Upcoming Seminar on Health Communication in the New Media Age
(National PR Wire - January 7, 2009) | Industry and Country : Healthcare | United States of America
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Radhika Ramesh, Project Coordinator
Strategic Communication Resources
press.scr@gmail.com
212-590-2578
Event Targeted to Non-Profit Health Organizations, Foundations and
Public Health Professionals
New York, January 06, 2009 – Strategic Communication Resources is announcing an upcoming seminar and group discussion on Health Communication in the New Media Age: What Has Changed and What Should Not Change. The event will be held on January 13, 2009 from 6 – 7.30 pm at the Training Room of the Support Center for Nonprofit Management at 305 Seventh Avenue at 27th Street, 11th floor, New York, NY. Admission to the seminar is free of charge. The event is targeted only to non-profit health organizations, foundations, and other public health professionals. Those wishing to attend should call 212-590-2578 or email press.scr@gmail.com to register.
The seminar will provide an introduction as well as discussion points on the state of affairs of the use of new media channels in public health communications. It will also focus on emerging needs and observations that should be considered in developing social media/new media- based campaigns. “There is a lot of excitement in public health about the use of new media as part of health communication interventions,” says Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, the event’s speaker and facilitator as well as and the Founder and Principal of Strategic Communication Resources. “Yet, as for other areas and channels of health communication, further attention should be placed on program evaluation, the potential task appropriateness of the media and channels being used, audience-specific needs, integration with other communication areas, channels and services, and other key factors that may contribute to the achievement of the behavioral and social behavior results to which all kinds of health communication interventions should aim. Our event reflects and seeks to stimulate discussion on some of these key factors.”
About Strategic Communication ResourcesSM
Established in 2004, Strategic Communication ResourcesSM (SCR) provides strategic health communications counseling, training, and program evaluation, and strategic planning counseling only to non-profit health organizations and foundations and other leading U.S. and international organizations in the field of public health. It also offers interactive workshops on different aspects of health communication and strategic planning. Information on the 2009 workshop series as well as registration requirements and fees will be available on January 13 at the event discussed here.
About the Event’s Speaker and Facilitator
Renata Schiavo, Ph.D., M.A. is the Founder and Principal of Strategic Communication Resources, which provides strategic health communications counseling, training, and program evaluation and strategic planning counseling only to non-profit health organizations and foundations and other leading U.S. and international organizations in the public health field. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health at New York University, Steinhardt School, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, where she is on the faculty of the Community Public Health and Global Public Health M.P.H. programs
Over the years, she has directed the development of several online communications initiatives and tools (as part of larger interventions and in collaboration with web designers). Renata is the author of Health Communication: From Theory to Practice (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, April 2007). She has a Ph.D in Biological Sciences from the University of Naples (Italy) and a M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications from New York University. Please click here for a full bio.
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Keywords:: health communication, non profit, new media, internet
Name:: Radhika Ramesh
Email:: press.scr@gmail.com
Contact Information::
212-590-2578
