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Developing the International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH) to address current challenges of health communication
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posted on 2019-06-01, 00:00 authored by Sara Rubinelli, Jonathan Silverman, Karolien Aelbrecht, Myriam Deveugele, Arnstein Finset, Gerry Humphris, Peter MartinPeter Martin, Marcy Rosenbaum, Sandra van Dulmen, Evelyn van Weel-BaumgartenIn 2017, EACH celebrated its change of name from European Association for Communication in Healthcare to EACH: International Association for Communication in Healthcare. This paper aims to present the developments and achievements of EACH over the past five years with a focus on its mission in promoting and advancing the field of communication in healthcare. Specifically, the paper focuses on how EACH, first, promotes research in the field of health communication, second, provides support, resources and sharing for healthcare communication teachers and, third, aims at influencing policy through dissemination of evidence. This paper also explores future challenges and directions for EACH to further strengthen its impact by designing activities in knowledge transfer and knowledge dissemination, engaging with patients and truly benefitting from their expertise, fostering active participation and networking among its members, targeting interventions to the needs of different countries around the world and refining knowledge-sharing and cooperation both within the membership of EACH and outside the association to as wide an audience as possible. Scholars, educators and practitioners active in the field of healthcare communication are invited to comment on this paper and to actively contribute towards the goals of EACH.
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Patient education and counselingVolume
102Issue
6Pagination
1217 - 1221Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1873-5134Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2019, Elsevier B.V.Usage metrics
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Communication researchCommunication trainingEACHHealthcare communicationHealthcare communication educationHealthcare policyHealthcare practiceProvider-patient communicationScience & TechnologySocial SciencesLife Sciences & BiomedicinePublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, InterdisciplinarySocial Sciences - Other TopicsEUROPEAN ASSOCIATIONCONTEXTSKILLS
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