First Seminars in Health Communication

Interdisciplinary Concentration in Health Communication

Health communication is an area of theory, research and practice related to understanding and influencing the interdependence of communication and health-related beliefs, behaviors and outcomes. Health communication combines both scholarship and practice. It embraces not only traditional scholarship, emphasizing theory and data collection; it also includes the use of research for broad "therapeutic" goals, using knowledge about message formation and communication to alleviate suffering or reduce risky behavior. Learn more »