIvoire, however, Koaci.com, is an independent pan-Africanonline newspaper based in Abidjan, KOACI.COM was awarded bythe third edition of the National Partnership Day, which recentlypassed the symbolic mark of 100,000 readers per day (unique visi-tors). It achieved the highest score at the time. The online mediawas created in Abidjan in 2008 by Laurent Despas, and recognizedby the jury best press focal point relayed in real time, the informa-tion of the state-sector consultation committee private (Koaci.com,2017). This study provides online newspaper approaches to dis-seminate awareness campaigns. Seeing that the effective messagingthat public health communication experts use to reach and edu-cate the public on important public health issues. However, theonline media and communication can be a key part of the toolboxof preventative actions to disseminate public health issues amongthe vulnerable group and remote area.

The following range of articles of online newspaper; koaci.comon the healthcare issues to be disseminated in the website, in fight-ing against parental and child death, as well as coverage of HIV/AIDS, Wassimagnon (2016) reported that the Ministry of Healthand Public Hygiene launched nine mobile clinics and two emer-gency medical services throughout the national territory. They areequipped with “various services” and “various specialties”. Theywill take into account the fight against maternal and infant mor-tality, the strengthening of immunization coverage and HIV testingand to assist people in rural areas in the event of disasters and dis-asters, to carry out health promotion promotional activities suchas awareness-raising, screening and hygiene education. Therefore,the government is willing to improve the health care system of itspopulations, (See figure 1 and figure 2).

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Figure 1. Free care for thirty children in vulnerable situationssuffering from various pathologies

In the celebrating World AIDS Day, Kautcha, (2016) reported thatthe government announced, ”Zero mother-to-child transmission,zero child deaths”, in the fighting against this pandemic, ”Thischoice aims to increase the mobilization of individuals and com-munities in order to improve the access of women of childbearingage to HIV prevention services and to satisfy access to preventionand treatment services for all HIV infections, their children andtheir families. ” the message that by 2014, while world leadershad pledged to eradicate AIDS by 2030. In this perspective, Cted’Ivoire has adopted a strategic 2016-2020 plan for the fight againstAIDS, focused on achieving the objectives 90-90-90, the results ofwhich are satisfactory with a rate of disease regression in the coun-try. However, there is a continuing decline in the HIV prevalencerate from 4.7% in 2005 to 3.7% in 2012. Based on the routine datafor 2015, over 68% of people living with HIV status are known andnearly 32% of people living with HIV with known status are receiv-ing ARV treatment, ”. This performance would be the result ofthe combined efforts of the Government and its Technical and Fi-nancial Partners, through the strengthening of prevention and caremeasures. However, efforts still need to be made to achieve 100%coverage in terms of setting up NPC/Maternity and PMTCT ser-vices

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Figure 2. A national campaign of deworming and distribution ofvitamin A

2.4 Hypothesis of the study

The hypotheses are formulated based on the previous for the re-search as follow: The programs in which mass media is part of amultifaceted intervention approach are more likely to be success-ful than mass media alone and that one-off or episodic behaviorsare more amenable to mass media effects than habitual. The anal-yses emphasize the reality that health communication campaignsare almost always implemented in conjunction with other interven-tions (Naugle and Hornik, 2014). Therefore, the study proposes asfollow:

H1. Online newspaper is positively effective in providing healthprogrammes and health awareness campaigns

H2. Media health coverage has positive effect to reach the peopleand disseminate the preventive and awareness message, particularthe remote area

The social marketing ranges from tangible products, to services(voluntary counseling and testing for HIV) and practices, to intan-gible products (knowledge of ways HIV is transmitted). It encour-ages people to change their behavior in ways that will bring aboutdirect improvements to their lives, and ultimately benefit societyas a whole (PSI, 2011). Therefore, the study suggests that:

H3. The social marketing along with mass media interventionwill likely affect social norm and improve health promotion andawareness

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2.5 Theoretical framework

The main policy response to HIV/AIDS has been in the preventionof the spread of the epidemics. But with fewer efforts made to ad-dress societal factors that increase vulnerability to HIV. Nationalprogrammes seldom include healthy support for structural inter-ventions to review policies and social norms that block the AIDSresponse, and existing efforts are insufficiently grounded in humanrights or integrated with the broader development agenda (JointUnited Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. 2010). To strengthenthe effectiveness of HIV prevention, and to eliminate HIV/AIDS,there exists quite a wide range of effective techniques to interruptor reduce transmission of HIV (Cornia, Patel and Zagonari, 2002),in this study, social marketing, and media awareness campaign areessential.

