Mar 29, 2024  
2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COMM 391 - Health Communication


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Issues in the theory and practice of health communication. Topics include provider-patient communication; communication training for health professionals; communication in support systems for the elderly, disabled, and terminally ill; culture and diversity issues in communication of health information; health communication in healthcare organization, mass and new media technologies in health communication, risk and crisis communication; and communication in community/consumer health education and campaigns. Lecture As needed Prerequisite(s): COMM 240 and COMM 280, or Junior Standing.