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Information: Health communication is a subfield that focuses on two major issues:
1. How communication techniques can be used to improve the public's understanding of health issues, such as smoking or diet.
2. How health care professionals, such as doct
Health Communication further on these related pages:
Project for Rural Health Communication and Information Technology Project for Rural Health Communication and Information Technology: Final Report of an Australian project to use information technology to communicate health information in rural and remote areas. (Health Communication) http://www.med.monash.edu.au/mrh/resources/prhcit.html
Health Risk Communication Primer Health Risk Communication Primer: Practical guide from the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to communicating health risks to the public in writing, through meetings, and through the mass media. Includes bibliography. (Health Communication) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/primer.html
HealthCommKey HealthCommKey: A database of health communication literature, focusing on communication research and practice in the context of public health. Produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Health Communication) http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/hcomm/
Journal of Health Communication Journal of Health Communication: Tables of contents and submission information for quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on interpersonal health communication and public health campaigns. (Health Communication) http://www.gwu.edu/~cih/journal/
Health Communication Health Communication: Scholarly article summarizes the current and future state of dissemination of health information through various media. (Health Communication) http://www.health.gov/HealthyPeople/Document/HTML/volume1/11HealthCom.htm