New Health Communication Web Sites
Following are links of to lists compiled by Marcia Zorn, M.A., M.L.S., The document links below are in Microsoft Word format.
Click to download Health Communication Web sites April 2008.doc
Click to download Health Communication Web sites March 2008.doc
Click to download Health Communication Web sites Feb 2008.doc
Click to download Health Communication Web sites Sep 2007.doc
This bibliography was initiated as a graduate project in 2005 to demonstrate that health communication matured as a discipline to the point that communication scholarship is recognized and valued more and more widely in the health professions. To this end, the Top 60 ISI non-communication health-related journals from 2000 to 2005 were searched for peer-reviewed articles about some aspect of communication. Nearly 700 articles were found.
The EndNote database can be searched but not modified. Again, it should be emphasized that this database is not meant to be a complete listing of ALL health communication publications. Many articles in communication and health communication journals are not included here because the original purpose was to demonstrate how health communication scholarship had crossed disciplinary boundaries into the health fields.
http://www.refworks.com/refshare/?site=024261133424000000/315134/ICA%202000-2006
Health Communication Theory Resources
o Communication: A Research Discipline presented to The Methodology Committee of the National Research Council September 30, 2002 [PowerPoint]
http://www.natcom.org/nca/files/ccLibraryFiles/FILENAME/000000000181/NRC--Presentation%20Version%202.ppt#256,1,Communication:
o The History and Development of the Field of Health Communication
by Kreps, Bonaguro, and Query (excerpt from L.D. Jackson & B.K. Duffy (Eds.). (1998). Health Communication Research: Guide to Developments and Directions, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 1-15.) http://www.russcomm.ru/eng/rca_biblio/k/kreps.shtml
o Communication for Health entry in Encyclopedia of Public Health
http://www.enotes.com/public-health-encyclopedia/communication-health
o Communication Theory page, Health Communication Partnership
http://www.hcpartnership.org/Topics/Communication/communication_theory.php
o A First Look at Communication Theory 6th Edition (2006)
homepage http://www.afirstlook.com/main.cfm This web site contains an overview of several communication theories than can be relevant for health communication practitioners and scholars.
o Sripriya Rangarajan Health Communication powerpoint slide show at:
http://www.drrangarajan.com/comm5000_6000/Class1-Notes.ppt#8
Start with this slide and continue through the slide show for more information.
o Information and Resources from The Health Communication Unit (THCU), Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto, Health Communication definition/links
http://www.thcu.ca/infoandresources/health_communication.htm
Health Communication Practice Resources
o Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Health Communication Activities
http://www.health.gov/communication
o Health Communication Chapter of Healthy People 2010
http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/HTML/Volume1/11HealthCom.htm
o Patient-centered communication in cancer care: Promoting healing and reducing suffering.
R.M Epstein & R.L. Street, Jr. (2007) National Cancer Institute, NIH Publ. No. 07-6225. Bethesda, MD. http://outcomes.cancer.gov/areas/pcc/communication/monograph.html
o The Pink Book-Making Health Communication Programs Work
http://www.cancer.gov/pinkbook
o Revised Making Health Communication Programs Work, National Cancer Institute (NCI).
See especially page at http://www.cancer.gov/pinkbook/page3
o The "classic" Clear & Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers
http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/oc/clear-and-simple/
o Simply Put, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/simpput.pdf
o Doctor-Patient Communication: Principles and Practices.
Suzanne M. Kurtz Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences (2002) http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/surgery/ose/DoctorPatientarticleKurtz.pdf
Health Communication Evaluation Resources
o Online Evaluation Handbooks & Texts
http://www.eval.org/Resources/onlinehbtxt.asp
o Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Education Campaigns:
Web cast forum featuring authors of 3 major studies evaluating campaigns on smoking, childhood obesity & youth STD & HIV prevention by Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia042706pkg.cfm
o Public Communication Campaign Evaluation:
An Environmental Scan Harvard Family Research Project May 2002 http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/pubs/onlinepubs/pcce/index.html
o Evaluation Primer on Health Risk Communication Programs
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/risk/evalprimer/
o Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: A Guide to Evaluation Primers (43 p.)
http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/RWJF_ResearchPrimer_0804.pdf
o Evaluating Consumer Informatics: Learning from Health Campaign Research
http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/lhc/docs/published/2004/pub2004029.pdf
o Guidance for Evaluating Mass Communication Health Initiatives:
Summary of an expert panel discussion held May 3-4, 2004 (edited 2005) http://www.healthcommunication.net/Evaluating_Mass_Comm.pdf
o Evaluation of Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion
"InforPack" 31 p.(THCU March 15. 2005) http://www.thcu.ca/workplace/documents/EvaluationInfoPackFinalWeb.pdf
o Guidelines for Critical Review of Qualitative Studies
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/ebnet/res/Guidelines.pdf
o W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook (116 p. 1998)
http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/Evaluation/Pub770.pdf
o CDC Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook Program
appendix re: Evaluation Standards and How They Apply To the Six Steps of Program Evaluation This page will opent he pdf file of the handbook. Go to the appendix for the evaluation standards. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/handbook/pdf/handbook.pdf
o Program evaluation:
Strategies for assessing how information dissemination contributes to agency goals. 2002, (GAO-02-923) analyzes 5 federal agencies' strategies for assessing the effectiveness of media campaigns & other information dissemination programs designed to persuade others to behave in ways that produce desired social or environmental benefits. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02923.pdf
o The Program Evaluation Standards.
ERIC/AE Digest ERIC Digest ED385612 "The Program Evaluation Standards," established by 16 professional associations, identify evaluation principles for improved program evaluations that address utility, propriety, feasibility, and accuracy.
http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/14/1b/70.pdf
o Flexibility & Feedback in a Formative Evaluation
Importance of flexibility & feedback in conducting formative evaluation.http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue22/eval3.html
o Evaluation Theory or What Are Evaluation Methods for?
The Evaluation Exchange Volume XI, No. 2, Sum 2005 Issue Topic: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue30/theory.html
o An Introduction to Theory of Change The Evaluation Exchange
Volume XI, No. 2, Summer 2005 Issue Topic: Evaluation Methodology. Ask the Expert http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue30/expert3.html
o Evaluations to Watch
Evaluating Complicated-and Complex-Programs Using Theory of Change http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue30/eval1.html
o Published criteria for evaluating health related web sites: review .
Paul Kim, Thomas R Eng, Mary Jo Deering, Andrew Maxfield BMJ 1999 Health Communication and Telehealth, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC, USA http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7184/647/DC1
