Health Communication - Theory, Method, and Application

"Exploring Health Communication from Multiple Perspectives provides coverage of the major current areas of interest (e.g., interpersonal, organizational, media). It takes an in-depth approach to health communication research by analyzing and critically evaluating research conducted across multiple paradigmatic perspectives. In addition, it offers features important to undergraduate texts, such as sidebars, summary boxes, suggestions for in-class activities, discussion questions, and lists of additional resources. This edited textbook includes a range of chapters covering interpersonal health communication issues, challenges and complexities in health communication, communication aspects of health behaviors and conditions, organizational issues in health communication, and media and eHealth research. This text is designed to be used in upper level health communication courses, and it may be of interest to master's level courses as well. Other social science disciplines such as health education and public health may also find the book to be of interest"--

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• Authors: Nancy Grant Harrington, Nancy Harrington, Nancy (University of Kentucky Harrington, Nancy Grant Harrington, Nancy Grant (University of Kentucky Harrington, Harrington Nancy Grant
• Assisted by: Nancy Grant Harrington (Editor), Nancy Grant (University of Kentucky Harrington (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2014
• EAN: 9780415824545
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82454-5
• No. of pages: 504
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Linguistics, MEDICAL / Public Health, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Health & personal development, Health psychology, Communication Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Literature: history and criticism