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The Communication Initiative Network
A partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, USAID, WHO, BBC World Service, CIDA, Johns Hopkins University's Center for Communication Programming, UNFPA, Soul City and Panos. The network seeks to support action on various areas of health through communication.
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National Cancer Institute Publications:
Making Health Communications Programs Work: A Planner's Guide
Clear & Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers

Health Risk Communication Primer
A primer on health risk communication principles and practice from ATSDR

Journal of Health Communication
Quarterly journal on health communication issues

CDCynergy
Information on the CDC's communication planning model

Entertainment Education
Information from the CDC about providing health education through entertainment sources

Lesson on Basic Concepts for Disseminating and Communicating Surveillance Information
From the CDC.

Op-Eds, A Cost Effective Strategy for Advocacy (pdf)
Guide from the Benton Foundation on developing an op-ed strategy for nonprofits

Entertainment Industries Council
Social and health issues resource website for writers, producers and directors of television shows and feature films

Planning and Evaluating Information Outreach Among Minority Communities
Research reviews on themes such as "Technical Communication: Perspectives on Planning and Evaluating Information Outreach", "Planning and Evaluating Information Outreach Among Minority Communities"; and "Communication and Community Development for Health Information: Constructs and Models for Evaluation."

Communicating To Improve Health (pdf)
Summary of conference on communications strategies for effective health promotion from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Tools for Life
A 'versatile health communication kit designed for front line community health workers and health educators in Anglophone and Francophone Africa' from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programmes

20/20 Vision Education Fund Advocacy Tools
Information on grassroots activism, including how to influence policy makers and work with the media.

HealthCOMM--Health Communication Around the World
Official web site of the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Provides information on field of health communication.

InnoNet.org Workstation
Online evaluation and planning tools designed specifically for nonprofit program planning

Focus on Behavior Change Communications
Listing of related publications and handbooks primarily about HIV/AIDS from Family Health International

Behavior Change Through Mass Communication


Behavior Change Communication for the Prevention and Treatment of STDs: Community and Clinic-based Communication Approaches for STD Programs (pdf)


How to Create an Effective Communication Project Using the AIDSCAP Strategy to Develop Successful Behavior Change Interventions


Helping the News Media Cover Family Planning
An online issue of Population Reports with tips on working with the news media.

Advocacy Video: Making Change
A prepublication version of the latest in the Benton Foundation's "Strategic Communications for Nonprofits" Series

Effective Print Materials for "At-Risk" Hispanics
Article from the Texas Cancer Data Center

Health Communications Unit, University of Toronto
Publications on health communications

Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University
Publications and resources on population, health communications and development

Program for the Study of Entertainment Media and Health
Many publications from the Kaiser Family Foundation on mass media and health topics

Diversity Rx
Clearinghouse of information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees and other diverse populations seeking health care.

ICA HealthComm
Health Communication Division of the International Communication Association.

Health Topics: Health Campaign Planning
Links from the Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Communication for Social Change
Special program run by the Rockefeller Foundation; site includes related publications

Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health (SciPICH) Website
Helps you learn about, evaluate, and select interactive health communication applications. Includes publications such as "Wired for Health and Well-Being: The Emergence of Interactive Health and Communication" and "An Evidence-Based Approach to Interactive Health Communication: A Challenge to Medicine in the Information Age."

HIV/AIDS and Behavior Change Communication
Article by Jose G. Rimon, Deputy Director of JHU/CCP

The Media Project
A collaborative effort between Advocates for Youth and the Kaiser Family Foundation working with entertainment industry professionals to ensure that they are presenting the most up-to-date,socially relevant, and accurate information about sexual health issues to the public.

Social Marketing Articles
From Sutton Social Marketing.

The Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, Health News Index
The Health News Index is designed to help the news media and people in the health field gain a better understanding of which health stories in the news Americans are following and what they understand about those health issues. Every two months, Kaiser/Harvard issues a new index report.

HealthComm KEY
HealthComm KEY is a database of health communication literature, focusing on communication research and practice in the context of public health, developed by CDC's Office of Communication.

APHA's Health Communication Working Group
An advocate for communication and marketing approaches to improve the public's health

Clip Art for Health Communication
A database provided by the Health Communication Materials Network (JHUCCP)

Media and Materials Clearinghouse
A resource for global health materials

Basic Processes and Principles for Population and Family Planning Communication
The "P Process" strategic framework for developing health communication programs from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Public Health Image Library
Photographs, illustrations, and animations in the public domain from the CDC

Breaking the Frame
Article from Prospect Associates on the importance of how you frame your issue.