V Conclusion. --Submitted by Sophie Rosa. I Introduction. Health communication is one of the key health promotion approaches that enable people to increase control over, and improve their health. [1] However, demonstrating the effect of health communication efforts on behaviour change and isolating the effects of a campaign on a given health outcome are challenging and often require extensive resources. In fact, researchers examining the effectiveness of various major health communication campaigns report a prevalent lack of proper design and evaluation rigor. [2-5] In many cases, major campaigns that have been examined were not grounded in any validated health promotion models and theories [2], while more than half did not have any formative research efforts. [3,4] In his review, Noar (2006) reported that most campaigns examined had weak evaluation designs that failed to remove threats to internal validity. [6] The purpose of this article is to discuss the most prevalent challenges in the ...
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The goal of health communication is to enhance individual and community quality of life and to improve general public health. Understanding the role of communication in influencing individual health decisions and overall health outcomes is a crucial skill towards improving public health. As a Health Communication major, you will develop effective communication strategies and pursue an in-depth study of health related issues facing various communities. You will take classes grounded in both communication theory and practice, with many of the required classes being offered online. The degree will give you the opportunity to focus on human identity and diversity, quantitative and qualitative research competency, 21st century communication skills, and public advocacy.. At Miami, students majoring in Health Communication must complete a core set of classes and then have the opportunity to select additional classes in introductory communication, additional writing/technology, intercultural competence, ...
CONTEXT:An understanding of the association between adolescents sexual and reproductive health knowledge and their use of relevant services is needed to improve young peoples sexual and reproductive health.. METHODS:Data from the National Survey of Family Growth were used to examine associations between sexual and reproductive health communication (parental and formal) and service use among 2,326 U.S. women aged 15-19 in 2002 and 2006-2008. Chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression were used to assess relationships between adolescents receipt of sexual and reproductive health communication from parents and formal (school, church, community) sources and their use of sexual and reproductive health services.. RESULTS:The majority of adolescents had received parental (75%) and formal (92%) sexual and reproductive health communication; 43% reported recent service use. In unadjusted analyses, parental and formal communication were positively associated with service use. In regression ...
Guineas maternal and child health indicators are among the lowest in the world. Even before Ebola hit in 2014, trust and confidence in its health services were low. Ebolas rapid spread further fueled fear and distrust, with many people believing health workers themselves spread the disease.. As Guinea continues to recover from Ebola, the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) is working with the countrys hardest hit communities to rebuild both trust in the health system and the quality of care delivered. This series of case studies examines some of HC3s activities and tools that were part of an overall social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy to improve health behaviours and increase the demand for and use of quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) services in Guinea. Case studies deal with the use of community dialogues, the Bridges of Hope tool to stimulate discussion around RMNCH, the use of radio to reach wider audiences, and ...
This website is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-12-00058. On-going support is provided by Breakthrough ACTION with support from USAIDs Bureau for Global Health, under Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-17-00017. Breakthrough ACTION is based at Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP). The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of Breakthrough ACTION and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or Johns Hopkins University ...
The program is set out along transdisciplinary lines and draws on the following disciplines: Architecture, design, cultural studies, visual studies, materials science and the history and theory of design and architecture. The new Masters Program unites the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation with its historic collection and its education and communication formats with the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and the combined outstanding academic expertise of Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, especially of the Cluster of Excellence „Matters of Activity. Image Space Material. Moreover, engaging with the historic artefacts, materials and buildings found in the Bauhaus City Dessau means that contemporary issues in design may be explored through materials-based research and their currency tested in exhibition and communication formats. Lecturers: Regina Bittner, Stephan Pinkau, Claus Diessenbacher, Michael Hohl, Wolfgang Schäffner, Jasper Cepl, Joachim Krausse, Sabine Hansmann, Friederike Schäfer et al. ...
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he study of Health Communication can contribute to health promotion in areas such as patient-family communication, health message and campaigns, health in mass media, public health, and technology and health. This minor is grounded in a curriculum of theory, research, and application, addressing health issues across the spectrum of interpersonal, cultural, organizational,
By Faith Thanji. Health communication students in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism will once again present their research at national and international conferences.. • Xiaofei Song will present the paper Nutrition Literacy and Motivation to Read Food Labels among College Students at the International Health Literacy Conference, Nov. 3-4, in Bethesda, Maryland.. The study examined the level of nutrition literacy and other factors that lead to poor food choices and diet-related obesity among college students. Song also will present her study at the 100th annual National Communication Association conference, Nov. 20-23, in Chicago, Illinois.. • Faith Thanji co-authored a paper with Brock Ingmire, communication studies, and Bailey Davis, veterinary medicine, which also will be presented at the Health Literacy Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. Their paper Understanding the College Hygiene Scare: Health Literacy and Interpersonal Communication for the 21st Century College Student emerged ...
