Communicating Public Health Information Effectively: A Guide for Practitioners

Type

Book

Authors

Patrick L. Remington

Nelson ( David Nelson )

ISBN 10

0875530273

ISBN 13

9780875530277

Tags

Speech, Public Health, Home & Community Health, Home & Community Care

Description

As the first of its kind, this book provides a comprehensive approach to help public health practitioners in both the public and private sector to improve their ability to communicate with different audiences. From the news media to legislators, and from visual communication to electronic communication, every chapter provides practical, With real-world recommendations and examples on how to communicate public health information to nonscientific audiences more effectively. The knowledge and skills gleaned from this book will assist with planning and executing simple and complex communication activities commonly done by public health practitioners. "In order to compete in this increasingly competitive and complex environment, those of us in public health must make the science and art of communication as integral a part of our everyday activities as the science of epidemiology and disease control. - from Amzon

Biblio Notes

RA 643 C66

Communicating Public Health Information Effectively: A Guide for Practitioners

Patrick L. Remington; David Nelson

Amer Public Health Assn

2002

Public health ; Public health practice ; Communication in medicine ; Communicable disease control--Methods

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