COMM 3230 - Health Communication

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Communication

Description:

For Communication Studies majors, required in the health communication emphasis, and open to all students interested in health, wellness, and medicine, professionally or personally. While patient-provider communication is important, it doesn't occur in a "vacuum." This course acknowledges and explores the overlapping and mutually influential situations that affect our physical, mental, and social health, and surveys the many areas of theory and research on, and influence of, health communication in many contexts. The course considers health communication in the areas of medical and provider relations, family interactions, social support, health systems and policy, organizations, diversity and culture, and media all of which individually and collectively affect health beliefs, behaviors, and outcomes. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Describe the role communication plays in health in interpersonal, social, cultural, organizational/political, and mediated contexts. 2. Identify the dimensions of health and communication, and why these are important to communication. 3. Analyze health communication for its merit and implications. 4. Apply improved communication and decision-making skills in health contexts. 5. Describe, synthesize, and evaluate how myriad health influences and contexts from our health system, interpersonal interactions, social norms, media content, and historical influences overlap to affect any singular health interaction. FA, SP

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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