Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #108665

Jiunn-Jye Sheu, MSPH, PhD, CHES¹, Huey-Shys Chen, PhD, CHES, RN², Hui Bian, MA, PhD, CHES¹, and Sumi Kwen, MS¹. (1) Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, FLG 5, Stadium Road, PO Box 118210, Gainesville, FL 32611-8210, (2) School of Nursing, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. HPA 228, PO Box 162210, Orlando, FL 32816-2210, 407-8232863, chuey@mail.ucf.edu

Audio-visuals have been proven more effective than printed materials in health communication. With the rapidly growth of the Internet, a dramatically increasing number of digital multimedia is readily available on the web and covers various topics. The availability of high speed Internet also shortens the distance between digital multimedia and potential audiences. To assist health professionals to access these valuable resources in health communication, JJ's DIAMOND (Digital Instruction And Multimedia Over the Net Database) has been established for the health education-related digital multimedia.

JJ's DIAMOND is a web-based database collects the URLs of the health-related digital multimedia and supplies health educators a convenient and friendly interface in finding health communication media. A wide variety of online multimedia, including digital audios, digital videos, flash animations, PowerPoint presentations, and e-papers have been searched and entered into JJ's DIAMOND. More than 5,000 items have been listed under 46 subject categories with call numbers. Users may search by author, title, publisher, subject category, or type of material. Besides, a detailed description and critical media evaluation are provided for individual materials through service learning.

JJ's DIAMOND provides a unique online resource extending learning resources nationally and internationally with multiple language interfaces. JJ's DIAMOND can also be used in modeling health education media for various health behavior interventions among people in different age, ethnical/educational levels, and geographic locations.

Learning Objectives: The audiences will be able to

• List types of digital multimedia on the Internet
• Search digital multimedia on the web through JJ's DIAMOND
• List the criteria in evaluating digital multimedia for health communication

Keywords: Communication Technology, Public Health Informatics

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.