Flotations

Journal of Health Communication
Tables of contents and submission information for quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on interpersonal health communication and public health campaigns.
www.gwu.edu/

Project for Rural Health Communication and Information Technology
Final Report of an Australian project to use information technology to communicate health information in rural and remote areas.
www.med.monash.edu.au/

Augmentative Communication Consultants
Specializes in augmentative communication devices and computer access for people with disabilities.
www.acciinc.com/

Health Risk Communication Primer
Practical guide from the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to communicating health risks to the public in writing, through meetings, and through the mass media. Includes bibliography.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

A History of Facilitated Communication: Science, Pseudoscience, and Antiscience: Science Working Group on Facilitated Communication
A paper published by "The American Psychologist" concluding that in controlled research settings people with disabilities were unable to respond accurately to label or describe stimuli unseen by their assistants, and that the responses are in fact controlled by the assistants.
www.apa.org/

Health Communication
Scholarly article summarizes the current and future state of dissemination of health information through various media.
www.health.gov/

College of Communication
Offers undergraduate degrees in advertising, communication sciences and disorders, communication studies, radio-television-film, public relations, and journalism, and offers graduate degrees.
communication.utexas.edu/

Exploring Facilitated Communication
Article published in the September 1995 "The Rocky Mountain Skeptic" addressing the issue of FC being used as the basis for allegations of physical or sexual abuse by a parent or caretaker.
www.rationalmagic.com/

Communication Department
News, departmental overview and information on programs and resources.
www.southernct.edu/

Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland
The Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland, Oregon, offers a summer institute on intercultural communication, a certificate course in intercultural relations, and a Masters program in intercultural communication.
www.intercultural.org/