Working on Health Communication - Softcover

Corcoran, Nova

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847879233 ISBN 13: 9781847879233

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Good communication is at the heart of strategies for effective health promotion and public health. At a time when lifestyle and preventable diseases are still on the rise, practitioners are in need of the skills to deliver effective health messages to the right audience, at the right time.

Responding to this demand, Working on Health Communication provides a practical guide to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating campaigns.

The book follows the campaign design process step-by-step. It covers every stage from selecting theoretical models and identifying the message and target audience, right through to running the campaign and evaluating its success. "Real-life examples" of actual campaigns are used throughout to show how theoretical ideas work in practice.

Working on Health Communication is ideal for students and practitioners in public health, health promotion and other health-related areas who are working on health campaigns.

About this title

About the Author:

Nova Corcoran is a senior lecturer in public health at the University of South Wales. She has worked as a lecturer for over 15 years and before that as a health promotion practitioner. Her research interests are in the effective design and delivery of health promotion and health communication, and she has published numerous studies within this area. She has also published two textbooks in the area of health communication titled Health Communication: Strategies for Health Promotion and Working on Health Communication.

Review:

′Overall, this well-structured book is suitable for health professionals willing to take tips in designing a campaign or to hone their communication skills to deliver effective health messages...A comprehensive guide to health communication′ -
Current Science

′Corcoran′s text has crystal clear relevance to all front line practitioners who work to promote health. Using a logical ′can do′ approach and a wealth of illustrative examples, this book is both a practical guide and a resource for reviewing campaigns across a range of health domains′ -
Matthew Jones, University of West of England

"This well-structured book is suitable for health professionals willing to take tips in designing a campaign or to hone their communication skills to deliver effective health messages. Thus, this book is  a comprehensive guide to health communicators." Author: Megha Prakash Source: Current Science vol 100:12 Published On: 2011-06-25

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847879233
• ISBN 13: 9781847879233
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200