Healthy delivery of information

Healthy delivery of information

Degrees in Health Communication prepare students for careers in a variety of fields and help them make positive social changes and deal with misinformation.

In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, public and healthy news experts have taken the lead in raising awareness and helping to prevent further spread of the virus. At the same time, they have tried to deal with misinformation. Clear communication has become an essential element of public health, with the goal of preventing disease as well as improving the quality of life for everyone.

In this context, accurate information is essential for everything from disease prevention and treatment to interacting with patients through doctors, nurses, office staff, and insurance agencies. Effective discussion of topics such as immunizations, hygiene, and other safety precautions can make the difference between an outbreak of epidemic and a reduction in its spread to a more serious spread of Yuba.

Those who choose to pursue a career in health communication will find many opportunities ranging from working in government agencies to private or non-profit companies, the education sector, and public health journalism. Thus, many universities in the United States offer undergraduate and graduate courses in this field, including Northwestern University in Illinois and Evansville University in Indiana.

Professor Bruce L. Lambert founded the one-year Professional Master of Science in Healthcare Program at Northwestern University after more than two decades of teaching, working, and studying real-world issues with medical practitioners. He is also the Director of the University's Center for Communications and Health. His experience led to an innovative and practical course focused on quality improvement and interactive design. 

"If you think about the traditional way of communicating health, it's mostly about looking at communication in the context of health," he says. I have a different view on this issue. I'm mostly concerned about health, patient safety, hygiene standards, and things like that. So, I look at these issues first and then use the communication theory to solve them. ”

He sees hygiene as the core social purpose of the course and the theory of correspondence, the science of communication, and the arts of communication as "tools that we can use to achieve these larger social goals."

Te Northwestern University program's theoretical orientation revolves around interactive design that improves communication between physicians, patients, and other stakeholders. Know the overall hygiene system before considering topics such as patient engagement as well as interactions, health and misinformation.

"We're giving students the skills they really need to solve the problems that health systems face," says Lambert.

His students range from people who have recently completed an undergraduate degree to vice presidents of companies with decades of experience. 

 Lambert adds that the Northwestern University program welcomes international applications. He says that if the students have a merit-based application, they are going to offer admission to such students as a possibility. Such students may also be offered assistance based on merit and need.

Evansville University's Major in Health Correspondence course is in fact an interdisciplinary program that includes coursework in communication, public health, and health services administration. It helps students gain an understanding of public health and health services, as well as skills in advertising, public relations, journalism, and multimedia production.

The course covers students' backgrounds in various forms of communication, including patient-physician communication, public health organization communication, risk and crisis communication, strategic health communication campaigns, and new technologies, as well as public health. And a wide range of science courses.

Pail Patel Daulatabadi, an associate professor of public health and director of the university's undergraduate and graduate programs in public health, says public health classes provide students with an opportunity to study both related issues and policies related to these issues.

Both university representatives agree that the epidemic highlights a great need for educational and motivational communication about public health. Lambert says the issue of racial justice has also been included in the curriculum due to protests around the world. 

"Obviously, our students have a keen interest in Corona, but there are two sides to it," says Lambert. One is that the world has never before been able to show the importance of healthy posting. But on the other hand, the root of many of our problems is unhealthy messaging. ”

Speaking on the occasion, Patel Daulatabadi said, “The epidemic has highlighted the need and importance of public health prevention and mitigation and its impact on the health of the population. Also pointed out. I believe that in the future the world will need more public health professionals so that countries can be prepared to respond to any kind of epidemic. ”