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Session: Disseminating Health Information
4335.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Disseminating Health Information
This session focuses on the importance of information dissemination and methods used to deliver the message to the intended audience. Presenters will describe the use of technology in message delivery and how the use of that technology was evaluated. Specifically, presenters will discuss e-mail and telephone message delivery and the use of social networks. Several presenters within this session will also discuss approaches to knowledge dissemination within the public health classroom.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Assess the impact of technology on the dissemination of health information. 2. Discuss the role of social networks on health information dissemination. 3. Describe techniques for knowledge dissemination within the public health classroom.
Moderator(s):Katherine M. Wilson, PhD, MPH
4:30 PMImpacting lives every day: Bringing public health to the classroom  [ Recorded presentation ]
Mitchel Rosen, MS, Bernadette M. West, PhD, Karen L. Benjamin, MPH, CHES
4:45 PMInnovation in public health education: Electronic portfolio development and implementation in an MPH program  [ Recorded presentation ]
Ruth Cox, PhD, Catherine Magee, MPH, Mary Beth Love, PhD
5:00 PMTelephony as a communication tool for diet and activity  [ Recorded presentation ]
Carey Noland, PhD, Julie Wright, PhD, William G. Adams, MD
5:15 PMA randomized trial of a nutrition and physical activity intervention in a workplace, using tailored interaction and e-mail delivery  [ Recorded presentation ]
Clifford H. Block, PhD, Barbara Sternfeld, PhD, Torin Block, BA, Jean Norris, DrPH, Gladys Block, PhD
5:30 PMSocial networks: Relationships, participation, and opportunities in the dissemination of health information  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nora Gimpel, MD, Alice Marcee, DVM, MS, Richard Scotch, PhD, Jill Whitfill, Jennifer Bridges, Alicia Hope Durst, Phung Tran, Jose Velez
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Food and Nutrition; Maternal and Child Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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