David,
I think that your requestor has possibly got a "terminology problem".
Key informants, are as you rightly suggest, sources of information to
inform a particular data gathering exercise.
What your requestor is describing is known variously as "(product or
local) champion" i.e. someone who gets key messages into a community or
maybe by extension only ("academic detailer") i.e. someone who meets individual
health professionals and tries to get a message across
BTW have you tried the HEA (HealthPromis) and HEBS Internet databases
both cover health promotion and are very user friendly
Andrew Booth
>
> Does anyone know of any work or studies using the idea of key informants
> to spread information in a community, that is as a tool in health
> promotion (for example, in areas where there are no local newspapers)?
>
> We have found a number of references to the use of key informants as a
> method of collecting information in studies/evaluations/assessments, but
> nothing yet where the concept has been used in disseminating
> information.
>
> David Brunt
> Librarian
> North Derbyshire Health
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Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib ALA
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