These are great government resources that help you plan health communication initiatives.

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Centers for Disease Control

• Audience Insights
• Campaigns
• Research and Evaluation
• Channels
• Health Communication Science Digest
• Tools and Templates
• Risk Communication
• Health Literacy Resources

CDC Health Communication Plan Builders

• CDCynergy Lite
• CDCynergy Web
• Message Mapping Guide
• CDC Health Comm Works
• CDC Clear Communication Index
• Communicating with Hispanics/Latinos

CDC National Prevention Information Network (Account Required)

• Health Communication Strategies
• Campaign Examples
• In the Know: Social Media for Public Health Webcast Series
• Using What You Know About Social Media
• Annual Health Observances
• Cultural Competence

Department of Energy

• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Health Communication Training

Food and Drug Administration

• Risk Communication

Department of Health and Human Services

• The Community Guide – A Guide to Community Preventive Services, What Works to Promote Health

Healthy People 2020

• Health Communication and Health Information Technology

National Academy of Sciences

• The Science & Entertainment Exchange

The National Cancer Institute

• Making Health Communication Programs Work – The Pink Book
• Theory at a Glance. A Guide for Health Promotion Practice

The National Library of Medicine

• Better Health: Evaluating Health Communication 5-Part Lectures Series
  • Part 1: Evaluating Health Communication Programs to Enhance Health Care and Health Promotion
  • Part 2: The Brave New World of Health Communication Evaluation
  • Part 3: Evaluating Health Literacy: The Critical Next Step for Advancing the Field and Our Ability to Target Interventions
  • Part 4: Quantifying the Health Information Revolution: Triangulation in an Era of Big Data
  • Part 5: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: Promoting Accountability to Improve Health, Healthcare Quality, and Reduce Costs

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

• Health Communication Resources
• Health Literacy Resources
• eHealth Resources
• Healthy People Health Communication and Health IT

Washington State Department of Health

• Health Education Resource Exchange (H.E.R.E.)