Methods of communication

1. Individual approach (individual HE)

• Personal contact (interpersonal)
  • Home visits
  • Personal letters

2. Group level approach

• Lecture (chalk and talk)
  • Demonstration
  • Discussion methods
• Group discussion
• Panel discussion
• Symposium
• Workshop
• Conferences
• Seminars
• Role play
• Debate
• Delphi method

3. Mass level approach (education of the general public)

• Television
  • Radio
  • News paper
  • Posters
  • Health exhibitions/museums
  • Folk methods
  • internet

Reference:
Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 23rd ed

Channels of communication: Channels of Communication
Barriers of communication: Barriers of Communication
Types of communication: Types of Communication
Methods of communication: Methods of communication
Methods of communication -Individual level approach: Individual Level Approach (methods of communication)
Methods of communication- lecture (chalk and talk): Methods of communication: Chalk and Talk (Lecture)
Methods of communication- demonstration: Demonstrations
Group Discussion: Group Discussion
Panel Discussion: Panel Discussion
Delphi method: Delphi Method
Work shop: Workshop
Role-play: Role Playing (Socio – Drama)
Conference: Conferences and Seminars
Methods of Communication - Mass Approach: Methods of Communication - Mass Approach

Flannel graph: Flannel graph
Flip chart: Flip – charts