3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper DivisionData from last updated 8/18/2025
Fall 2025
Fall 2025 Instructors:
This course will serve as an introduction to the many ways that communication shapes health and health practices. Course content includes: 1) current healthcare structure in the United States; 2) communication in the healthcare organization; 3) provider-patient communication; 4) patient-support provider communication; 5) models of health behavior change and campaigns; and 6) crisis communication and health.
Learning Outcomes1Identify and apply theories relevant to health communication.
2Identify how communication practices shape and affect health.
3Provide a comparative analysis of issues of diversity in healthcare.
4Tailor health communication materials to improve health literacy.
5Design and implement health campaign.
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