Dr. Engelberg's Website

Hooray for our final blog! What a journey it has been this semester! Thanks for being patient and willing to get involved!

For our last blog topic, please review Dr. Engelberg's website: afishinwater.com and provide comments about how he can improve the design or video portions or anything else you feel is necessary to improve upon.

Great job on all the presentations today! :)

Condom ads and media websites

Because of the late start to this post, please continue to blog through the weekend and into Moday! Thanks.

Dr. M has asked us to blog on the following:

I may not have emphasized this in class, but the blog topic for this week (posted in announcements) is

1) comment on condom ads from MTV we watched (see comments in announcements)

What is the target audience? which approach do you think is mot effective - with GSPH grad students, with teenagers, with at risk young adults - humor, drama, shock value?

2) comment on Hollywood, entertainment media websites (on class calender under entertainment media

How can mass media be best used for health promotion ? what do you think of the recent trend for roduct placement of cigars in kid's movies ? of higher rates of teen pregnancy found in girls who regularly watch steamy sex shows ?

**P.S. Reminder Please check out Dr. Engleberg's new website, afishinwater.com. We will be the focus group to give him feedback on the site next Monday in class !

SparkCampaign

Hey everyone!

I will need to update this blog topic once I receive more info about the topic, but from what I remember, Dr. M wanted us to view the Spark Campaign, which can be found at the bottom of the weekly resources page on blackboard. If you remember the specifics, please email me, or include it in your response.

Thanks!

Stephanie
schild07@gmail.com

Gun Violence Prevention

The video can be found in Weekly Resources under the Media Advocacy folder.

This week we have two video clips from Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore's movie, related to gun violence and the media. The first one picks up after the shooting of a little girl by her 6 year old classmate, who found a gun at home and took it to school. The 2nd relates to the Columbine High School massacre. Ask, what is he advocating for ? What do you think of his methods ? How is he using media to support him ? Could we apply this to other issues in PH ?

If, for some reason, the blog does not let you post, which seems to happen from time to time, try again later or send your post to Stephanie, our blogmeister, at schild@ucsd.edu. She will note credit and try to post it for you.

Week 9 - Blog Topic Vaccines for Tweens. No Class Monday ! Enjoy APHA and/or Getting Caught Up !

This week's topic is Vaccines for Tweens : Planning a Health Campaign, a webinar based on social marketing theory.

Go to the California Distance Learning Health Network (cdlhn.com). Select Public Health Cafe : Vaccines for Tweens. It's a 30 minute webinar on using social marketing to plan a campaign. It may be useful for your own project planning. What take home messages do you get from this ?

Then check out the Kid's Cool Sites at the top of the page. On the cool sites page, check out the 3 Goose Mumps videos - what do you think of this approach for promoting vaccines to tweens ? What part of the website do you think will be most effective for tweens in raising awareness or promoting vaccinations ?

Please also take a few minutes to bone up on Health Literacy using the BB Resources. It's a really important issue for us in public health.

Check out the Harvard School of Public Health website's Literacy video (15 minutes) and the slide show linked to week 7 and 8 on BB. What is your take home message from each of these ? Feel free to play with the software tools mentioned in class that are resourced for you under week 7 & 8.

Please note : There is no extra credit opportunity with Delicious. Miriah will be doing that one.

Please do load up your own Delicious account with your best links related to your group topic and be sure to share them with your fellow group members. It's a great tool for getting everyone on the same page before planning your presentation.

Week 8

For this week, please review either the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction article or the Badvertisement article, both of which can be found on Blackboard.

Extra Credit Contact Info:

If you have signed up to take one of the acceptable BATS classes (dreamweaver, photoshop, anything media related) please turn in some type of proof to Kristen. Her email is S627.kristen@gmail.com

If you are going to the APHA conference, you can type up a report about the lecture/presentation you attended. Please turn these reports in to Dominique. Her email is dmh0812@gmail.com. You can also arrange to give a presentation to the class about your experience, but you will need to speak with Dr. Mulvihill about this, as class time is limited.

You can also sign up for Delicious, the social bookmarking website. Please contact Miriah for more infomation about this process. Her email is myrtle1980@yahoo.com

If you are going to resubmit your midterm question #36, please make sure to list the specific challenges for each group listed on the report and come up with a solution for each challenge. These are due in class on November 3rd! Turn a hard copy in to Martha. You can email her with questions at ms.marthasolorzano@gmail.com

I will be giving you more information about writing an article for the two newsletters when we meet in class again, so please hold off on this.

Phew! Thanks.

**Remember, there is NO CLASS this Monday!!**

Charlie Rose War on Cancer/Obesity Video (week 7)

This week we are revisitng the YouTube video titled War on Cancer and Obesity with Charlie Rose. Please focus on interviewing techniques. How might you be able to apply what you learn here towards your expert interviews for our projects?

Congrats to everyone for surviving the midterm! ;)