Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: communication
New issue of Health Communication Science Digest
From the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC): The November issue of Health Communication Science Digest (HCSD or Digest) is now available at http://intranet.cdc.gov/od/oc/hcse/hcsd. This month in the Digest there are several papers reporting new strategies and approaches for … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, health literacy, social media
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Promoting oral health
From the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Three new publications are available from the HRSA Information Service. Promoting Oral Health in Schools: A Resource Guide (2nd Edition) MCH00440 Designed to help health professionals, program administrators, educators, researchers, policymakers, … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, consumer health, DHHS, oral health
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New YouTube channel from AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s new YouTube channel, AHRQ HealthIT highlights successful health information technology (IT) projects that focus on ways to enhance quality measurement, preventive care and medication management. These videos provide insights for health services researchers, health care … Continue reading
Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media – New from NAP
Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media: Report of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps has just been published by the National Academies Press. Following an earlier NRC workshop on public response to alerts and warnings … Continue reading
New edition of health Communication Digest available
Seth Noar introduces an Audience-Channel-Message-Evaluation (ACME) framework for health communication campaigns. Three studies highlight the negative impact of unhealthy mass media messages. Smoking is the focus of all three studies. Glantz et al. observe a substantial increase in onscreen smoking in youth-rated movies. Shandel … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, communication, social networking, tobacco
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Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy – New from NAP
From the National Academies Press: Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy encourages scientists to think differently about the use of scientific evidence in policy making. This report investigates why scientific evidence is important to policy making and argues that … Continue reading
Mind the Science Gap starts a new season!
Our friends at Mind the Science Gap have begun posting for the fall term. check out this week’s first post (by former THL librarian Gilllian Mayman): “Mommy, why do I need to wash my hands if I only pee?” For … Continue reading
May’s Health Communication Science Digest now available!
This month in Health Communication Science Digest, find out more about: Effective health communication interventions Health marketing strategies Health information use, online and through social media Health literacy Health message design and presentation Read the complete Digest here.
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Health in a Hair Salon: Outreach Project Rooted in Beauty Shop
From the National Library of Medicine: MaFlo’s Beauty Salon in Georgetown, SC, population 8,441, is a compact 20-by-20-foot wooden-frame building with a newly erected sign in front that reads: “MaFlo’s Hairstyles & Designs by Marilynn–Health Awareness Team.” In front, as … Continue reading
Can We Speak the Same Language?
Reservations are now open for the symposium, “Healthcare Policy and Research: Can We Speak the Same Language?” For more information and to reserve a space, click here. This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation at the … Continue reading
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