About ECA
Interest Groups: Health Communication
04/15/2004
Draft Bylaws
Health Communication Interest Group
Please look over the DRAFT of the Health Communication Interest Group Bylaws. Let me know of any changes/deletions/additions you think would be useful at Hartman@geneseo.edu. We will be discussing the adoption of the bylaws at the business meeting.
Mission Statement
The Health Communication Interest Group of ECA studies the processes, practices, and policies related to human and mediated communication in health care and health promotion. Research presented within this division evolves from a wide range of theories and methodological approaches that often address the ways individuals seek, interpret, and respond to health information. The interest group promotes scholarship that examines communication in health education and promotion, health care consumer-provider relationships, caregiving, healthcare organizations, health policy, health campaigns and interventions, communication and aging, lifespan development, risk communication, and e-health applications. The interest group welcomes submissions from scholars at all stages in their academic career, especially those interested in exploring and applying new theoretical perspectives to health communication.
Contact:
Maria Brann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
West Virginia University
maria.brann@mail.wvu.edu
