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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797643503321
• Autore: Bayer Ellen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-309-36870-7; 0-309-36868-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (96 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1014
• Soggetti: Public health - United States; Health promotion - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.