Roper W L
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333.
Public Health Rep. 1993 Mar-Apr;108(2):179-83.
Actions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to integrate health communication into overall prevention programs as a means of influencing individual behavior to reduce risks to health are described. These actions include a set of 5-year goals for the Agency; a proposal to establish an Office of Health Communication to provide leadership and support for accomplishing the goals; and establishment of a working group to create the proposed Office of Health Communication and to develop a framework for accomplishing the goals. Fundamental to the policy was development of a definition of health communication as the Agency would practice it. Steps taken to reach this definition are outlined as well as the 10 steps adopted as a framework for health communication. The article concludes with a statement describing communication as a part of CDC's overall mission. The hope is that the ultimate accomplishment will be increased awareness among Americans of the importance of good health and their ability to achieve it.
描述了美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）将健康传播纳入整体预防计划，以此影响个人行为以降低健康风险的行动。这些行动包括该机构的一系列五年目标；设立健康传播办公室以提供领导和支持来实现这些目标的提议；以及成立一个工作组来创建提议的健康传播办公室并制定实现目标的框架。该政策的基础是制定该机构将践行的健康传播定义。概述了为达成该定义所采取的步骤以及作为健康传播框架采用的10个步骤。文章最后声明，传播是CDC整体使命的一部分。希望最终能提高美国人对健康重要性及其实现健康能力的认识。
