Mass media and the TB problems
July 15th 2008
The mass media contribution to form the public opinion, no matter the chosen area, is beyond all doubt. The modern era can be characterized in general as being the communication era and more, the media communication.
On the premises of this finding, the information that the community, general population receive about the different diseases with a major impact on public health must be correct, relevant and comprehensive …
This one of the reasons the Centre for Health Politics and Services (CHPS) introduced on its agenda organizing a series of training sessions for journalists on Tuberculosis in quite specific details.
Two training sessions of the journalists took place in the first half of July. The purpose of these training sessions was to provide an overview on Tuberculosis - medical, social and public health issues.With a focus on "How to write about Tuberculosis", the two sessions tried that not only update and supplement the knowledge the mass media representatives have on this topic, but also to sensitize the public opinion on Tuberculosis issue and the difficulties the TB patients face.
The training session organized on July 8th at Bucharest by CHPS in collaboration with the National School of Public Health and Sanitary Management (NSPHSM), had an audience of 19 journalists from the written and audio-visual mass media, together with representatives of the medical and social assistance network involved in Tuberculosis control.
Organized after two days from the first session, July 10th in Iasi, the second training session gathered 15 journalists together with social -medical staff from the regional surveillance network of this disease.
The approached topics were up-to-date and allowed to approach the Tuberculosis both from a medical perspective and a political, social assistance perspective of the National Strategy of information-education for the Tuberculosis control.
The trainers team benefited, together with the indisputable professional endorsement and significant experience in the communication strategies related to TB infection of the prof. Lee Reichmann, expert, professor at Medicine and Dentist University from New Jersey, and the contribution of dr. Victor Ozslavsky, Liaison Officer of the World Health Organization Romania, dr. Manuela Gheorghiu-Branaru and dr. Denisa Moian, experts from the National Program of Tuberculosis Control (NPTC).
Information related to the details of organizing these training sessions can be found on www.CHPS.ro and www.tbnews.ro.
