COM 449 - Advanced Issues in Health Communication

[3 credit(s)]

Prerequisite: COM 362 or COM 380 or permission of instructor. Provides in-depth examination of key theoretic and applied approaches to health communication. Topics include health communication models, doctor-patient communication, gender issues and health, health information campaigns, mass-media influences on health, the role of culture on health and disease, the health-care organization, group influences on well-being, communication and mental health, communication and social health, and the politics of health communication.

Semesters Offered: Every Spring

General Education Category: Capstone

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