Intercultural Health Communication

Catalog description

Examine a global perspective on the relationship between culture and health communication. Explore key theoretical frameworks, case studies, and examples from health communication from a global perspective. Topics include how culture is addressed in healthcare settings, health messages, campaigns and interventions, health meanings, health narratives, and the structural and social determinants of health. Review and synthesize the current health communication literature on how culture is defined and discussed in health communication theory and practice. Understanding theory-based applications of culture for achieving greater health equity globally within the context of health communication with the broad goal to build the research skills necessary for studying culture in the field of health communication.