|
Overview back to top
Emerson College’s M.A. in Health Communication is a unique one, because it is offered in collaboration with the Tufts University School of Medicine. With coursework that provides strong training in both principles of communication and the language of medicine, our students have the advantages, opportunities, and resources of two respected institutions. Only blocks away from Boston’s world-renowned medical centers, our students study in the midst of one of the most dynamic health care environments in the country. The graduate experience provides students with an exciting range of applications, including planning, delivering, and evaluating health information campaigns; advocating for health policy initiatives; and influencing health care delivery through more effective client-provider communication. Intensive internships also form an integral part of the program and enable students to gain professional expertise.
The program culminates in the Applied Learning Experience (ALE), a capstone course that unifies the skills and knowledge students have acquired. The program is housed in the School of Communication at Emerson College, and the program is offered in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Courses back to top
- Applications of Communication Theory for Health Communication
- Media Strategies for the Health Professional
- Introduction to Clinical Medicine
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Reading and Interpreting the Medical Literature
- Applied Learning Experience for Health Communication
- Health Behavior and Health Communication
- New Technologies in Health Communication
- Ethical Issues in Health Communication
- Introduction to Public Health
Faculty back to top
Timothy Edgar (Ph.D., Purdue University)
Teaching Interests: health communication and behavioral theory, research methods
Research Interests: explaining illness, health literacy, health communication pedagogy
L. Suzanne Suggs (Ph.D., Texas Women’s University)
Teaching Interests: social marketing, media strategies for health campaigns, e-health
Research Interests: tailored messaging, social marketing campaigns
Tracy Worrell (Ph.D., Michigan State University)
Teaching Interests: mass media effects, research methods
Research Interests: media depictions of illness
Steve Sohn (Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
Teaching Interests: principles of advertising, media planning
Research Interests: media portrayals of body image
Summary of Department Research Completed or in Process back to top
Edgar, T., Noar, S.M., & Freimuth, V.S. (Eds.). (Forthcoming). Communication perspectives on HIV/AIDS for the 21st century. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Edgar,
T., & Hyde, J. N. (2005). An alumni-based evaluation of graduate
training in health communication: Results of a survey on careers,
salaries, competencies, and emerging trends. Journal of Health Communication, 10, 5-25.
Edgar, T., Satterfield, D., & Whaley, B. (2005). Explanations of illness: A bridge to understanding. In E. B. Ray (Ed.), Heath communication in practice: A case study approach (pp. 95-109). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence J. Erlbaum Associates.
Edgar,
T., Freimuth, V., & Hammond, S.L. (2003). Lessons learned from the
field on health campaigns. In T. Thompson, K. Miller, A. Dorsey, &
R. Parrott (Eds.), Handbook of health communication (pp.625-636). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence J. Erlbaum Associates.
Greenberg,
B.S. & Worrell, T.R. (in press). The portrayal of weight in the
media and its social impact. In K.D. Brownell, R.M. Puhl, & M.B.
Schwartz (Eds.), Bias, stigma, discrimination and obesity. New York: Guilford Publications Inc.
Suggs, L. S. (forthcoming). A 10-year retrospective on research on new technologies in health communication. Journal of Health Communication.
Suggs, L.S. (2003). Analysis and perspective: The case for tailored behavior change programs, HealthPlan and Provider Report, 9, 1336-1339.
Suggs,
L.S., Cissell, W.B., McIntyre, C., & Ward, M. (2002). Adoption of
communication technologies in a Texas health setting. Educational Technology and Society, 5, 69-74.
Suggs, L.S. (2000). 1-2-3 SmokeFree Program at Quitcigs.com. Health Education and Behavior, 27, 682-3.
Zoller,
H. & Worrell, T.R. (in press). Television illness depictions,
identity, and social experience: Responses to Multiple Sclerosis on The West Wing among people with MS. Health Communication.
Contacts back to top
Timothy Edgar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and
Director of the Graduate Program in Health Communication
Emerson College
Department of Marketing Communication
120 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Office (617) 824-8743
Fax (617) 824-8759
E-mail: timothy_edgar@emerson.edu
Websites
M.A. in Health Communication -
http://www.emerson.edu/communication_disorders/graduate/health-communication.cfm
Emerson College -
http://www.emerson.edu/
School of Communication -
http://www.emerson.edu/marketing_communication/index.cfm?doc_id=487
Tufts University School of Medicine -
http://www.tufts.edu/med/gpph/HCOM/index.html
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine -
http://medicine.tufts.edu/dept/phfm.cfm
|
