Health communication : theory, method, and application / edited by Nancy Grant Harrington.
Contributor(s): Harrington, Nancy Grant [editor.].
Publisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Description: xxii, 503 pages : illustrations 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415824545 (hbk).Uniform titles: Health communication (New York, N.Y.) Subject(s): Communication in medicine | Health in mass media | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication StudiesGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 362.1 Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.