GoalUse health communication strategies and health information technology to improve population health outcomes and health care quality, and to achieve health equity.
The Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) has convened a global expert consultation this week in Baltimore to review a synthesis of evidence that demonstrates the impact of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) on HIV prevention outcomes.. This first-of-its-kind review brings together experts representing biomedical and behavioral perspectives from USAID, CDC, academia, the developing world and foundations.. During the course of the three-day consultation, the group plans to examine evidence from the developing world, identify gaps and then provide recommendations for moving forward.. The goal is to reach consensus on the impact of SBCC on HIV prevention programs.. David Holtgrave - professor and chair of the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - and Rajiv Rimal - professor and chair of the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University - are co-facilitating the meeting.. The basis ...
The Journal of Health Communication has published a special supplement examining the role of communication, community engagement, and social mobilisation during and after the Ebola response. The collection of articles reflects some of the work at the early stage of the outbreak during a period of great uncertainty and urgent need, as well as
What are your resolutions for the new year? What are your clients planning on doing to improve their health? Here at Food and Health Communications, we want to make setting and achieving your goals as easy as possible. Thats why weve developed so many great resources just for you. Today wed like to highlight a few of our favorites, all of which will help you and your clients make and keep your 2013 resolutions ...
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State-based Evaluation of the Alert Notification Component of CDCs Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X) Secure Public Health Communications Start Printed Page 32356Network (OMB No. 0920-0636)-Extension Epidemiology Program Office (EPO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).. Great attention has been focused on improving secure public health communications networks for the dissemination of critical disease outbreak and/or bioterrorism-related events, which may have multi-jurisdictional involvement and cause disease and death within a short time-frame. A central component of the mission of the CDCs Epidemiology Program Office (EPO) is to strengthen the nations public health infrastructure by coordinating public health surveillance at CDC and providing domestic and international support through scientific communications and terrorism preparedness and emergency response. The Office of Scientific and Health Communications Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X) provides CDC and its ...
Each Decision box will present research-based information on the probabilities associated with each option as a combination of numbers, graphics and narrative statements. Although the evidence about the best risk communication formats is still not conclusive [6, 23], a number of reviews recommend combining graphs with verbal and numerical formats to improve the readers understanding of probabilistic information. Supplementing text with graphics has been proposed as a means to reduce the influence of less-relevant textual information, to improve decision-making and to increase accuracy when comparing probabilities [24]. Providing multiple formats may also help a broader audience with various numeracy levels make more accurate assessments of risks [25].. We will express the numerical probabilities of the benefits and harms of an intervention as absolute risk, communicated as natural frequencies with a constant denominator [5, 6, 26, 27]. Natural frequencies facilitate inferences on the likelihood ...
Interests: My research focuses on the intersection of wearable information technologies (IT) and health communication. In particular, I concentrate on communication between patients and physicians, looking at things such as patient participation and the physicians perspective. The wearable IT that I study can be used for patients who might otherwise have trouble communicating their health information to their physicians, be it from a lack of motivation to get involved with their health or with discussions about their health, health literacy issues, disabilities, insecurities, problems related to recall, factors related to language, and so forth. My research seeks to answer the question of how patients and physicians can better communicate with each other and what role wearable IT may play in this process. Keywords: wearables, information technology, health communication, physician-patient communication, personal informatics, social media, health behavior, consumer informatics, patient ...
People today are overloaded with messages. Its harder than ever to navigate the complex world of hospitals and healthcare. Gifted communicators can help people make wise, informed decisions about their health.. Thats where you come in.. At Calvin, you will be equipped and empowered to lead in this growing field. Calvin is known for its interdisciplinary approach to learning-and youll take full advantage of that. Youll study everything from human anatomy to biostatistics to communication theory. Youll master interpreting medical charts and developing social media plans. Youll get hands-on experience with interesting projects, labs, and internships.. When you graduate, youll be ready to translate the collective insight of the medical community into practical guidance for people.. ...
