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About Science, Health, and Public Trust

This section of the NIH website is a place for discussion of ways to improve the quality and usefulness of information for the public about science and health. The overall goal is to share strategies and best practices that contribute to public understanding of the nature of biomedical research and its role in health.

Here at NIH, and at grantee institutions across the country, we serve many audiences: scientists, health professionals, reporters, communicators, health educators, patients, caregivers, and the general public.

Our health and science messages are created in many forms and include press releases and online news stories, expert interviews, printed and online information about health and disease, and an ever-increasing number of messages on social media platforms. Using these and other media we have become, and hope to continue to be, a credible source of science and health information.

We hope you will join us regularly for some suggestions about how we can improve our communications and engage our shared audiences in ways that will make them more interested, active advocates for their health and the health of their families. We highlight principles we use for communicating about research that might be helpful to others. We also provide checklists and examples designed to improve clear communication about science and health.

We look forward to working with the health and science writing community as part of our ongoing efforts to communicate clearly and responsibly. Please feel free to email the NIH Science, Health and Public Trust Communications working group with your thoughts and suggestions.