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Dec 26, 2024
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COMS 8420 - Health Communication and Culture
The purpose of this course is to examine the influence of culture on communicative aspects of patient and public health. The course explores theories of communication medical anthropology, and health education to understand the conceptual foundations of intercultural health. The course analyzes how peoples’ health beliefs play out in interactions with patients and providers, and examines how public health strategies can be designed for specific cultural contexts. The larger purpose of this course is to train graduate students to communicate more effectively with patients, providers, and the public in multicultural health care settings.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Define and classify the relationships between and among culture, health and communication.
- Develop a plan / solution of a health care challenge, applying social and cultural approaches.
- Explain and compare indigenous systems of healing.
- Explain how socio-cultural factors inform design, delivery and evaluation of US and other country health programs.
- Explain the body as a construct of culture, with an emphasis on Euro-American, African, and Southeast Asian constructs.
- Practice writing for community and public audiences.
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