COM 57600 - Health Communication

Survey of health communication theory and research. Examines issues such as patient-provider and everyday communication, broader community-societal discourse, and organizational and mass health communication. Prepares participants for subsequently more specialized seminars and enriched study in allied specialties.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes

1. Identify discreet areas of health communication practice and research.
2. Explain communication issues important to patients.
3. Explain communication issues important to care givers.
4. Explain challenges to intercultural communication in the health care setting.
5. Critique media health campaigns.
6. Investigate and critique an area of health communication study.