Health Communication
and Mass Media Links
The
Communication Initiative Network
A partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation,
UNICEF, USAID, WHO, BBC World Service, CIDA, Johns Hopkins University's
Center for Communication Programming, UNFPA, Soul City and Panos.
The network seeks to support action on various areas of health
through communication.
National Cancer Institute Publications:
Making
Health Communications Programs Work: A Planner's Guide
Clear
& Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate
Readers
Health Risk Communication Primer
A primer on health risk
communication principles and practice from ATSDR
Journal of Health Communication
Quarterly journal on health
communication issues
CDCynergy
Information on the CDC's communication planning
model
Entertainment Education
Information from the CDC about providing
health education through entertainment sources
Lesson on Basic Concepts for Disseminating
and Communicating Surveillance Information
From the CDC.
Op-Eds, A Cost Effective Strategy for Advocacy
(pdf)
Guide
from the Benton Foundation on developing an op-ed strategy for
nonprofits
Entertainment
Industries Council
Social
and health issues resource website for writers, producers and
directors of television shows and feature films
Planning and Evaluating Information Outreach
Among Minority Communities
Research
reviews on themes such as "Technical Communication: Perspectives
on Planning and Evaluating Information Outreach", "Planning
and Evaluating Information Outreach Among Minority Communities";
and "Communication and Community Development for Health
Information: Constructs and Models for Evaluation."
Communicating To Improve Health (pdf)
Summary of conference on
communications strategies for effective health promotion from
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Tools
for Life
A
'versatile health communication kit designed for front line community
health workers and health educators in Anglophone and Francophone
Africa' from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication
Programmes
20/20 Vision Education Fund Advocacy Tools
Information on grassroots
activism, including how to influence policy makers and work with
the media.
HealthCOMM--Health Communication Around
the World
Official
web site of the Health Communication Division of the National
Communication Association. Provides information on field of health
communication.
InnoNet.org Workstation
Online evaluation and planning tools designed
specifically for nonprofit program planning
Focus on Behavior Change Communications
Listing of related publications
and handbooks primarily about HIV/AIDS from Family Health International
Helping
the News Media Cover Family Planning
An online issue of Population Reports with
tips on working with the news media.
Advocacy Video: Making Change
A prepublication version
of the latest in the Benton Foundation's "Strategic Communications
for Nonprofits" Series
Effective Print Materials for "At-Risk"
Hispanics
Article
from the Texas Cancer Data Center
Health
Communications Unit, University of Toronto
Publications on health communications
Center
for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University
Publications and resources
on population, health communications and development
Program for the Study of Entertainment Media
and Health
Many
publications from the Kaiser Family Foundation on mass media
and health topics
Diversity Rx
Clearinghouse of information on how to meet
the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees
and other diverse populations seeking health care.
ICA HealthComm
Health Communication Division of the International
Communication Association.
Health Topics: Health Campaign Planning
Links from the Division
of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Communication for Social Change
Special program run by
the Rockefeller Foundation; site includes related publications
Science
Panel on Interactive Communication and Health (SciPICH) Website
Helps you learn about,
evaluate, and select interactive health communication applications.
Includes publications such as "Wired for Health and Well-Being:
The Emergence of Interactive Health and Communication" and
"An Evidence-Based Approach to Interactive Health Communication:
A Challenge to Medicine in the Information Age."
HIV/AIDS and Behavior Change Communication
Article by Jose G. Rimon,
Deputy Director of JHU/CCP
The
Media Project
A
collaborative effort between Advocates for Youth and the Kaiser
Family Foundation working with entertainment industry professionals
to ensure that they are presenting the most up-to-date,socially
relevant, and accurate information about sexual health issues
to the public.
Social Marketing Articles
From Sutton Social Marketing.
The Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School
of Public Health, Health News Index
The Health News Index is designed to help
the news media and people in the health field gain a better understanding
of which health stories in the news Americans are following and
what they understand about those health issues. Every two months,
Kaiser/Harvard issues a new index report.
HealthComm KEY
HealthComm KEY is a database of health communication
literature, focusing on communication research and practice in
the context of public health, developed by CDC's Office of Communication.
APHA's Health Communication Working Group
An advocate for communication
and marketing approaches to improve the public's health
Clip
Art for Health Communication
A database provided by the Health Communication
Materials Network (JHUCCP)
Media
and Materials Clearinghouse
A
resource for global health materials
Basic Processes and Principles for Population
and Family Planning Communication
The "P Process" strategic framework
for developing health communication programs from the Johns Hopkins
University Center for Communication Programs
Public
Health Image Library
Photographs,
illustrations, and animations
in the public domain from the CDC
Breaking the Frame
Article from Prospect Associates on the importance of how you frame your issue.
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