Handbook of Global Health Communication (eBook)

About the Editor RAFAEL OBREGON, is Associate Professor in the School of Media Arts & Studies and Director of the Communication and Development Studies Program at Ohio University. He has taught and served as an administrator for the Program for Social Communication at Colombia's Universidad del Norte and has taught and conducted research in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He serves on the editorial board of several journals, including the Journal of Health Communication. His research interests are health communication and development, capacity strengthening, and monitoring and evaluation. SILVIO WAISBORD, is Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Press/Politics. From 2002 to 2005, he was Senior Program Officer in the Academy for Educational Development. He has conducted research and lectured in Latin America and Africa. His areas of interest are journalism and politics, and the role of media and communication in development and global health programs.

"Obregon and Waisbord have assembled an impressively diverse
collection of perspectives. This book will challenge the
notions and deepen the understanding of health communication of
both the aspiring student and the seasoned
practitioner."

- Marc Boulay, Johns Hopkins University



"The Handbook of Global Health Communication
represents an enormous step forward in bringing health
communication fully into the field of implementation science.
Its insights into the practice of health communication and its
advances in theory are invaluable for any serious reader of health,
communication, and development in the 21st century."

- Ariel Pablos-Mendez, U.S. Agency for International
Development

"The centrality of addressing the social determinants of
health in order to achieve improved population health makes this
publication a welcome and essential contribution to the training of
public health professionals internationally."

- Sharon Fonn, University of the Witwatersrand, South
Africa