Public Health Communications

In this activity, you will write a petition campaign that discusses the importance of public health communications for public health workers.

Step 1: Decide

Decide which current issue/problem in public health can be benefited by public health communication; this will be the central theme of your petition. Then, select your target audience to address your petition.

Step 2: Respond

Give the petition a title, so your target audience would know immediately what it is about. 

Then, write a 300-900 word statement describing: the problem your petition campaign is addressing, how it can help improve the response to the problem, and the response you would like to get from the audience.  Follow this format:

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the "Reply" button under this post and paste your work in the "Message" box. Make sure to reference others' intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click "Reply" on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on "Post to Forum."

In this activity, you will assess the effectiveness of different vaccine communication strategies for specific audiences

Step 1: Review 

Step 2: Respond

1.  Why is the implementation of effective communication strategies especially significant during the COVID-19 pandemic? Cite specific instances where its relevance is observed. 

2. How important are these communication principles/theories: accessibility, actionability, credibility, relevance, timeliness, and relatedness in countering misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines for specific audiences (kids, adults, older adults)?

In this activity, you will review sample case studies in public health and exemplify how cultural competence can improve communications in these case studies.

Step 1: Review and Analyze

Review these five (5) case studies. Then, choose three (3) and analyze how cultural competence can improve public health communications in the selected case studies.

Step 2: Respond

After selecting three case studies, write a 600-900 word expository essay (200-300 words for each case study). In your essay, address the following questions:

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the "Reply" button under this post and paste your work in the "Message" box. Make sure to reference others' intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click "Reply" on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on "Post to the forum."

In this activity, you will examine different types of ethical concerns for public health communication and assess how the ethical principles/ precepts can be useful to address ethical issues.

Step 1: Read and Examine

Read the following sections of this article: Ethical Issues in Health Promotion and Communication Interventions.

While reading these sections, examine the different types of ethical concerns highlighted in the articles, such as patient privacy and consent, patient safety, ethical dilemmas resulting from data availability and sharing, justice, equity, etc.

Step 2: Assess 

After examining these ethical concerns, think of one prominent ethical issue in your research area. Then, analyze how the ethical principles, frameworks, and precepts discussed in the article are useful in addressing these ethical issues/concerns in public health communication.

Step 3: Respond

Assess how the ethical principles, frameworks, and precepts can be useful to address one prominent ethical issue in your research area by filling in this circle map with at least three (3) principles. 

Step 3: Self-Analysis and Enhancement

Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work.

Step 4: Submit

To submit your work, click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste either the picture of your work or the shareable link of your work (if it is a google document) in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

In this activity, you will examine common approaches to health information system development and evaluate how its key components can be strengthened for improved public healthcare services.

Step 1. Review

Review all the provided resources in Module 3, Lesson 1. Then, study the table below. After studying,  choose two (2) entry approaches from the table and evaluate how key components of public health information systems can be strengthened to avoid such approach failure.

Step 2: Respond

To respond, write a 300-700 evaluation essay with the following inclusions:

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the "Reply" button under this post and paste your work in the "Message" box. Make sure to reference others' intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click "Reply" on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on "Post to the Forum."

This activity will illustrate how ICT user experience and digital health literacy can be enhanced to help address a public health challenge by creating a tool.

Step 1 Review

Review all the provided resources for Module 3 Lesson 2, then study the list of priority public health challenges and concerns according to CDC’s prevention status reports. A piece of more detailed information is provided by CDC’s website: https://www.cdc.gov/psr/overview.html. 

Step 2. Illustrate

Choose one (1) public health challenge/concern from the list. Then, create a tool that illustrates how ICT- user experience can be enhanced to cater to people with different levels of digital health literacy and address the selected public health challenge. Remember that the language used must be suitable for laypeople as the tool will serve as a digital health “prototype” for the selected public health concern.  Your tool should have a maximum of 10 slides for a presentation, 500 words in a blog format, or 3-5 minutes in length for a video format. The following inclusions should be evident in your work:

Step 3: Self-Analysis and Enhancement

Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work.

Step 4: Submit

To submit your work, click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste either the picture of your work or the shareable link of your work (if it is a google document) in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

In this activity, you will write an expository essay that incorporates appropriate strategies to transfer and translate information for improved health outcomes.

Step 1. Review

Review the resources provided in Module 4 Lesson 1. Keep in mind the strategies that you have explored previously. Then, select one category from the four categories below.

Step 2. Respond

To respond, write a 300-600 word expository writing on the selected category, incorporating appropriate strategies to transfer and translate information for improved health outcomes in the selected category. The expository must be able to include the ff:

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the "Reply" button under this post and paste your work in the "Message" box. Make sure to reference others' intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click "Reply" on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on "Post to the Forum."

In this activity, you will advocate a specific public health program and policy using ICT methods and visual design principles.

