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Wurz, A., Nurm, U. K., & Ekdahl, K. (2013).Enhancing the Role of Health Communication in the Prevention of Infectious Diseases. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 1566-1571.
In spite of awareness of health communication's significance in preventing disease, there was a clear knowledge gap in terms of nature and extent of its utilization in Europe for supporting infectious disease control and prevention. The ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) decided to bridge this gap by commissioning a group of universities, in the year 2009, to perform a research project, Translating Health Communications, lasting 3 years. Project outcomes comprise two key areas: (a) preliminary information collection for providing insights into current application of health communication tasks for preventing communicable disease in the EEA (European Economic Area) and European Union and (b) knowledge synthesis evidenced by applying and using health communication techniques. This article provided a summary of key project outcomes, highlighting the numerous challenges still remaining and different spheres of opportunity, to raise health communication's profile in preventing contagious diseases in Europe.
Scarcella, C., Antonelli, L., Orizio, G., Rossmann, C., Ziegler, L., Meyer, L., . . .Gelatti, U. (2013). Crisis Communication in the Area of Risk Management: The CriCoRM Project. NCBI.
Crisis communication's significance as a key element in management of health crises was understood during the latest H1N1 pandemic. The goal of the project was, expressly, to acquire a better understanding of effective tools and dynamics of crisis communication and enable increased communication of public health organizations with the masses in times of health emergencies. Several activities are carried out by the Project: i) up-to-date review; ii) key stakeholder identification;...
D. (2013).Multicultural Environments and Their Challenges to Crisis Communication. Journal of Business Communication, 2538-277.
Grounded theory research methodology was employed in qualitative interviews of 25 communication specialists in regard to influence of culture on crises, producing numerous findings. Firstly, public relations specialists faced challenges with defining multiculturalism, and usually linked cultural diversity to interaction with Latinos. Secondly, the individuals interviewed perceived cultural dissimilarities as only one element of diversity, stressing that religion, education, and age differences also influence corporate discourse. Thirdly, while culture was taken as a major crisis management component by professionals, they were not willing to deal with the challenges posed by multicultural crises; also they did not report frequent usage of culturally-adjusted strategies of crisis management. This study, through integration of crisis management and cultural competence frameworks, offers the basis for a comprehensive grasp of crises, in which experts and academicians can combine crisis approaches with cultural expectations of audiences. Training programs centered on boosting cultural competence levels can prepare communication professionals and organizations to face global market challenges.
Infanti, J., Sixsmith, J., Barry, M., Nunez-Cordoba, J., Oroviogoicoechea-Ortega, C., & Guillen-Grima, F. (2013).. A literature review on effective risk communication for…
Performance Management Strategies Used by Organizations in the Private and Public Sectors Having already established the importance of performance management to an organization's overall strategy, it makes sense to use the final project to gain insight into the specific strategies used by organizations in executing their performance management plans. Rather than take a general approach, however, the researcher will focus on comparing the PM strategies used by profit-motivated organizations with
Obesity Annotated Bibliography for Obesity in Today's Australian Culture and Society While there are many challenges faced by societies today, one of the major health challenges that every society is facing is that of Obesity. People fail to realize that obesity is a serious problem. To understand what makes obesity a serious problem, it is important to the actual meaning of obesity. While some people refer to obesity as being fat,
Zaslavsky is the leader of the Semantic Data Management Science Area (SMSA). He has published more than 300 publications on science and technology. Perera has vast experience in computing and technology as he is a member of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization alongside publishing numerous journals. Georgakopoulos is the Director of Information Engineering Laboratory. He has published over 100 journals on issues related to science and technology
The conductors of the study relied upon past information indicating that children born with low birth weights have an increased likelihood of suffering from health problems later in life -- many of these health problems are results of obesity. Generally -- the study found -- children born small but who catch up to average children by age two, tend to have higher central fat distributions later in life. The
Selection of Research Paper Topic An analysis of the link between hopefulness, quality of life (QOL) and internalized stigma among autistic kids' parents is the objective of the current research. Autism impacts the patient as well as their parents, who require wide-ranging support services. The entire family of autism patients gets distressed during its attempts at raising the patient/child, potentially leading to diverse psychological and social problems among family members. Therefore,
Management Style Whereas there is no single universally appropriate management style, the authoritative style is arguably the best management style. An authoritative manager assertively and enthusiastically communicates the mission and vision of the group or organisation, clearly provides direction, and unambiguously articulates expectations. This ensures perfect, quick, and systematic execution of tasks. Though considered an authority, an authoritative leader allows their followers to use their own approaches in accomplishing the