Looking back at 2015

Abstract

This has been a big year in global health communication, with the Ebola crisis, health equity, population health, climate change, social and technological innovation, cultural competence, as well as the role of communication in mobilizing communities, engaging patients, improving quality of care, bringing together different stakeholders in health and social issues, creating policy change, controlling risk, and/or strengthening health systems dominating much of the discussion. This is a year in which the field of health communication has emerged stronger, bolder, and much more difficult to ignore. Spanning across topics and country settings communication has been engaged with the process of changing behaviors and shifting rituals, social norms, organizational mindsets, and policies, while also reiterating the need for rigor-