Health Communication Subject Guide

CNA 457/596 — Randa Garden

Keywords: health communication, patient-centered care, patient's satisfaction, health care citizen, physician behaviors, emotions and health care, end of life conversations, theories in health communication, etc.

General

• Communications Center Publications - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Guidelines on Science and Health Communication - Great Britain
• Healthy People 2010, "Health Communication"
• Improving Health Literacy: Principles for Clear Health Communciation - Clear Health Communication Initiative - Pfizer
• NACCHO Public Health Communications Toolkit
• Nebraska Health & Human Services System
• NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service- translates publications into foreign languages
• Speaking of Health: Assessing Health Communication Strategies for Diverse Populations - Institute of Medicine, Natational Academies
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Associations and Organizations

• American Public Health Association
• CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) - Health Communication Strategies
• Coalition for Health Communication - inter-organizational task force
• Communications Center Publications - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• World Health Organization - health topics, publications and research tool

E-Journals and Databases

Also explore offerings on the WSC Database page

• Health and Safety Report - Canadian Center for occupational Health & Safety
• Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives
• Journal of Medical Internet Research
• Lexis/Nexis - full-text medical articles
• Prevention Communication Research Database
• USA.gov - free government search engine for full-text publications

Internet Sites

• Center for Communication Programs - Johns Hopkins - resources and services
• Harvard School of Public Health - Center for Health Communication
• Health and Science Communication - University of Iowa
• Health Communication and Mass Media Links - Social Marketing.com

Reference Works

• Health Communication Resources - see Health Agencies & Organizations, Health Information, Indexes, Other Comunication Organizations, etc.
• Health Topics - World Health Organization
• Pink Book-Making Health Communication Programs Work - National Cancer Institute online book

Specific Topics in Health Care

Doctor-Patient Relationships

Communication training; patient satisfaction, patient-centered care, the Internet and negotiating medical authority; doctor-patient communication models

• Askme3 - patient/health-care provider communication
• Ending the Physician-Patient Relationship - College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario
• Tips on Building Doctor/Patient Relationships
• When Things Go Wrong - Healthlink, Medical College of Wisconsin

Elderly Health Care

• Elderly Healthcare - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• ElderNet
• USAGov for Seniors
• Health and Age - Medical articles
• Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Profiles of Thirteen States - Urban Institute

Last update: Spring, 2006