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Health Communication InsightsAuthorAndrew Maxfield, Ph.D.
Publication DateJune 2004 SummaryHealth Communication Insights, published by The Health Communication Partnership (HCP), aims to explore issues related to advances in strategic health communication. This June 2004 issue is the premier issue and focuses on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by health communication programmes in the developing world. Health Communication Insights is published one or two times a year.
According to the author, Andrew Maxfied, ICTs offer the next wave of innovation for those implementing programmes in the field, according to the report. ICTs include the internet, the mobile web, personal digital assistants like palm pilots, and short message services or "text messaging." "Growing evidence demonstrates that ICTs can make a significant contribution to public health under the right conditions." Maxfield notes the "digital divide" between technologies available in the West and those available in developing countries, but says despite the divide, ICTs can help health communication programmes achieve their objectives "because the divide is not as simple as it may appear." For example, Internet access in the developing world is growing not as a result of individuals buying computers and accessing the Internet via a fixed phone line. In the developing world, community access points -such as telecentres, cybercafes, and community kiosks - provide the link to the Internet for most people. Table of Contents
Click here to read a related summary of this article in the "Strategic Thinking" section. PublisherNumber of Pages46 ContactHealth Communication Partnership (HCP)
Alice Payne Merrit SourcePress Release (email) from Kim Martin at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to The Communication Initiative on July 1, 2004. Placed on the Communication Initiative site July 19 2004 Last Updated July 21 2004 How useful did you find the knowledge and contacts on this page to your work? Post your comments (review comments from others below):Top 5 Related Pages
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Special FocusYoung Children and ICTs
Should ICT be used to enhance the development of empathy in young children? If yes, how? If no, why not?
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