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

• Communication World

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

• SPECTRA-monthly http://www.natcom.org/spectra.htm

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

• To join the Listserv e-mail  listproc@listproc.georgetown.edu. Type in message body “subscribe sco-mktg <your name>” (i.e., subscribe sco-mktg John Smith).

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

• On-line newsletter

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