International Affairs, Population and Human Rights-Related Work

• BRS research on Americans’ attitudes toward global health issues for Communications Consortium Media Center and WGBH-TV in Boston guided the thematic presentation of the PBS series, “Rx for Survival” as well as the strategy for motivating Americans to solve global health problems.

• BRS identified audiences among American women and messages to engage them in support of active U.S. participation in global affairs. Our focus groups, survey with segmentation analysis, and consulting was for Women's Lens on Global Issues.

• BRS provided an updated, comprehensive picture of attitudes on family planning and women's health and how these relate to foreign assistance, for the Packard Foundation and Rand Institute.

• BRS evaluated message components and television advertising on international family planning for the Packard Foundation.

• BRS produced a detailed segmentation analysis of where the American public stands and what motivates different audiences on the environment, population, and consumption, for the Pew Charitable Trusts.