HA650 Health Communication
This course provides students with an overview of health communication theory and research concerning the role of communication for health care managers/leaders in various health contexts. Many different aspects of health and a variety of communication processes are intertwined in complex and interesting ways. This course will examine various contexts of communication and communication-oriented topics such as perceptions of health, interpersonal communication in health contexts, new technologies in health communication, health information and messages in mass media, and current challenges in health communication.