HSW 310: Communication in Health Care (Hills): Home

Healthy People 2030 focuses on improving health communication so that people can easily understand and act on health information.

The society is a member-driven organization bridging the gap between public health, healthcare, digital health, academia, and research.

Here you’ll find resources that can support your ongoing or upcoming health communication planning, research activities, disease prevention efforts, and program development and evaluation.

Effective, integrated and coordinated communications are integral to achieve WHO’s goal of building a healthier future and deliver on WHO’s mission to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

Health literacy and clear communication between health professionals and patients are key to improving health and the quality of health care. We create, promote, and curate evidence-based health literacy and communication tools, practices, and research for health professionals.

Achieving health equity requires focused and ongoing societal efforts to address historical and contemporary injustices; overcome economic, social, and other obstacles to best health and healthcare; and eliminate preventable health disparities.

Think Cultural Health is an OMH initiative that provides health and health care professionals with information, continuing education opportunities, and resources to learn about and implement CLAS and the National CLAS Standards.

Digital wellness is a positive state of mental, physical, and social-emotional health pursued through intentional, authentic, and balanced engagement with technology and interactive media.

Public Health Communications Collaborative creates tools, resources, and learning opportunities for communicators designed to address public health issues, build public confidence, and identify and counter misinformation.

Resource pages are designed to support science and public health communicators in the creation and dissemination of health information.

Resources to support practitioners in their public health work.

To prepare public health leaders to effectively communicate critical health information — equipping them to influence policy debates, counter misinformation, and increase the public’s trust in health expertise.

The Health Communication Science Digest is a monthly offering of selected journal articles, which feature emerging health communication and marketing science.