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2017 Website: http://dchc2017.onair.cc/ Conference Manager: Anne Nicotera  dchc@gmu.edu Abstract submission: Kevin Wright, Main Conference Program Planner, dchc@gmu.edu Preconference & Atkin Award: Gary Kreps, Preconference Manager & Atkin Award Committee Chair, gkreps@gmu.edu Website info: Brittany Sanders, Assistant Conference Manager & Webmaster, dchc@gmu.edu

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The main conference will feature competitive papers, posters and panel sessions covering not only issues related to the conference theme of “Patient-Centered Health Communication” but also to broadly defined concerns across a breadth of topics relevant to health communication research and practice. The conference reception Friday evening will be held in a lovely outdoor setting to offer participants an opportunity to relax after a full day of work. Saturday, April 29th will continue additional competitive paper and panel sessions and will conclude with a luncheon keynote presentation by the winner of The Charles Atkin Award for Outstanding Translational Health Communication Scholar. Top paper and poster awards will also be given at this luncheon.  Abstract programmed in poster sessions are eligible for poster awards in three categories: Top Student, Top Early Career Scholar, and Top Overall. Abstracts accepted for panel presentations will be eligible for awards in those same categories, provided that complete papers are submitted ...

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Link to webcast    Agenda   Planning Committee  HMD website: nationalacademies.org/hmd/About-HMD.aspx

Contact: MicrobialThreats@nas.edu Address: Keck Center 500 Fifth St. NW Washington, DC 20001

This workshop, organized by the Forum on Global Health – Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine- is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The workshop will also be webcast, and all videos of the webcast recordings will be archived on the workshop website.

Overview

Building communication capacity is critical for the preparedness, detection and response to infectious disease threats. The International Health Regulations (IHR) establish risk communication as a core capacity that member states must fulfill to strengthen the fight against these threats. Despite global recognition of the importance of complying with IHR, 67% of signatory countries report themselves as not compliant. This lack of capacity has grave consequences as shown during the West Africa Ebola epidemic. The lack of communication infrastructure and procedures in place delayed the transmission of key messages from public health and government officials to the public. Furthermore, no mechanisms were in place for the public to share their questions, concerns and fears with public health authorities.

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