August 11-22, 2014: NIMHD Translational Health Disparities Course: Integrating Principles of Science, Practice and Policy in Health Disparities Research in Bethesda, Maryland. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities(NIMHD) will host a course on the science of health disparities to provide specialized instruction on the concepts, principles, methods, and applications of health disparities science, practice, and policy. It will also integrate principles and practice of community engagement. Check out the draft course overview and syllabus. (Registration for the course has closed.). August 19-21, 2014: National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference, co-hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Public Health Information Coalition, is an excellent opportunity to meet with colleagues and to shape the future of health communication, marketing, and media practice. Register ...
ORAU blends communication, marketing, preparedness, technical training and research skills to develop solutions that inform the public and equip health professionals to respond to public health challenges.
HealthNewsDigest.com) - The CDC defines health communication as The study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual decisions that enhance health. While enhancing health has always been an admirable goal, the skyrocketing costs of health care--and certainly the involvement of government--has made health communication more important than ever before. The problem is that getting people to change their behavior is exceedingly difficult, and most efforts seem to fail miserably.. The classic example in health care, of course, is that it took more than 20 years for Ignaz Semmelweis advocacy of hand washing in medical settings to be widely accepted. Ironically, since his observations were reported before germ theory was mainstream, he was unable to provide a suitable scientific explanation for why his methods prevented disease transmission--never mind the truth of his observations. Semmelweis died a broken man, just one more tragic example of Max Plancks grim ...
The fact that this doctor is disheartened with quality metrics and protocols is understandable. Patients are people, and deserve to be treated as such. No two patients are the same. They each have different needs, barriers, identities, and beliefs. Perhaps working under standardized protocols does make the patient feel dehumanized, or like their personal needs are not being addressed because the provider has to follow the protocol. It is reasonable that clinicians may feel stifled in their ability to practice medicine, especially if they feel the protocol is hindering their care delivery. On the other hand, healthcare quality is still shockingly problematic. Though we have been striving to close gaps in quality since to Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm were released at the turn of the millennium, we still face alarming quality issues. In fact, just the other week a study from Johns Hopkins University was released suggesting medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the ...
At CISCRP, we believe education before participation is critical to the patient experience in the clinical research process. Providing easy to understand, digestible and usable information in patient-facing documents throughout all stages of the clinical research process is critical to aiding patient navigation.. CISCRP will translate a clinical research document into plain language, following best practices in health literacy, numeracy and in an appealing, accessible design. All documents will be reviewed by an editorial panel of patients to ensure the documents are written in patient-friendly language.. This independent review is conducted remotely by individuals in their own locale.. In addition, CISCRP will ensure all documents comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, 2018. ...
Dear 21st century healthcare consumer, You are reading this because your engaging in a doctor-doctor driven practice & relationship that is built on education and empowerment. Please invest 3 minutes and read below-it will pay you back multifold Communication is KEY! Great relationships, parenting, and leadership requi
This guide introduces a five-step, stakeholder-based approach to adapting health communication materials. It describes how countries can take any health communication material and create adapted products which reflect national or local realities, needs and assets without losing the scientific correctness, core concepts and messages of the original version. ...
Pediatric clinical knowledge system provides access to Point-of-Care Quick Reference, AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care, Bright Futures, Antimicrobial Therapy Guide, Visual Library, Pediatric Care Updates, and AAP policy statements. Also provides access to tools including interactive periodicity schedule, signs & symptoms search, algorithms, patient handouts, and clinical calculators. Provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics ...
Rotavirus infection Globally, rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in early childhood affecting almost all children under five years of age. A vaccine is .... ...
Medical terms are often several words long, such as Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. To only find studies where the words are together as a phrase, put the term in quotes (e.g., Percutaneous Coronary Intervention). If you search for a multi-word term without quotes, studies with all words together as a phrase will appear higher in the results list than studies where the words are separated and spread throughout the document. For example, a search for Heart Attack will list a study about ...
Scientific title Effects of Message framing and Time discounting on health communication for Optimum Cardiovascular disease and Stroke Prevention(EMT-OCSP): a pragmatic randomised controlled study. Principal Investigator Li He. Study period 2020-07-01─2022-01-21. Hypotheses and aims When communicating cardiovascular disease(CVD(risk to individuals, different presentation of information carries its own connotations and biases. The one or the other pattern of the presentation may affect individuals decision making.This study aims to determine if risk and intervention communication strategy(gain-framed versus loss-frame, long-term context versus short-term context and the potential interaction(have different effect on optimizing adherence to clinical preventive management (in the endpoint of CVD risk reduction(for subjects with at least one moldable risk factor for CVD. We aim to provide evidence for practitioners regarding messaging strategies that improve communication ...
