141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Trends in covering health issues


Monday, November 4, 2013 : 10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

Carey Goldberg, WBUR, Boston, MA
This session on health journalism will discuss new approaches to covering health issues, the general landscape and trends as well as strategies for public health professional to work more effectively with reporters.

Learning Areas:

Communication and informatics

Learning Objectives:
Discuss one strategy public health professionals can use to work more effectively with reporters.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been a professional journalist for more than 25 years, about a decade of that covering health, and am very familiar with the issues of communicating public health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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