Networking
The following gives a listing of various organizations targeted towards public health professionals, with contact, publication, and job listing
information.
American Public Health Association –
Health Communication Working Group
800 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3710
(202) 777-APHA (2742)
The HCWG was formed in 1998 out of a need for collaboration and the desire for a distinct identity within public health. The mission of
the HCWG is to create a forum for interaction and information exchange in order to encourage innovative, effective, theory based, research based,
and consumer-oriented health communication strategies that are fully integrated in public health practice.
Job Listing: http://www.apha.org
Listing fee
Publications/Listservs
- To join the Listserv e-mail: listeserv@clemson.edu. Type in message body “subscribe
APHA_HEALTH_COMMUNICATION-L <your name>” (i.e. subscribe APHA_HEALTH_COMMUNICATION-L Jane Smith).
International Association of Business Communicators
One Halldie Plaza
Suite 60
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 544-4700 or (800) 776-4222
IABC, the International Association of Business Communicators, is the leading resource for effective communication practice. They provide
products, services, activities and networking opportunities to help people and organizations achieve excellence in public relations, employee
communication, marketing communication, public affairs and other forms of communication.
Job Listing: Newsletter section http://www.icahdq.org
No Fee
Publications/Listservs
International Communication Association
P.O. Box 9589
Austin, TX 78766 USA
(512) 454-8299
The International Communication Association was formed in 1950, bringing together academicians and other professionals whose interest focused
on human communication. The wide professional and geographical distribution of the membership provides the basic strength of the ICA.
The Association is a meeting ground for sharing research and useful dialogue about communicational interests.
Job Listing: http://www.icahdq.org
Newsletter section – Listing fee
Publications/Listservs
- Human Communication Research
- Communication Yearbook
- Communication Theory
- Journal of Communication
- ICA Newsletter
National Communication Association
1765 N. Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 464-4622
NCA is a nonprofit organization of approximately 7, 100 educators, practitioners, and students who work and reside in every state and more than
20 foreign countries. The purpose of the Association is to promote study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic,
humanistic, and scientific principles of communication.
Job Listing: SPECTRA
Newsletter: http://www.natcom.org
Listing fee
Publications/Listservs
Public Relations Society of America
33 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003-2376
(212) 995-2230
PRSA is the world’s largest professional organization for public relationships practitioners. It provides a forum for addressing issues
affecting the profession and the resources for promoting the highest professional standards.
Job Listing: Public Relations TACTICS Newspaper http://www.prsa.org
Publications/Listservs
- Public Relations TACTICS-monthly
- The Public Relationship Strategist-quarterly
Social Marketing Institute
1825 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite S-852
Washington, DC 20009
The Social Marketing Institute is being created to advance the science and practice of social marketing. When fully operational, the
Institute will: provide on-site team-based guidance, carry out and disseminate research, train and educate practitioners, sponsor academic
research, and provide leadership and connections to exchange ideas about social marketing practice and its potential.
Job Listing: http://www.social-marketing.org
No fee
Publications/Listservs
Society for Consumer Psychology
PO Box 5795
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY 13699
(315) 268-6605
SCP represents the interests of behavioral scientists in the field of psychology, marketing, advertising, communication, consumer behavior and
other related areas. Some members are interested in generating applied knowledge to sole specific marketing related problems while others focus on
generating basic knowledge to contribute to theoretical and conceptual foundations of consumer psychology.
Job Listing: http://fisher.osu.edu/marketing/scp
Post on ListServ - Announcement of Interest
Publications/Listservs
Society for Public Health Education
1015 Fifteenth St., NW
Suite 410
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 408-9804
SOPHE is an independent, international professional association made up of a diverse membership of health education professionals and students.
The Society promotes health behaviors, communities and environments. With its primary focus on public health education SOPHE provides leadership
to contribute to the health of all people through advances in health education theory and research excellence in health education practice and the
promotion of public policies conducive to health.
No job listings
Publications/Listservs
- Health Education & Behavior (formerly Health Education Quarterly) - bimonthly
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