The Network for Media and Health Communication

In the last few years, the topic of “Health Communication” has gained in significance in German communication research, as is reflected in numerous projects and initiatives. Nevertheless, a discussion on the relevance of the research area, particularly from the viewpoint of research into media and communications, is still outstanding. The Institute is taking up the topic of Health Communication and is trying to stimulate the discussion on it as it relates to media by means of projects, events and publications.

In this context, one long-term project is the “Netzwerk Medien und Gesundheitskommunikation” [Network for Media and Health Communication], a joint initiative by Dr. Eva Baumann (University of Münster), Dr. Claudia Lampert (Hans Bredow Institute) and Dr. Constanze Rossmann (IfKW, München, Institute for Communications Studies and Media Research), which is seeking to contribute to the interdisciplinary networking of participants particularly engaged in media-related health communication. Alongside the provision of information on the Internet and a regular newsletter, the network organises conferences on various themes.

Further information on the network and its activities are available under www.netzwerk-gesundheitskommunikation.de.

Publications

  • Lampert, C. (2011): Entertainment-Education. Orientierung und Wertevermittlung durch Medien [Entertainmen-Education. Orientation and Value Transfer through Media]. In: Die Demokratische Schule, Mai 2011, pp. 5-6.

  • Baumann, E.; Fromm, B.; Lampert, C. (submitted for publication): Gesundheitskommunikation [Health Communication]. In: K. Hurrelmann, O. Razum (eds.), Handbuch Gesundheitswissenschaften [Handbook Health Sciences] (5., vollst. überarb. Aufl.). Weinheim: Juventa.

  • Baumann, E.; Lampert, C.; Fromm, B. (forthcoming): Gesundheitskommunikation [Health Communication]. In: K. Hurrelmann, O. Razum (eds.), Handbuch Gesundheitswissenschaften [Handbook Health Studies] (5th revised edition). Weinheim et al.: Juventa.

  • Lampert, C. (2010): Gesundheitsförderung im Unterhaltungsprogramm - Entertainment-Education als Kommunikationsstrategie [Health Promotion in the Entertainment Programme - Entertainment-Education as Communication Strategy]. In: impu!se - Newsletter zur Gesundheitsförderung, 69, pp. 7-8.

  • Lampert, C. (2010): Entertainment-Education als Strategie für die Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung [Entertainment-Education as Strategy for Prevention and Health Promotion]. In: Public Health Forum, 18, No. 68, pp. 20-22..

  • Fromm, B.; Baumann, E.; Lampert, C. (2011): Gesundheitskommunikation und Medien. Ein Lehrbuch. [Health Communication and Media. A Study Book]. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag.

  • Lampert, C.; Voth, J. (2009): Gesundheits(informations)verhalten von älteren Migrantinnen und Migranten. Eine Expertise im Auftrag der Hamburger Behörde für Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz [Health(Information) Behaviour of Elder Migrants. An Expert Report Issued by the Hamburg Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection] (pdf-file in German).

  • Tolks, D.; Lampert, C. (2008): Möglichkeiten der akademischen Ausbildung im Bereich Gesundheitskommunikation [Possibilites of Academic Education in the Area of Health Communication]. In: Landesvereinigung für Gesundheit Niedersachsen (Ed.): Impu!se – Newsletter zur Gesundheitsförderung, no. 59, pp. 16-17.

  • Voth, J. (2008): Informationssuche in der Gesundheitskommunikation. Zur theoretischen Modellierung der Medien- und Internetnutzung im Krankheitsfall [Information-Seeking in Health Communication. On the Theoretical Modelling of Media and Internet Use in Case of Illness]. M. A. thesis at the University of Hamburg (PDF, 2,1 MB, German).

  • Lampert, C. (2008): Health and Prevention. In: W. Donsbach W. (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Communication. Vol. IX. Oxford/Malden, pp. 3878-3882.

  • Lampert, C. (2007): Gesundheitsförderung im Unterhaltungsformat. Wie Jugendliche gesundheitsbezogene Darstellungen in fiktionalen Fernsehangeboten wahrnehmen und bewerten [Health Promotion in Entertainment Media. How Young People Perceive and Evaluate Health Messages in Fictional TV Offerings]. Baden Baden.

Events

  • "Aufklärung im Unterhaltungsformat? Zur Rezeption von Botschaften zur Organspende im fiktionalen Fernsehprogramm" [Information in an Entertainment Format? On the Reception of Messages on Organ Donation in Fictional TV Programmes], lecture by C. Lampert at the expert conference "Aufklärung zur Organ- und Gewebespende in Deutschland. Neue Wege der Gesundheitskommunikation" [Informing in Organ and Tissue Donation in Germany. New Ways of Health Communication] of the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) in Cologne on 6 October 2010.

