CDC - Health Communication

Channels

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When developing a health campaign, communication program or the promotional portion of a social marketing campaign, you need to keep in mind the right channels to reach the people you are targeting with your messages. Doing your audience research up front will help identify the right channels. Appropriate distribution of your health content is critical to your campaign's success. On this page you can explore the numerous channels available to you and use them to design the best outreach strategy for your campaign.

Channels

Media Relations – CDC Online Newsroom, a one-stop source for journalists seeking public health information.

CDC eHealth Metrics Dashboard – Annual Summary (2010).

CDC-INFO – CDC's National Contact Center is your single telephone and email source for accurate, timely, consistent, and science-based information (1-800-CDC-INFO).

CDC-TV – Online health information videos from CDC.

Media Resources

A Journalist's Guide to the Internet – Online guide to the internet for journalist.

U.S. News Archives on the Web – Online U.S. News Archives

National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign – Created to prevent and reduce youth drug use.

CDC Social Media Tools – CDC uses social media to provide users with access to credible, science-based health information when, where, and how you want it.