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CAS 453 – Health Communication Theory and Research

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In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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CAS 453 – Health Communication Theory and Research

This class focuses on the role that communication plays in health care delivery and in health behavior change programs. We will discuss the behavioral and communication theories and models that have most widely been applied in health intervention and communication campaigns. The students will have a hands-on experience of planning and designing a health communication campaign/intervention.

Course Objectives

The learning outcomes will be an understanding of the communication theories and research, ability to critically analyze messages used in health communication interventions, and knowledge to apply health communication theory and research to design their own health communication campaign/behavior intervention programs.