3243.0 Health Communication for Priority Populations

Monday, October 27, 2008: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session will provide a discussion on health information dissemination to a variety of special populations. This session will also discuss the critical role that the government, media, and public health professionals play in reaching these populations, especially when it comes to public health disasters.
Session Objectives: 1. Understand the public health needs of priority populations around the world 2. Learn how communicate critical public health information more effectively to targeted communities
Moderator:
Julie Tu, MS, CHES

12:30 PM
Normalizing Attitudes and Growing the Condom Market in India: The Bindaas Bol Category Marketing Campaign
Anand Verdhan Sinha, MBA, Moni Sagar and Caroline Quijada, MPH
12:45 PM
Evaluating the focus of statewide print media coverage of Arkansas obesity legislation
Blake A. Talbot, MPH, Jada Walker, MEd, Jennifer Ivory, MPH, Amanda Philyaw Perez, MPH, Martha M. Phillips, PhD, MPH, MBA and James M. Raczynski, PhD
     
1:00 PM
Building public understanding and support on science-intensive public health issues. Case study: Community water fluoridation in San Diego
Steven Rosell, PhD and Isabella Furth, PhD
     
1:15 PM
When communication “creates” the disaster: Communication and information needs in a slow-motion technological disaster
Rebecca J. W. Cline, PhD, Aylin Sayir, MA, Heather Orom, PhD, S. Camille Broadway, PhD, Kami J. Silk, PhD, Lisa Berry-Bobovski, MA, Tanis Hernandez, MSW, Brad Black, MD, Ann G. Schwartz, PhD, MPH and John C. Ruckdeschel, MD
1:30 PM
Us-them relationships in a slow-motion technological disaster: Dynamics and consequences of stigma associated with asbestos-related disease in Libby, MT
Rebecca J. W. Cline, PhD, Heather Orom, PhD, Aylin Sayir, MA, Lisa Berry-Bobovski, MA, Kami J. Silk, PhD, S. Camille Broadway, PhD, Tanis Hernandez, MSW, Brad Black, MD, Ann G. Schwartz, PhD, MPH and John C. Ruckdeschel, MD

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Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion

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