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Health Industry Communication
New Media, New Methods, New Message

Author(s): Nancy J. Hicks, Senior Vice President, Ketchum, Inc., Washington D.C.
Christina M. Nicols, Vice President and Director of Research, Ketchum Inc., Washington D.C.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763778927
  • Paperback    318 pages      © 2012
Price: International Sales $82.95 US List
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Health Industry Communication: New Media, New Methods, New Message is a one-of-a-kind textbook and fills a critical gap in the literature for communications students as well as students of health administration and public health. Featuring best practices and case studies from notable practitioners, the chapters offer a 360-degree view of the world of health communications from a business and promotions outlook as well as a look at special topics that impact health communicators.Four sections cover over 25 topics--contributed by authors from both private and public health organizations--in Institutional Communication and Marketing, Consumer Communication and Social Marketing, Communication to Achieve Policy Change, and Media and Measurement. Some of the unique topics include “Building a National Brand in Pediatric Healthcare,” contributed by by an author from a well-known children's hospital; and a look at efforts to achieve federal policy change through advocacy and communication.

 

 

 

 

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  Acknowledgements  
  About the Authors  
  Contributors  
  Preface  
Section  1  Getting Started
  Chapter  1  The Growth of Health Communications – A Story of Consumer Power and Medical Innovation
  Chapter  2  Both Sides Now: Viewing Media through the Public Relations Prism
  Chapter  3  Research for Health Communication
  Chapter  4  The Communication Planning Process
Section  2  Institutional Communication Efforts
  Chapter  5  Communication for Health Professional Associations: Finding the Balance between Profession and Business
  Chapter  6  Building a National Brand for a Children’s Hospital
  Chapter  7  Crisis Communication in the Health Sector
  Chapter  8  Hospital Media Relations in a Time of Change
  Chapter  9  An “A to Z” Guide for Communicating the Launch of a New Pharmaceutical Product
Section  3  Consumer Communication Campaigns
  Chapter  10  Plan for Your Health: A Public Education Campaign to Build Awareness and Gain Consumer Preference
  Chapter  11  “It’s All Coming Together” – Communications Strategy for the Medicare Part D National Education and Enrollment Campaign
  Chapter  12  Spurring Action on Heart Disease in Women: How a Nonprofit Can Strategically Partner with a Government Campaign
  Chapter  13  Reaching Targeted Audiences in an Evolving Media Environment
Section  4  Communication to Achieve Policy Change
  Chapter  14  The Society for Women’s Health Research – Advocacy and Communications at Work
  Chapter  15  Changing Obesity Policies and Behavioral Risk Factors through Social Marketing: Case Study of the Chicago 5-4-3-2-1 Go! Program
  Chapter  16  Health Reform: The New Era of Prevention
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Nancy J. Hicks-Senior Vice President, Ketchum, Inc., Washington D.C.

Christina M. Nicols-Vice President and Director of Research, Ketchum Inc., Washington D.C.

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public relations, health care communications, health care communications, health care marketing, special topics in communications, social marketing, marketing and communications for policy change, healthcare marketing,

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