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Community Engagement is a Communicative Effort

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Saturday, November 15, 2014 : 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Jennifer R. Warren, PhD , Department of Communication, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
This presentation will provide an overarching conceptual framework for why communication processes are integral to the act of community engagement; and in this case integral to the act of community engagement with severely underserved groups. In the process definitions of relevant terms (i.e., community engagement, community engagement principles, values, ethics, communication) are outlined. An in-depth discussion of the transactional model of communication is offered with links to community engaged practices, including entry into a community, building partnerships, collaboration related to goals, intervention development, dissemination and sustainability. It is important at the outset of the course to orient participants theoretically to community engagement and communication and the relation thereof before moving on to the next stage in the course. Examples will be provided to bring the theory to life.

Jennifer R. Warren conduct this presentation.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Explain how community engagement is a communicative effort Describe how communication fundamentally impacts the basic principles, values, and ethics of community engagement

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have 13 years collaborating with underserved communities. I have conducted courses on community engagement and communication since 1999, including The Public Health Institute at the University of Minnesota, The Preventive Medicine Residency Program on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver, and the EPA's Community Involvement Conference. My research is published. I teach communication and culture and health communication at Rutgers. I have 16 years expertise in the discipline and in curriculum development and delivery.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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