Health Communication - U.S. National Library of Medicine Collection Development Manual

Collection Development Manual

Health Communication

Definition:

The study or use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions that affect health (adapted from Healthy People 2010. Current version: Healthy People 2020).

Discussion:

This field encompasses many areas of research and practice, such as health risk communication, health literacy, mass communication of health and medicine, patient-professional communication, and the development of telemedicine applications.

Scope and emphasis:

Collected comprehensively.

See also:

Medical Informatics

Public Health

10/5/12