The Key Role of Media Literacy in the Forming of Critical Health Literacy: The Case of Social Media in Turkey
This study emphasises critical health literacy and as a consequence, the importance of media literacy in establishing health consciousness. Health litreacy is examined with critical view by this descriptive study and emphasizes the strategic role of media literacy in the development of health literacy. Turkey ranks as the second most active country in social media penetration and the study treats media literacy in Turkey exclusively with regards to “social media” use in Turkey and explains the reasons behind this preference with statistics. Furthermore, this study discusses the development and the spreading of critical health literacy and includes suggestions toward the goal.
Essentials of Public Health Communication
The field of communications is increasingly recognized as a powerful tool in addressing the world's most imperative public health challenges. Effective communication in health campaigns can inform, empower, or persuade individuals to adopt healthier lifestyles as well as foster public debate and policy change. Featuring a full chapter on informatics, this book is devoted to the competencies in health communication and informatics recommended by the Association of Schools of Public Health. With chapter contributions from some of the leading experts in public health informatics and epidemiology, health communication and evaluation, Essentials of Public Health Communications introduces concepts and examples that will prepare students to enter a local health department, community organization or government agency, and contribute to health communication research, patient counseling, materials design, program management and media relations. Written specifically for student use, this book presumes no prior knowledge of the health communication or the informatics fields. Concepts are presented in clear, jargon free language, with terms defined throughout. Key Features: * Rather than simply presenting theories and cases, this text emphasizes the framework and methods, breaking down complex tasks into steps for mastery. * Simplifies key concepts in public health informatics, and how data are transformed into useful information and effective presentations. * Examines how health communication is actively being used by the leading public health agencies and organizations today. * A companion website provides a complete package of instructor resources including sample syllabi and curriculum guides for two semesters of instruction, as well as small scale research projects. * Includes suggested health communication projects that can be implemented at an academic institution, or small scale community level, to enable hands-on learning. Looking for more real-life evidence? Check out Cases 1, 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, & 18-21 in Essential Case Studies in Public Health, Putting Public Health into Practice.
Health Education as Social Policy
Most of us will agree that social policy involves the provision of social services. Titmuss argues that all social service activities that serve a common purpose can be grouped together, so that all forms of collective intervention that contribute to the general welfare are acts of social policy. He extends this concept to include not only the provision of social services, but also the social purposes for which these services are provided in the areas of agriculture, economics, manpower development, natural resources development, and social welfare. In effect, Titmuss’ concept suggests that any institutional activities intended for the social well-being of the population are matters of social policy.’ The Joint Economic Committee has similarly stated that any activities that contribute to human resources development are the concerns of social policy.2 Boulding has taken the approach that “by and large it is the objective of social policy to build the identity of a person around some community with which he is associated.” He notes that “the institutions with which social policy is especially concerned, such as the school, family, or church; or at the other end, the public assistance office, court or prison, all reflect degrees of integration of persons and community.” Thus, Boulding’s ideas suggest that any activities that decrease the gaps between human needs and the institutional providers of society are matters of social policy:’ Dror has proposed several criteria for selecting subjects for policy studies that give us yet another view of the dimensions of social policy and its relevance for health education. According to Dror, to be considered for study as social policy, the subject must be relevant to important problems and issues faced by the country; i t must be useful, in the sense of having some possible beneficial impacts on the actual