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Study Course Description

Health Communication: from Theory to Practice

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
KF_073
Branch of Science
Media and communications
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Biology; Business Management; Civil and Military Defense; Clinical Pharmacy; Communication Science; Dentistry; Health Management; Information and Communication Science; Juridical Science; Life Science; Management Science; Marketing and Advertising; Medical Services; Medical Technologies; Medicine; Midwifery; Nursing Science; Pedagogy; Pharmacy; Psychology; Public Health; Rehabilitation; Social Anthropology; Social Welfare and Social Work; Sociology; Sports Trainer
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts

Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv

About Study Course

Objective

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Preliminary Knowledge

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Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

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Skills

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Competences

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Assessment

Individual work

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Examination

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Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Lecture

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On site
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Schiavo, R. (2008). Health Communication: From Theory to Practice. In Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA (Vol. 96, Issue 1).

2.

Cickusic, V., & Salihbegovic, E. M. (n.d.). Health Communication. 5, 219–222.

3.

Ruben, B. D. (2016). Communication Theory and Health Communication Practice : The More Things Change , the More They Stay the Same 1. 1–11.

4.

Michie, S. (2011). The behaviour change wheel : A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change. January 2017.

5.

Davis, R., Campbell, R., Hildon, Z., Hobbs, L., et.al. (2015). Theories of behaviour and behaviour change across the social and behavioural sciences : a scoping review. Health Psychology Review, 0(0), 1–22.

6.

Skultans, Vieda. 2007. “On Knowing and Not Knowing in Latvian Psychiatric Consultations.” In On Knowing and Not Knowing in the Anthropology of Medicine, edited by Roland Littlewood, 136–59. Routledge.

7.

Uibu, Marko. 2021. “The Emergence of New Medical Pluralism: The Case Study of Estonian Medical Doctor and Spiritual Teacher Luule Viilma.” Anthropology & Medicine 28 (4): 445–60.

8.

Fainzang, Sylvie. 2016. “From Solidarity to Autonomy: Towards a Redefinition of the Parameters of the Notion of Autonomy.” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 37 (6): 463–72.

9.

Bronzini, Micol, and Benedetta Polini. 2020. “Neoliberalism and Illness Narratives: The Intertwined Logics of Choice and Care.” In Health and Illness in the Neoliberal Era in Europe, edited by Jonathan Gabe, Mario Cardano, and Angela Genova, 123–39. Emerald Publishing Limited.

10.

Dongen, Els Van. 2010. “Cancer and Integrity. Dealing with Fragile Realities.” In The Taste for Knowledge Medical Anthropology Facing Medical Realities, edited by Sylvie Fainzang, Hans Einar Hem, and Mette Bech Risor, 237–52. Aarhus Aarhus University Press.

11.

Vēstuļu rakstīšanas vadlīnijas. Valsts kanceleja, 2017. (elektroniski)

12.

Normatīvo aktu projektu rokasgrāmata, 2016. (elektroniski)

13.

Latviešu valodas pareizrakstības un pareizrunas rokasgrāmata. Rīga, Avots, 2002.

14.

Vieglā valoda. Rīga : LU Akadēmiskais apgāds 2022 (elektroniski)

15.

World Health Organization. (‎2009)‎. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, Milestones in health promotion : statements from global conferences. World Health Organization, p.1-5.

16.

World Health Organization. (‎2009)‎. Annex 2: Health Promotion Emblem. Milestones in health promotion : statements from global conferences. World Health Organization, p.33-34.

17.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Let’s talk about protection. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016.

18.

Coalition for Vaccination by European Healthcare Professionals

Additional Reading

1.

Fainzang, Sylvie, Hans Einar Hem, and Mette Bech Risor. 2010. The Taste for Knowledge: Medical Anthropology Facing Medical Realities. Aarhus: Aarhus: Aarhus University Press.

2.

Velpry, Livia. 2008. “The Patient’s View: Issues of Theory and Practice.” Cult Med Psychiatry 32 (2): 238–58.

3.

Main, Izabella. 2016. “Biomedical Practices from a Patient Perspective. Experiences of Polish Female Migrants in Barcelona, Berlin and London.” Anthropology & Medicine 23 (2): 188–204.

4.

World Health Organization. (‎2009)‎. Milestones in health promotion : statements from global conferences. World Health Organization.