New Communication Strategies for Health Agencies and Healthcare Professionals

European Union, European Commission. 01/20/2015This 41-page guidance document focuses on communication strategies tailored for health agencies to help increase the number of healthcare professionals who get vaccinated against flu. It discusses communication strategies for healthcare professionals about talking to non-vaccinated and vaccine-resistant patients about flu vaccination. While the document has a focus on pandemic flu, elements such as the use of a participatory approach to outbreak communications planning and the use of social media to reach target audiences are relevant strategies for the majority of outbreak communication strategies. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - January 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news