New online resource for health communication
practitioners
Peer review of experiences and ideas is crucial for supporting and
improving communication actions. Health e Communication (http://www.comminit.com/healthecomm/)
now provides easy access to a growing collection of case studies,
planning models, research and evaluation documents, and lectures
and speeches submitted and peer reviewed by health communication
practitioners around the world. The virtual process aims to build
a practitioner and policy maker perspective on the most valuable
ideas and information that support health and development communication
work.
 Health e Communication allows people to:
- submit the resources they find most useful;
- assess the resources others have submitted;
- share ideas on what works and why; and
- generate an evolving collective perspective
around resources, approaches, and trends
in Health Communication
Health e Communication provides reference tools such as the Top
10's page, which lists the top ten resources
rated for their usefulness and impact by health practitioners, and
Quick Lists, which provides quick cross referencing between core
health and development issues. Documents are organized around four
major areas: (1) Case Studies & Experiences;
(2) Planning & Thinking; (3) Research & Evaluation; and (4)
Lectures & Speeches. Visitors to the site are encouraged to submit
resources and participate in occasional opinion
polls and discussion forums.
Health e Communication was developed by the Health Communication
Partnership (HCP) and The Communication Initiative.
It is based on the advice and comments of a world wide group of health
communication practitioners who provided essential input during its
pilot phase. HCP is supported by the U.S. Agency for International
Development, and includes Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health/Center for Communication Programs, the Academy for Educational
Development, Save the Children, The International HIV/AIDS Alliance
and Tulane University 's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
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