This is an 18-hour post-bachelors program for professionals and students who will learn how to effectively design, deliver and evaluate health communication activities. This is an interdisciplinary certificate administered jointly by the College of Information and Communications and the Arnold School of Public Health. ...
Over the past two decades, the power of visuals in learning and retention has been increasingly recognized -- attributing as much as 80% of retention to information that is visually communicated. In a recent study, 85% of working professionals agreed that creative thinking is critical for problem solving in their career, and 71% say creative thinking should be taught as a course, like math and science. The efficacy of the use of visual symbols has also been recognized for bridging language barriers in health care settings. This course provides health communication professionals the fundamental principles of design and how these relate to effective communication, particularly in health education and delivery applications. Course lectures and resources will guide students from visual design theory, straight through content creation and measuring effectiveness of visual messaging. Students will explore various media and tools used to create digital images and get hands-on practice in the image ...
This volume presents the most current theoretical advances in the fields of social marketing and public health communications. The volume is divided in two parts. Part 1 contains chapters pertaining t
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Informal caregivers provide unpaid care to their physically or mentally ill loved ones and play a critical role in the healthcare delivery. eHealth tools, including the broadband internet, can facilitate care processes and impact the caregiving burden through seeking health information and health communication. This study examines the predictors of access to broadband internet and the factors associated with health information seeking and health communication among informal caregivers with broadband internet. We used data from cycles 1 and 2 of the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 5) and employed generalized linear regression models with the maximum likelihood estimation. Specifically, we performed a two-part model: (1) a logistic regression model of broadband internet access among all caregivers (n = 929) and (2) a logistic regression model of health information seeking and health communication among caregivers with broadband internet access (n = 404). We found that caregivers ...
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The use of tailored health communications has become a favored technique for persuading individuals to engage in health behaviors, such as screening mammography. This experiment examined the impact of tailoring persuasive health communications to one aspect of individuals information-processing styles, that of the need for cognition (NFC), the enjoyment of thinking deeply about issues.
Arendt, F., & Scherr, S. (online first). Investigating an issue-attention-action cycle: A case study on the chronology of media attention, public attention, and actual vaccination behavior during the 2019 measles outbreak in Austria. Journal of Health Communication. doi:10.1080/10810730.2019.1652709. Bartsch, A., Scherr, S., Mares, M.-L., & Oliver, M. B. (online first). Reflective thoughts about violent media content - development of a bilingual self-report scale in English and German. Media Psychology. doi:10.1080/15213269.2019.1647248. Arendt, F., Scherr, S., & Romer, D. (online first). Effects of exposure to self-harm on social media: Evidence from a two-wave panel study among young adults. New Media and Society. doi:10.1177/1461444819850106. Scherr, S., & Goering, M. (online first). Is a self-monitoring app for depression a good place for additional mental health information? Ecological momentary assessment of mental help information seeking among smartphone users. Health Communication. ...
You will conceptualize, design and evaluate a variety of ICT-driven health promotion, wellness and prevention-related programs, interventions and resources that incorporate evidence-based guidelines and target a wide array of user populations (diverse racial and ethnic groups, children and the elderly, individuals with disabilities).. Given the global emergence, general use and utility of ICTs, there is a particularly high demand for professionals with expertise in this field of study. This certificate qualifies you for specialized careers in a variety of organizational settings including health promotion and education, medical writing, public relations, marketing and communications, policy, consulting, health care agencies, and wellness programs in the public and private sector.. ...
Better health all around-this is what clinicians and patients, alike, desire. But achieving and maintaining good health can be difficult task, as this requires the adoption of behaviours, habits, and lifestyles that are challenging for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the most vital tool in the delivery of healthcare, despite its low-tech nature, is communication-it plays an important role in informing, motivating, and ultimately achieving optimal health behaviours.
Regular screening reduces both morbidity and mortality from colorectal cancer (CRC). Screening rates, however, remain low suggesting the need for innovative research designed to increase screening behavior. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two interventions (Tailored Health Communication [THC] and Motivational Interviewing [MI]) in increasing CRC screening behavior. Both interventions are based on a strong conceptual framework derived from the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Transtheoretical Model (TTM), allowing us to explore the underlying mechanisms through which these interventions impact behavior change.. The primary aim of this study is to compare CRC screening test use among 804 participants randomly allocated to control or intervention conditions; participants will be recruited from the two sites (Chicago, IL, and Nashville, TN). The 3 study groups will receive (1) standard care, (2) tailored health communication, and (3) motivational interviewing. Eligibility ...