CDC - Health Communication - Science Digest

CDC - Health Communication - Science Digest

Health Communication Science Digest – August 2013

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 08/29/2013 03:49 PM EDT

Dear colleagues,

The August issue of Health Communication Science Digest (HCSD or Digest) is now available at http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/ScienceDigest/index.html

In the Digest this month several papers report results from health communication interventions (Belknap et al., Dunlop et al., Leavy et al., Nguyen et al., Peels et al.). Aspects of health literacy are discussed by several authors (Gettman et al., Gibbs & Chapman-Novakofski, Zazove et al.). Message design and presentation considerations are highlighted in several studies (Boiarsky et al., Briley et al., Jenkins & Dragojevic, Sarge & Knobloch-Westervick, Song et al., Spence et al.). Health information seeking preferences, including channel specific observations, are the focus of some (Baldwin et al., Ho et al., Markey & Markey, Oh et al., Rose & Friedman).

Please remember that you can access all issues of the “Health Communication Science Digest” series online via the searchable Health Communication Science Digest Archive.

We hope that you find the Health Communication Science Digest useful and invite you to provide us with feedback for improvement. Please send us articles that you would like to share with others—articles you or your colleagues have published or found useful.

Please send your comments and questions to HCSD@cdc.gov.

We wish you much success in your public health work!

Doğan Eroğlu

Associate Director for Communication Science

Office of the Associate Director for Communication

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA