This work was commissioned by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Healt... more This work was commissioned by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Roundtable on Health Literacy
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2020
This report describes several health literacy initiatives by non-governmental organizations (NGOs... more This report describes several health literacy initiatives by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Specifically, the authors discuss the vision, history, and establishment of the International Health Literacy Association and similar regional organizations, as examples of collaboration across professional and geographic boundaries to advance health literacy research and practice. The authors provide some observations to build future health literacy initiatives by NGOs around the world.
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2004
This article is a first report from a system-wide initiative to document learning outcomes accrui... more This article is a first report from a system-wide initiative to document learning outcomes accruing from participation in study abroad. It focuses on one element of that initiative, a comparison of several outcomes between study abroad participants and non-participants attending sixteen varied public institutions within a state university system.
Abstract: Since 1992, when a rogue paralegal leaked the first set of highly incriminating secret ... more Abstract: Since 1992, when a rogue paralegal leaked the first set of highly incriminating secret documents to tobacco control activists, the tobacco industry's internal strategies to increase addiction and decrease accountability have become, quite literally, an open ...
Government public information officers and risk communicators bear the burden for reaching all Am... more Government public information officers and risk communicators bear the burden for reaching all Americans with public health and emergency messages. To assess needs specifically regarding communication to reduce health disparities, an Internet survey is made available to members of the National Public Health Information Coalition. Respondents are asked to rate their own needs at their level of organizational responsibility as well as the needs of staff whom they may be supervising on 25 communication and cultural competencies. Multicultural understanding, culturally appropriate message development, and ways to better collaborate with diverse populations are identified as communication competencies in which more training is especially needed.
This work was commissioned by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Healt... more This work was commissioned by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Roundtable on Health Literacy
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2020
This report describes several health literacy initiatives by non-governmental organizations (NGOs... more This report describes several health literacy initiatives by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Specifically, the authors discuss the vision, history, and establishment of the International Health Literacy Association and similar regional organizations, as examples of collaboration across professional and geographic boundaries to advance health literacy research and practice. The authors provide some observations to build future health literacy initiatives by NGOs around the world.
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2004
This article is a first report from a system-wide initiative to document learning outcomes accrui... more This article is a first report from a system-wide initiative to document learning outcomes accruing from participation in study abroad. It focuses on one element of that initiative, a comparison of several outcomes between study abroad participants and non-participants attending sixteen varied public institutions within a state university system.
Abstract: Since 1992, when a rogue paralegal leaked the first set of highly incriminating secret ... more Abstract: Since 1992, when a rogue paralegal leaked the first set of highly incriminating secret documents to tobacco control activists, the tobacco industry's internal strategies to increase addiction and decrease accountability have become, quite literally, an open ...
Government public information officers and risk communicators bear the burden for reaching all Am... more Government public information officers and risk communicators bear the burden for reaching all Americans with public health and emergency messages. To assess needs specifically regarding communication to reduce health disparities, an Internet survey is made available to members of the National Public Health Information Coalition. Respondents are asked to rate their own needs at their level of organizational responsibility as well as the needs of staff whom they may be supervising on 25 communication and cultural competencies. Multicultural understanding, culturally appropriate message development, and ways to better collaborate with diverse populations are identified as communication competencies in which more training is especially needed.
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