  • "Ageing –Beauty – Ethics: Transitions between Aesthetics and Health“, organisation of the event, 2 May 2006 in Hannover (Cooperation with the Health Communication Network, the State Association for Health Lower Saxony, the Henrietten-Stiftung and the Foundation for Life and the Environment).

Lectures

  • "Zu gesundheitsbezogenen Risken und Nebenwirkungen der Mediennutzung" [On Health-Related Risks and Side Effects of Media Use], lecture by C. Lampert at the symposium "Pädiatrie zum Anfassen" [Living Paediatrics] in Lübeck on 10 and 11 September.

  • "Einander wahrnehmen - voneinander profitieren: Potenziale der Kommunikationswissenschaft für die Gesundheitsförderung" [Perceiving Each Other - Benefiting from Each Other: Opportunities of Communication Stdies for Health Promotion], lecture by C. Lampert at the 56th DGPuK Annual Conference "Theoretisch praktisch!?" in Dortmung on 2 June 2011 (witht E. Baumann and B. Fromm).

  • "Gesundheitsförderung im Unterhaltungsformat" [Health Promotion in Entertainment Format], lecture by C. Lampert at the conference "Kommunikationsmaßnahmen für medizinische Forschungsnetzwerke entwickeln" [Developing Communication Activities for Medical Research Networks] of TMF - Technology, Methods, and Infrastructure for Networked Medical Research in Berlin on 14 April 2011.

  • "Aufklärung im Unterhaltungsformat? Zur Rezeption von Botschaften zur Organspende im fiktionalen Fernsehprogramm" [Enlightenment through Entertainment? On the Reception of Messages on Organ Donation in Fictional TV Programme], lecture by C. Lampert at the BZgA conference "Aufklärung zur Organ- und Gewebespende in Deutschland. Neue Wege der Kommunikation" [Education on Organ and Tissue Donation in Germany. New Ways of Communication] in Cologne on 6 October 2010.

  • "Gesund gespielt? Bestandsaufnahme und Potenziale von Serious Games for Family-Health" [Healthy Play? Inventory and Potentials of Serious Games for Family-Health], lecture by C. Lampert at the faculty colloquium "Familie und Gesundheit. Gesundheit in und mit Familien kommunizieren" [Family and Health. Communicating Health in and with Families.] at the University of Bielefeld on 22 April 2010.

  • "Erreichbarkeit von HIV-Patienten über die verschiedenen Medien bzw. der Nutzen dieser Medien für die Prävention" [Attainability of HIV Patients through Different Media or the Use of Media for Prevention], lecture by C. Lampert at the 3rd workshop of the medical association Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the subject "HIV-Prävention - Die 'Unwissentlich HIV-Infizierten' und die damit verbundenen Risiken" [HIV-Prevention - The "Unknowingly HIV-Infected" and the Associated Risks] in Rostock on 5 December 2009.

  • “Entertainment-Education – Unterhaltsame Bildung oder bildende Unterhaltung?” [Entertainment-Education – Entertaining Education or Educative Entertainment?], lecture by C. Lampert at the Thuringian Media Symposium “Jugendmedienschutz 2.0” in Erfurt on 11 April 2008.

  • "Entertainment-Education Theory and Research: An Overview", lecture by C. Lampert at the ICA-conference in Dresden on 20 June 2006.

  • "Altern – Schönheit – Ethik: Leitbilder zwischen Ästhetik und Gesundheit" [Aging – Beauty – Ethics: Overall Concepts between Aesthetics and Health], organisation of the eponymous event in Hanover on 2 May 2006 by C. Lampert (Cooperation of the Network for Media and Health Communication, the State Assembly of Health in Lower Saxony, the Henrietten-Foundation Stiftung and  the Foundation of Life and Environment).

  • "Ältere Menschen und Medien. Eine Herausforderung für die Gesundheitskommunikation" [Elderly and the Media. A Challenge for Health Communication], organisation of the event in Hanover on 17 November 2005 by C. Lampert (Cooperation of the Network of Media and Health Communication, the State Assembly of Health of Lower Saxony, the Henrietten Foundation, KK e.v. and the German Pension Fund).

  • "Gesundheit in den Medien - Impulse für die Praxis der Gesundheitskommunikation" [Health in the Media - Impulses for the Practice of Health Communication], organisation of the conference in Hanover on 19 October 2004 by C. Lampert (Cooperationof the Network for Media and Health Communication and the State Assembly of Health in Lower Saxony).

  • "Gesundheitskommunikation und Medien" [Health Comunication and the Media], organisation of the conference in Loccum (near Hanover) from 24 to 25 October 2003 by C. Lampert (with E. Baumann and C. Rossmann; www.netzwerk-gesundheitskommunikation.de)

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