Health Communication Science Digest | Gateway to Health Communication | CDC

Health Communication Science Digest | Gateway to Health Communication | CDC

Dear colleagues,

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

In the Digest this month several studies examine health message design factors (Amerson, et al.; Bell, et al.; Cheng, et al.; Cox, et al.; Mah, et al.; Peels, et al.; Robbins & Niederdeppe; Robinson, et al.). Visual elements of health messages, in particular, are the focus of several reports (Ford, et al.; King, et al.; Monárrez-Espino, et al.; Nan, et al.). Research on the effectiveness of health communication interventionsis detailed by many writers (Backholer, et al.; Fosson, et al.; Higgs, et al.; Naugle & Hornik). There are also reports of innovative research on health education content design and delivery (Abu Abed, et al.; Ho, et al.; Kannampallil, et al.), new media and health (Kim & Sundar; Lee & Kim; Mano; McKinley & Wright; Modave, et al.; Zhao, et al.), and risk communication (Yang, et al.).

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.

Doğan Eroğlu

Associate Director for Communication Science

Office of the Associate Director for Communication

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA