CHS 292 - Communication and Media Development in Health Promotion/Education

Mixing the use of digital and social media (internet, web pages, YouTube, podcasts) with older media (print, journalism, advertising, television, training) is currently changing the way we communicate health messages.

No matter what media is used, the messages must be well-crafted and integrate theoretical ideas as well as knowledge about the issue and population targeted. What we do and why must be thought through.

In this class, we are being shown how to use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Dreamweaver and Audacity/Windows Movie Maker.

I am most interested in using video to:

• collect qualitative data such as interviews
• train practitioners in specific clinical methods or approaches (how to conduct a bio-psycho-social assessment, how to conduct a trauma narrative/prolonged exposure session, how to conduct a family therapy session using a solution-focused brief therapy approach, etc.)
• provide psycho-education to young people (and the people who care about them) about trauma and resilience (incorporating photos, poems, music, images)

It's a whole new world and opportunities open up before us with endless possibilities. Who said social work can't be fun and creative????