Health Communication in an Intercultural Perspective

This course has its focus on health issues from the needs of communication in different groups and contexts, in local and global settings. Health issues are defined both from preventive circumstances and from extraordinary events where disitinctive needs of communications occur. To gain a deeper knowledge of how these issues may be communicated, the course also includes aspects of the implications and importance of intercultural communication. The course contains lectures exemplifying specific health issues that are relevant globally and locally. The role of media in mediating health issues and how they are communicated is a part of the course content. The course also includes parts for practice how to communicate specific health issues in a professional way.