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Health and Risk Communication<\/a><\/p>\n Interpersonal Communication<\/a><\/p>\n Media, Technology, and Society<\/a><\/p>\n Organizational Communication<\/a><\/p>\n Political Communication<\/a><\/p>\n Public Relations<\/a><\/p>\n Interdisciplinary Studies<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HealthCommunication.jpg” alt=”Health Communication” title_text=”HealthCommunication” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Issues of health have become increasingly critical and complex, generating the need for individuals who can communicate effectively about health. The health communication program at Purdue University seeks to fulfill this growing need for trained health communicators by exposing students to the theory, research, and practice of health communication.<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Program graduates pursue academic as well as professional careers in health communication.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Introduction to Health Communication, Health Campaigns, Health Advocacy Campaigns, Risk Communication, Interpersonal Communication in the Health Context, Provider-Patient Communication, Narrative Work of Health<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to courses offered within the Lamb School, students are encouraged to supplement their study of health communication with courses offered in the areas of\u00a0Human Development and Family Studies<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Consumer Science<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Health and Kinesiology<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Health Sciences<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Nursing<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Pharmacy<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Psychology<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Sociology<\/a><\/span>, and\/or\u00a0Women\u2019s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Health and Risk Communication Interpersonal Communication Media, Technology, and Society Organizational Communication Political Communication Public Relations Interdisciplinary Studies Health and Risk Communication Issues of health have become increasingly critical and complex, generating the need for individuals who can communicate effectively about health. The health communication program at Purdue University seeks to fulfill this growing need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":449,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-728","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10586,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728\/revisions\/10586"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Health and Risk Communication<\/span><\/h1>\n
Why Purdue for Health and Risk Communication?<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Program Faculty and Areas of Interest<\/span><\/h3>\n
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