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, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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 sc...

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Main Author: Bayer, Ellen (rapporteur.)
Corporate Author: Communication to Improve Population Health (Workshop)
Other Authors: Thompson, Darla (rapporteur.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiii, 81 pages))
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780309368674
0309368677
9780309368681
0309368685
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 19, 2016).
Funding Information Note:This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Aetna Foundation (#10001504), The California Endowment (20112338), the Kaiser East Bay Community Foundation (20131471), The Kresge Foundation (101288), the Missouri Foundation for Health (12-0879-SOF-12), the New York State Health Foundation (12-01708), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (70555). The views presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity.