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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Final report. Visual Literacy Bangladesh Project AS-BAN-03. A study

undertaken by the Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services

and conducted by the Program for the Introduction and Adaptation of

Contraceptive Technology, Bangladesh. Project duration: February 9, 1988 -

March 31, 1989.

AUTHORS

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Center for Communication Programs.

Population Communication Services [PCS]; Program for the Introduction and

Adaptation of Contraceptive Technology [PIACT]

SOURCE

[Unpublished] [1991]. 6, [4] p. USAID Cooperative Agreement No. DPE-3004-A-00-

ABSTRACT

Approximately 75% of Bangladesh's total population can neither read nor write; the level of illiteracy is most likely

higher in rural areas. It is the illiterate and semi-literate population, however, which is most in need of information on

family planning, health, nutrition, sanitation, and certain other aspects of daily life. The Johns Hopkins University

Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS) conducted the Visual Literacy Study to better address the needs of

the illiterate for information through culturally appropriate materials. The study was conducted by the Program for the

Introduction and Adaptation of Contraceptive Technology, Bangladesh (PIACT,B). Both photographs and

illustrations are used in Bangladesh to present messages in information, education, and communication materials.

Drawings are used mainly in display materials, while photographs are generally used in interpersonal communication

aids. Among the drawing styles, realistic drawings are more frequently used. Various illustrations were tested with

416 rural residents from February 1988 to March 1989. It was found that regardless of whether drawings or

photographs were used, the selection of color or black and white styles as well as the layout and sequence of

illustrations both influence a viewer's acceptance and comprehension of an intended message. Factors influencing

a person's ability to correctly comprehend selected signs and symbols and to identify modern contraceptives were

also explored in the study. Study findings help form the foundation upon which more effective health and family

planning materials suitable for illiterate Bangladeshis will be developed. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T

2520-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Final report. Visual Literacy Bangladesh Project AS-BAN-

03. A study undertaken by the Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services and conducted by the

Program for the Introduction and Adaptation of Contraceptive Technology, Bangladesh. Project duration: February 9,

1988 - March 31, 1989.", is(are) Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Center for Communication Programs.

Population Communication Services [PCS]; Program for the Introduction and Adaptation of Contraceptive

Technology [PIACT]. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] [1991]. 6, [4] p. USAID Cooperative Agreement No.

DPE-3004-A-00-6057-00". This article was published in 1991 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT3T 2520-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12520

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