Toward a Common Agenda for the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Digital Health Communication

Lorien C Abroms1, John P Allegrante1, M Elaine Auld1

  • 1Lorien C. Abroms is with the Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. John P. Allegrante is with the Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. M. Elaine Auld is with the Society for Public Health Education, Washington, DC. Robert S. Gold is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park. William T. Riley is with the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Joseph Smyser is with The Public Good Projects, New York, NY.

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