Evaluating Health Communication--FREE Lecture Series

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is sponsoring a five-part spring lecture series to highlight innovative approaches and best practices in evaluating health communication.

Topics include health communication, health promotion, ehealth, physician-patient communication, health literacy, and more.

All lectures will be videocast live and available at http://videocast.nih.gov  Sign language interpreters will be provided. 

If you can't view the lecture live, the lectures will be archived at http://videocast.nih.gov and you can watch it at your convenience.

Schedule:
Monday, March 4, 2013. 2:30-4:00 PM CST--Lecture 1
Evaluating Health Communication Programs to Enhance Health Care and Health Promotion
Featuring Communications Expert Dr. Gary Krep
For more details see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/com_lecture_kreps.html

Wednesday, March 27, 2:30-5:00 PM CST--Lecture 2
Nancy Harrington, PhD, Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Department of Communication, College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky. Dr. Harrington specializes in eHealth, persuasive message design, tailored messaging, and physician-patient communication.

Linda Neuhauser, DrPH, Clinical Professor of Community Health and Human Development, Co-Principal Investigator of Health Research for Action, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Neuhauser specializes in the development of health promotion programs through the use of community participatory health intervention research, and user-centered study design.

Gary Kreps, PhD, discussant

Wednesday, April 10, 2:30-4:00 PM CST--Lecture 3
Andrew Pleasant, PhD, Health Literacy and Research Director, Canyon Ranch Institute, Tucson, Arizona, and faculty member, The Ohio State University College of Nursing. A pioneer in health literacy research and evaluation, Dr. Pleasant is a member of the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Health Literacy and the Scientific Committee of the International Public Communication of Science and Technology Network.

Gary Kreps, PhD, discussant

Monday, April 29, 2:30-4:00 PM CST--Lecture 4
Brad Hesse, PhD, Chief, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Hesse directs several of NCI's cancer communication research initiatives, including the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) and the Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communication (CECCR).

Gary Kreps, PhD, discussant

Lecture 5 - Details TBD

Gary Kreps, PhD, discussant