2.6 Information and awareness raising cam-paigns

These include a variety of communication campaigns carried outthrough radio and TV spots, popular theatre and peer educationthat aim at increasing awareness of the way HIV is transmittedand at modifying sexual and other risky behaviors. Such programsdo not focus only on the passive transfer of knowledge but alsoon teaching empowering life-skills to avoid the reproduction of thecircumstances leading to the adoption of risky behaviors (Cornia,Patel and Zagonari, 2002).

2.7 Social and Behavior Change Communica-tion

In that context, social marketing is commonly used as an approachin global health to reach vulnerable populations with health prod-ucts and services. Although social marketing has been included ininvestments made within the context of development assistance forhealth, the effectiveness of social marketing for achieving improve-ments in major global health indicators has been questioned, how-ever critics of social marketing have argued that behavior changeis difficult to achieve solely through the mechanisms adopted by

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social marketing. A key issue in assessing the effectiveness of so-cial marketing is whether social marketing programmes actuallyachieve behavior change on a consistent basis (Firestone, Rowe,Modi and Sievers, 2017). The social marketing ranges from tangi-ble products, to services (voluntary counseling and testing for HIV)and practices, to intangible products (such as knowledge of waysHIV is transmitted). It encourages people to change their behaviorin ways that will bring about direct improvements to their lives,and ultimately benefit society as a whole (PSI, 2011). Interventionbased on that theory, as with other preventive health issues, massmedia campaigns are most likely to decline unhealthy attitudes iftheir messages are strengthened by other efforts. Social marketingand effective communication in society of Cote dIvoire, accordingto KfW Entwicklungsbank, the strengths of the social marketingapproach is gaining access to these vulnerable sections of the popu-lation, which The Agence Ivoirienne de Marketing Social (AIMAS)managed with proficiency and great dedication (KFW, 2006), asThe Ivorian social marketing programme had focused on promot-ing the use of condoms for HIV prevention. Today the programmealso offers pills and hormonal injections through health facilitiesand pharmacies, and is about to launch a long-acting intrauterinedevice. The second change that came with KfW support relates tothe organisational set-up of the social marketing programme. TheAmerican non-profit organisation Population Services International(PSI) with local NGO Ecoforme Dveloppement (ECODEV) had im-plemented highly successful communication and condom marketingstrategies and was initially maintained as the executing agency. ButKfW encouraged development of the existing project team to formthe nucleus of an autonomous, The Agence Ivoirienne de Market-ing Social (AIMAS), which was able to increase provision (MaryWhite-Kaba, 2015). Effectiveness of media awareness campaignsand communication on preventing or reducing the HIV/AIDS in-fection amongst societies has the power to change peoples attitudesand behaviors. Therefore, in Cote dIvoire, it showed that the highmarket share of the social marketing products attests to their rele-vance for the preventive and contraceptive programmes in the coun-try. A large market share of social marketing products is a positivesign of their acceptance.

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3 Research Methodology

3.1 Data collection and Procedures

The research designed used in this paper, we present qualitativecontent analysis. It is described as: A technique for gathering andanalyzing the content of text (Macnamara, 2011), therefore, Ivorianonline newspapers; koaci.com for health awareness and campaigns,which took place from January 2016 to December 2016, a few key-words had been determined that appear in the headlines or contentsuch as HIV/AIDS and “Mother and Child awareness campaigns.An initial set of 34 available articles was examined and contentanalysed. The coding book and coding sheet are the significantinstruments to carry out the quantitative content analysis in thestudy, the instruments was developed for analysis of 95 items inthe coding book and coding sheet

