By Amy Dunaway Humor can be a great tool to use when telling a story. When done well, it makes a memorable point and makes people laugh. It can calm you down as well, especially when in an age of information overload, just looking up a cough online can lead… Continue reading
By Ashley Sipocz Last year, the CDC brilliantly used a zombie apocalypse scenario to get people excited about emergency preparedness. Now, zombies have spread to other areas of health. Zombies making runs fun, running blood drives, and helping kids eat better and keep their teeth healthy. Witnessing this outbreak of zombies in health got me… Continue reading
Select Missouri middle and high school students are participating in a state-wide program called Photovoice Missouri, which encourages students to raise awareness about how their communities are supporting healthy eating and opportunities for physical activity by taking photographs of what they see in their everyday lives. Their photographs and corresponding… Continue reading
By Andrea O’Brien As a strategic communications student in the Missouri School of Journalism, the idea of children being “turned on” by fast food logos really interests me. In the classroom, we are taught how to best sell a product, incorporating color, shapes, and other aspects to make a memorable impression… Continue reading
By Andrea O’Brien Starting this fall semester, Health Communication Research Center Director Jon Stemmle will join the Missouri School of Journalism full time as an assistant professor in Strategic Communication. Stemmle will teach classes primarily in public relations, as well as social media and health communications. Along with his teaching load, Stemmle… Continue reading
By Casey Williams, M.D. Health systems have traditionally approached health communication on an individual basis, with care team members interacting with patients and their loved ones after an illness happened. There has been limited communication between health care systems and the larger communities in which they exist. Those in healthcare… Continue reading
By Natalie Hampton Recently I had the good fortune to attend the three-day National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Kansas City, joining over 2,000 tobacco control supporters from across the county. The energy was incredible – lots of passionate, hard working folks. If anyone was feeling worn down by the struggle… Continue reading
By Jon Stemmle Today, with quite a bit of media fanfare, McDonald’s announced that starting next week it would begin posting the calorie counts for all items on its menu boards, both inside the restaurant and at drive-thrus. Pundits have been weighing in throughout the day, some praising the move… Continue reading
By Amy Dunaway Like those of us in the middle of the country, if you’re in the United States right now, chances are you’ve experienced some blistering temperatures, too. Some of us are air conditioning advocates and others choose to tough it out by simply finding a shady place outside.… Continue reading
We’ve created some additional resources from our work on Photovoice Missouri in the form of site-specific videos. For five of our communities, we had more footage than we could put into our larger project video so for Dallas County, Dent County, Mercer County, Shelby County and St. Louis we have… Continue reading
