The contributions of health communication to eliminating health disparities.

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dc.contributor.authorFreimuth, Vicki S
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Sandra Crouse
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:03:18Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:03:18Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe pressing need to eliminate health disparities calls on public health professionals to use every effective tool possible. Health communication, defined as the study and use of methods to inform and influence individual and community decisions that enhance health, was first recognized as a subset of the field of communication in 1975, when the Health Communication Division of the International Communication Association was founded.1,2 The National Communication Association formed a division of the same name in 1985. In 1997, the Public Health Education and Health Promotion section within the American Public Health Association formally recognized health communication as part of . . .
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2051
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/om5t-x5ci
dc.identifier.citationFreimuth, Vicki S and Quinn, Sandra Crouse (2004) The contributions of health communication to eliminating health disparities. American journal of public health, 94 (12). pp. 2053-2055.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2786
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23431
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjecthealth disparities
dc.subjectHealth communication
dc.titleThe contributions of health communication to eliminating health disparities.
dc.typeArticle

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