Health as Communication Nexus: A Service Learning Approach provides a unique combination of learning methods that effectively engage students, stir their passion for health communication, answer some challenging health questions they may be grappling with, and perhaps in the process, change their lives too.Health as Communication Nexus: A Service Learning Approach presents a comprehensive view of the health communication topics and issues encountered in academic research and during our daily lives
Unique to the market, Health as Communication Nexus: A Service Learning Approach utilizes both a critical incident case study with a service-learning approach. The critical incident case study integrated across the chapters of the book provides a rich, in-depth example to illustrate the wide variety of topics and issues considered within the realm of health communication. The service-learning approach stimulates ideas for ways to apply the concepts of health communication.
Health as Communication Nexus: A Service Learning Approach:
Is written for undergraduates, beginning graduate students, and anyone else who may want to learn about the growing field of health communication Utilizes real-life scenarios spurred from the authors' experiences Defines the field of health communication from the perspective of those who teach, conduct research, and have applied experiences within the discipline of Communication Includes a comprehensive web component that features poll questions, quizzes, interactive exercises, service learning application ideas, and links for each chapter
