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Communicating to advance the public's health : workshop summary / Ellen Bayer and Darla Thompson, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Bayer, Ellen, rapporteur.
- Conference Name:
- Communication to Improve Population Health (Workshop) (2014 : Irvine, Calif.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health--United States.
- Public health.
- Health promotion--United States.
- Health promotion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (96 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement brings together individuals and organizations that represent different sectors in a dialogue about what is needed to improve population health. On September 22, 2014, the roundtable held a workshop to discuss some of the science of health communication, audiences, and messaging, and to explore what it will take to generate widespread awareness, acceptance, and action to improve health, including through the entertainment media, the news media, and social media. This report summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.
- Contents:
- FrontMatter; Reviewers; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 The Science of Health Communication: Guiding Principles for Population Health Campaigns; 3 The News Media as a Catalyst for Action; 4 Effective Use of Digital Media to Advance Population Health Goals; 5 Effective Messaging Strategies: A Review of the Evidence; 6 The Power of Television and Film; 7 Final Comments; Appendix A: References; Appendix B: Workshop Agenda; Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 17, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-309-36870-7
- 0-309-36868-5
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