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Epidemiología para periodistas y comunicadores

Barcelona: Fundación Antonio Esteve;Asociación Española de Comuncación Científica (AECC) (2015), x, 94 pp.

"[...] los textos de las ocho ponencias ofrecen una introducción a la epidemiología con abundantes explicaciones y referencias de utilidad para los informadores en su trabajo cotidiano. El Cuaderno recoge ta mbién la crónica del debate que tuvo lugar entre periodistas y epidemiólogos, una bibli ... more

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Arts and Media Transforming the Response to HIV/AIDS: Strategy Note and Implementation Guide

Gulan Kripalani, Shivaji Bhattacharya, Monica Sharma, Pramod Kumar

New York: UNDP (2015), 48 pp.

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The Media: Improving How People with Mental Health Problems Are Represented in the Media. Summary of Impact and Learning.

Time to Change (2015), 5 pp.

"Our media advisory service was set up to provide advice and support on mental health storylines and documentaries. We inputted into 75 soap opera storylines, as well as mental health seasons for BBC 3 and Channel 4. We also developed an online resource for media professionals, and supported media o ... more

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Narrative Interpretation of HIV/AIDS Messages: The Effects of Storytelling Prompts Among Rural University Students

Leketi Makalela

Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 29, issue 3 (2015), pp. 400-418

"This study examined the use of a locally developed storytelling prompt as an alternative medium for HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention messages among rural university students in Limpopo Province, South Africa. An assessment of first-year students’ (n=21) response to a storytelling stimulus wi ... more

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Effective Communications: Participant Handbook for WHO Staff

Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) (2015), 93 pp.

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Can Radio Drama Improve Child Health and Nutrition in Somalia?

Shiri Landman, Angela Githitho Muriithi

London: BBC Media Action (2015), 11 pp.

"1. Radio, particularly BBC Somali, is an effective medium for reaching people in remote areas of Somalia who are typically hard to reach, including the poorest [...] 2. Drama has been shown to have a particularly powerful role in encouraging audiences to absorb new and relevant information. Tragic ... more

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Empowering HIV Positive Youths for Treatment Adherence Through Entertainment-Education

Eliza M. Govender, Sertanya Reddy

In: Entertainment-Education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa

Chima E. Onuekwe (ed.)

Victoria, BC: Friesen Press (2015), pp. 243-261

"Through an action media methodology, various participatory, grassroots, and traditional media methods, such as role plays, movie screenings, and drawing, were used with eight HIV-positive children to empower them to collectively respond to better treatment adherence. The paper demonstrates how, thr ... more

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Understanding the Role of mHealth and Other Media Interventions for Behavior Change to Enhance Child Survival and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Evidence Review

Elizabeth S. Higgs, Allison B. Goldberg, Alain B. Labrique, Stephanie H. Cook, Carina Schmid, Charlotte F. Cole, Rafael Obregón

Journal of Health Communication, volume 19, issue suppl. 1 (2014), pp. 164-189

"This article summarizes evidence for technological advances associated with population-level behavior changes necessary to advance child survival and healthy development in children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries. After a rigorous evidence selection process, the authors as ... more

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Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs

Do Kyun Kim, Arvind Singhal, Gary L. Kreps (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), 383 pp.

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Behinderung und Medien

Communicatio Socialis, volume 47, issue 1 (2014), pp. 4-71

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HIV and Stigma: The Media Challenge

Sophie Chalk

London: International Broadcasting Trust (IBT);Internartional Planned Parenthood Federation (2014), 23 pp.

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The Gambia Media Survey

Gates Malaria Partnership;Center for Innovation Against Malaria (2014), 56 pp.

"A national survey was completed in November 2004, designed to measure: media access and use; knowledge of Malaria, its prevention and cure; reach of the radio programme Bolongodala. The sample achieved represented the adult (15+) population of the Gambia estimated to be 768,200. Mandinka is the mos ... more

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Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Mass Media Interventions for Child Survival in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Danielle A. Naugle, Robert C. Hornik

Journal of Health Communication, volume 19, issue suppl. 1 (2014), pp. 190-215

"Through a systematic review of the literature, this article summarizes and evaluates evidence for the effectiveness of mass media interventions for child survival. To be included, studies had to describe a mass media intervention; address a child survival health topic; present quantitative data fro ... more

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Informationsmischung und Narration: Ein Modell zur Erklärung von Entertainment-Education-Effekten

Jürgen Grimm

In: Gesundheitskommunikation als Forschungsfeld der Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft

Eva Baumann; Matthias R. Hastall; Constanze Rossmann; Alexandra Sowka (eds.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2014), pp. 289-304

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Blueprint: Ebola Mobile Response

GSMA (2014), 15 pp.

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HIV/AIDS Communication in South Africa: Are You Human?

Colin Chasi

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), 89 pp.

"Even though sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV/AIDS in the world, no new theories have been discovered, and questions about life and death are ignored. This book uses certain selected communication practices to offer the foundations of an African theory of communication, applicab ... more

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Entertainment Education Saves Lives and Improves Health: Key Steps to Developing Effective Programs

Caroline Jacoby, Jane Brown, Uttara Bharath Kumar, Rajiv N. Rimal, Sanjanthi Velu

In: Health Communication: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs

Do Kyun Kim; Arvind Singhal; Gary L. Kreps (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 83-100

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Broadcasting the Pandemic: A History of HIV on South African Television

Rebecca Hodes

Cape Town: HSRC Press (2014), viii, 216 pp.

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A Literature Review on Health Communication Campaign Evaluation with Regard to the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in Europe

Jane Sixsmith, Kathy-Ann Fox, Priscilla Doyle, Margaret M. Barry

Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2014), iv, 79 pp.

"The purpose of this review is to contribute to the evidence base on health communication evaluation research in order to aid public health professionals and researchers in the development of future evaluation strategies. The review is divided into two sections. In the first section the focus is on ... more

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Análise da cobertura de saúde na mídia moçambicana 2013

Rui Lamarques

Maputo: IREX (2014), 32 pp.

"Se quisermos caracterizar o perfil das fontes às quais os jornalistas recorreram, poder-se-á dizer que esta é masculina, oficial e com fala desenraizada de um lugar geográfico específico – portanto, de nível nacional. É o caso do ministro da Saude, Alexandre Manguele, que é uma fonte reco ... more