Core Competencies and Training Needs of Global Health Communication Professionals

In this paper, titled “Core Competencies and Training Needs of Global Health Communication Professionals: A working paper prepared for Rutgers Global Health Institute,” authors Matthew Matsaganis and Itzhak Yanovitzky identify core and advanced competencies of global health communication professionals.

The study incorporates an overview and analysis of existing health communication frameworks, a scoping review of relevant academic and gray literature across disciplines and fields, and analysis of job advertisements for global health communication positions. In addition, the project involves mapping and analysis of the current landscape of university training programs that cater to global health communication professionals, coupled with key-informant interviews with global health communication leaders, to identify potentially effective models as well as gaps in available training opportunities.

Matsaganis and Yanovitzky are Rutgers University faculty members and co-principal investigators of the research grant from Rutgers Global Health Institute that made this study possible.