Step 1.   Review

Review all the provided resources for Module 4 Lesson 2 and explore this National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) website. On that website, you will see an array of major programs and issues that NACCHO advocates. The information from the website will help you to solve the scenario below:

Step 2: Select

Select any form of ICT method or visual design application to create your advocacy. It can be a simulation, interactive presentation, a vlog, a visual podcast, etc. as long as the chosen mode meets these criteria:( a maximum of 10 slides for an interactive presentation, 500 words in a blog format, or 3-5 minutes in length for a video format/ visual podcast.  Your work should also emulate the following elements:

Step 3: Self-Analysis and Enhancement

Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work.

Step 4: Submit

To submit your work, click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste either the picture of your work or the shareable link of your work (if it is a google document) in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

In this activity, you will examine the influence of societal, organizational, and individual factors on public health communications through a critical review.

Step 1. Review

Review all the required readings for Module 5 Lesson 1. Keep in mind the societal, organizational, and individual factors in public health communications discussed in the required readings.

Step 2 .  Research

Research for one public health communication-related case study/ example and examine the influence of societal, organizational, and individual factors on the selected case study/example.

Step 3. Write

Write a  250- 600 critical review of the case study/example, highlighting the influences of societal, organizational, and individual factors in public health and with the following inclusions.

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the "Reply" button under this post and paste your work in the "Message" box. Make sure to reference others' intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click "Reply" on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on "Post to the Forum."

In this activity, you will assess the strategies used for mobilizing a specific effective communication outreach media programme.

Step 1. Review and Select

Review all the required readings for Module 5 Lesson 2, especially the key strategies for community mobilization. After reviewing, select one (1) from the three (3) community outreach media programmes below:

Step 2.  Assess

Study the selected community mobilization programme and assess how the 14 key strategies for community mobilization are implemented for the programme. The following are key points to consider:

To show your assessment, create your own assessment tool/template. It can be a simulation, interactive presentation, a vlog, a visual podcast, etc. as long as the chosen mode meets these criteria:( a maximum of 10 slides for an interactive presentation, 500 words in a blog format, or 3-5 minutes in length for a video format/ visual podcast. 

Step 3: Self-Analysis and Enhancement

Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work.

Step 4: Submit

To submit your work, click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste either the picture of your work or the shareable link of your work (if it is a google document) in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

In this activity, you will differentiate between the characteristics of effective communication and its barriers by writing a case scenario for a specific public health topic or issue.

Step 1.  Study

Study the provided learning resource for Module 6 Lesson 1, especially the resource on barriers and facilitators to effective communication. Then, access this website APHA to be acquainted with some common topics and issues in the realms of public health.

Step 2. Select

From APHA's list of common topics in public health, choose three topics. You will use these three topics in writing a specific case scenario for each.

In this activity, you will communicate to the editor in response to a recent publication within the journal through a written and an audio letter.

Step 1. Review

Review all the previous readings for Module 6, as well as this guideline for writing a letter. After reviewing, recall a specific topic of interest in public health communication related to your area of research/expertise.

Step 2. Research and Study

Research for a  journal article (dated 2010-2021) that is very much aligned with your point of interest. Study the journal article critically by keeping in mind the following salient points: strengths, weaknesses, and controversies in the article, ensuring the absence of misinterpretation.

Step 3. Respond

Write a 300-700 word letter to the editor of a journal publication about the selected journal article with the following inclusions

• Purpose of the letter: 

• Is it to discuss a controversial aspect of the published journal article?

• Is it to clarify a specific aspect of the article?

• Is it to enrich the existing knowledge of the journal article with professional opinions or objective data?

• Is it to share professional viewpoints

• Introduction: beginning

• Body (Key points, arguments, etc.)

• Conclusion:  a concise summary and end with suggestions or future recommendations

Step 3: Self-Analysis and Enhancement

Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work.

Step 4: Submit

To submit your work, click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste either the picture of your work or the shareable link of your work (if it is a google document) in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 6 (Optional): Submit to your mentor or research advisor

If your mentor or research advisor is available, you may request a review consultation of your work in preparation for submission to your targeted journal. Then, if/when your work gets published, share the link with us, and we will share it on our blog!

In this activity, you will evaluate an existing public health communication campaign and how it adapted its message to its audiences through a critical audio podcast.

Step 1. Review

Review all the previous readings for Module 6. After reviewing, access these featured public health communication campaigns in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Select one campaign of interest. This will help you solve the given scenario below.

Step 2. Analyze

Study the selected public health communication campaign and analyze the way it adapted its message to different audiences. Keep in mind the way the health campaign has customized/tailored its message to the different audiences and how it identified key supporting points, each with supporting facts, statistics, and examples, to accomplish the campaign's goal.

Step 3. Respond

Evaluate how the selected  public health communications campaign adapted its messages for different audiences by recording an audio podcast that tackles the following focal points:

Step 4: Share

To share your work, click on the "Reply" button under this post and paste your work in the "Message" box. Make sure to reference others' intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click "Reply" on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on "Post to the Forum."