case studies

Entertainment-Education

Vencer el Miedo Telenovela

Adolescent & School Health, Entertainment-Education, Evaluation, Global Health, HIV & STIs, Minority Health, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Reproductive Health

Entertainment-education program development and evaluation in Mexico

Plan A

Adolescent & School Health, Entertainment-Education, HIV & STIs, Implementation & Dissemination, LGBTQ Health, Minority Health, Qualitative Research, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health

An effective entertainment-education video for youth reproductive health

Taking Care of Me

Entertainment-Education, Evaluation, HIV & STIs, LGBTQ Health, Minority Health, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research

An evidence-based video intervention that improves HIV care outcomes

Overcome the Fear (Vencer el Miedo): using entertainment education to impact adolescent sexual and reproductive health and parent-child communication in Mexico

Montoya JA, Plant A, Neffa-Creech D, Orvañanos C, Barker K. BMC Public Health.2022;22(1):2366.

Drama, Intrigue, and Discussion: The Role of Telenovelas in Facilitating Conversations about Reproductive Health in Mexican Households

Suresh S, Walter N, Montoya JA, Plant A, Barker K. Journal of Health Communication. 2022; 27:1-11.

The Effect of an Entertainment-Education Intervention on Reproductive Health of Young Women of Color.

Saucier CJ, Suresh S, Brooks JJ, Walter N, Plant A, Montoya JA. Health Communication. 2021:1-11.

Observed Reactions Among Patients Attending HIV Treatment Facilities to a Brief Video Intervention on Treatment Initiation and Adherence.

Neumann MS, Plant A, Margolis AD, Flores SA. AIDS Care. 2020;32(5):656-665.

Developing a Video Intervention to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Older Adolescents.

Plant A, Montoya JA, Snow EG, Coyle K, Rietmeijer C. Health Promotion Practice. 2019;20(4):593-599.

Effects of a brief video intervention on treatment initiation and adherence among patients attending human immunodeficiency virus treatment clinics.

Neumann MS, Plant A, Margolis AD, Borkowf CB, Malotte CK, Rietmeijer CA, Flores SA, O’Donnell L, Robilotto S, Myint-U A, Montoya JA, Javanbakht M, Klausner JD. PLoS One. 2018;13(10):e0204599.

Plan A: An Effective, Brief Entertainment Education Video Intervention Designed to Reduce Unplanned Pregnancies and STIs Among Young Women of Color.

Henley C, Plant A. Presented at: Title X Grantee Conference; July 13-16, 2021; Virtual.

Clinic Staff Perceptions of a Sexual Health Entertainment-Education Intervention for Young Women of Color.

Neffa-Creech D, Plant A, Snow E, Montoya JA. Presented at: The 6th Biennial D.C. Health Communication Conference (DCHC); April 23-24, 2021; Virtual.

(Un)like strategies: Combining narratives and didactic messages to improve attitudes toward effective contraception.

Saucier C, Suresh S, Brooks J, Walter N, Plant A. Presented at: Kentucky Conference on Health Communication; April 2-4, 2020; Lexington, KY.

Plan A: Remedying Racial Disparities in Long-Acting Reversible Contraception.

Saucier C, Suresh S, Brooks J, Walter N, Plant A. Presented at: ICA Annual Conference, May 20-26, 2020; Virtual Conference.

Acceptability of Plan A: An Entertainment-Education Video Intervention to Prevent STIs and Unintended Pregnancies Among Young African-American and Latina Women

Plant A, Montoya JA, Falk G, Walsh S, Demby H, Rietmeijer C. Presented at: American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; November 10-14, 2018; San Diego, CA.

Plan A: An Entertainment-Education Intervention to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Women.

Plant A, Montoya JA, Snow E, Coyle K, Rietmeijer C. Video screened at: 2018 American Public Health Association (APHA) Global Public Health Film Festival; November 10-14, 2018; San Diego, CA.

Acceptability of a Brief Entertainment-Education Video Intervention to Prevent STIs and Unintended Pregnancies Among Older Adolescents.

Plant A, Walter N, Murphy S, Montoya J, Rietmeijer C. Presented at: 2018 STD Prevention Conference; August 27-30, 2018; Washington DC.

Taking Care of Me, Educating and Empowering Persons Living with HIV.

Neumann M, Plant A, Margolis A, Borkowf C. Video screened at: American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; November 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA.

An Adaptation of Safe in the City to Prevent STDs and Unintended Pregnancies Among Older Adolescents.

Plant A, Montoya J, Coyle K, Gaarde J, Rietmeijer C. Presented at: 2016 STD Prevention Conference; September 20-23, 2016; Atlanta, GA.