Figure3. Logo of online newspaper: Koaci.com

3.2 Inter-Coder Reliability

In textual analysis, inter-coder reliability is often deployed as a com-ponent of content analysis, a standard method of summarizing thesubstance of a set of mediated messages (Freelon, 2010). Therefore,two independent coders were used to test the coding instrument.To test the reliability and validity of the coding instrument (Holsti,1969). The inter-coder reliability testing was calculated by usingHolsti Test Format as follow:

2M

N1 + N2,

2M

N1 + N2=

2 × 480

1140= 0.84 = 84%

3.3 Data analysis

Data was analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS);quantitative content analysis used, such as Chi Square to answer

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the hypothesis.

4 Results and Findings

In the analysis of online newspaper, the following (Table2.), whichidentified 34 articles on health programs coverage and awarenesscampaigns provided by major actors in health sector, the table wasdivided into three four months coverage for year 2016. As part ofmain actor in the health sector in Cote dIvoire, for instance TheCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC in Cote dI-voire works closely with the Ministry of Health and other in-countrypartners to improve and sustain an effective national HIV responseby strengthening the MOH national HIV coordination center im-proving engagement of all health sectors; advancing national HIVpolicy and research priorities; and integrating HIV diagnosis (Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013)

Table2. Health programs coverage and awareness campaignsprovided by major actors in health sector

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The Budds attention score frequency and percentage of koaci.comarticles health coverage in 2016 according to periodic (Table3), itappeared that more articles published in November with (21.1%),while in December with (18.2%), August and October with (12.1%).

Table3: Frequency and percentage in 2016 according to month

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From coding instrument, the online newspaper articles were con-tent analysed, (Table4, 5, 6, 7 and 8), according to Yes and Noagreement between the researcher and two coders.

Table4: Major actors involved in the healthcare sector

Table5: Health programme and health campaigns

Table 6: Raise awareness about AIDS

Table 7: Vulnerable of people affected by the health issue

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Table8: Social and behavior change communication campaigns

Concerning Chi-square test with the headline of online newspaperand social marketing communication campaigns, the following re-search question and hypothesis:

Research Question How do social marketing and communi-cations impact community and health awareness campaigns?

Testing H1: The social marketing along with mass media inter-vention will likely affect social norm and improve health promotionand awareness.

Measure of relationship and analysis of hypothesis, the chi-square test 2 = 2.400, df =1, sig. = 0.05 showed that there isan association between variable, the headline of online newspaperreflect the countrys health system and social and behavior changecommunication campaigns in interventions for community activity.

a. 4 cells (100.0%) have expected count less than 5. Theminimum expected count is .33

5 Conclusion

Cte dIvoires progress in mobilizing HIV/AIDS interventions, it ap-pears to be related to the large number of people who is not aware

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about their HIV status. Therefore, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in CtedIvoire, the women still much higher than male HIV prevalence inthe area of Abidjan, capital city of Cote dIvoire.

In the analysis of online newspaper health coverage, regard-ing to the health programs and awareness campaigns provided bymajor actors in health sector in Cote dIvoire, the found that, forinstance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worksclosely with the government and other partners to improve an ef-fective HIV/AIDS response by strengthening and improving en-gagement of all health sectors.

The study recommends that it is essential to implement an effec-tive multisectoral reaction. Aggressive public outreach campaignsand education interventions to target people in high-risk, in partic-ular treatment services, are essential at this stage of the epidemic,as mass media and communication has the power to change peo-ples attitudes and beliefs, but there are few available on newspapersrole in disseminating health information in Cote dIvoire, therefore,the online newspaper can be a key part of preventative actions todisseminate health information among the vulnerable group, suchas Koaci.com, an online newspaper, as effective messaging to reachand educate the public on the health issues. Finally, for preven-tion and awareness campaigns of mother-to-child transmission, thenational treatment program could benefit from aptitude in informa-tion tools that would allow, therefore, the online newspaper networkcould improve their role towards public health sector in terms ofhealth awareness campaigns messages.

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