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Overview for Health Communication

A program that focuses on how people, individually and collectively, understand and accommodate to health and illness and the role of communication and media in shaping professional health care messages and public acceptance of these messages. Includes instruction in the development and use of health-related and care-related messages and media; the goals and strategies of health care promotion; relationships, roles, situations, and social structures in the context of health maintenance and promotion; and applications to disease prevention, health advocacy, and communications concerning treatments.

Careers for Health Communication Majors

A major in Health Communication is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary - $54,010
Health Educators - $43,440
Public Relations Specialists - $51,080

Colleges Offering a Major in Health Communication

Top 3 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Health Communication among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

Add	Info	College Name	Degrees Awarded*/ Percentage	Selectivity	Cost*
		Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	13 (0.3%)
		Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	3 (0.9%)
		North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	2 (0.1%)
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