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This monograph provides a brief introduction to the global and regional impact of dengue fever; an overview of integrated vector management, which served as the framework for the community-based research project promoting the use of guppy fish in water storage jars, tanks, and drums in Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR); an overview of the Communication for Behavioral Impact planning tool used to engage residents and plan the social mobilization and communication actions; and a summary of the results of the research project. The project also promoted source reduction actions for miscellaneous smaller items commonly found to contain water and mosquito larvae, while encouraging members of the public to seek medical care for fevers that last longer than 24 hours. It is hoped that policy makers, elected officials at all levels, dengue program managers, and others involved in dengue prevention and control efforts will find this document a useful guide to the development of community-based efforts—in particular, the establishment of guppy fish breeding and distribution systems, the use of communication and social mobilization actions to promote and support specific actions that reduce mosquito breeding, and the evaluation of the impact of such efforts.