News tagged with communication strategies
Communicating during epidemics
Disease outbreaks are inevitable, and can often be unpredictable. They are frequently marked by uncertainty, confusion and a sense of urgency. Communication, generally through the media, is an important feature ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Information Technology improves patient care and increases privacy, informatics expert says
The federal government invested more than $25 billion in health information technology (IT) as a result of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act; yet, little is known about how IT applications improve patient safety ...
Health
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Study may lead to new strategies against sepsis
Scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine at the Temple University School of Medicine are inching closer to solving a long-standing mystery in sepsis, a complex and often life-threatening condition that affects ...
Medical research
Jan 25, 2013 |
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Beliefs about genes, God, can change health communication strategies
Beliefs about nature and nurture can affect how patients and their families respond to news about their diagnosis, according to Penn State health communication researchers.
Health
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Project aims to improve HIV/AIDS prevention materials for African-American women
African-American women make up a disproportionate number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. Researchers from North Carolina State University are trying to change that, leading a National Science Foundation project aimed ...
HIV & AIDS
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Doctors and nurses key to preventing vaccine refusal outbreaks
(Medical Xpress) -- Well-informed doctors and nurses are the key to preventing parents refusing childhood immunisations because of vaccine scare campaigns, a University of Sydney expert writes in the latest edition of the ...
Health
May 27, 2011 |
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Nonprofit health organizations increase health literacy through social media
As the presence of social media continues to increase as a form of communication, health organizations are searching for the most effective ways to use the online tools to pass important information to the public. Now, researchers ...
Health
May 04, 2011 |
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