-Core text for courses on health communication covering key areas of research, theory, and practice. -Serves a commonly taught advanced undergraduate and graduate course in communication, as well as a range of courses and contexts for students and professionals in public health. -Presents emergent research and scholarly disagreement to prepare students to critically engage with the research that underlies practical aspects. -New chapters cover the potential of communication to address discrimination in healthcare settings, health information seeking, social support and caregiving, and the relationship between health and environmental communication. -Online resources for instructors include additional theory tables, PowerPoint slides, test questions and assignments, sample syllabi, and lists of additional resources.

-Core text for courses on health communication covering key areas of research, theory, and practice. -Serves a commonly taught advanced undergraduate and graduate course in communication, as well as a range of courses and contexts for students and professionals in public health. -Presents emergent research and scholarly disagreement to prepare students to critically engage with the research that underlies practical aspects. -New chapters cover the potential of communication to address discrimination in healthcare settings, health information seeking, social support and caregiving, and the relationship between health and environmental communication. -Online resources for instructors include additional theory tables, PowerPoint slides, test questions and assignments, sample syllabi, and lists of additional resources.

Comprehensive survey of the health communication discipline authored by top scholars in the field. A useful text for use both in graduate seminars in health communication and as a desk reference for career researchers and government and NGO health professionals.

eHealth Applications: Promising Strategies for Behavior Change provides an overview of technological applications in contemporary health communication research, exploring the history and current uses of eHealth applications in disease prevention and management. This volume focuses on the use of these technology-based interventions for public health promotion and explores the rapid growth of an innovative interdisciplinary field.

The chapters in this work discuss key eHealth applications by presenting research examining a variety of technology-based applications. Authors Seth M. Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington summarize the latest in eHealth research, including a range of computer, Internet, and mobile applications, and offer observations and reflections on this growing area, such as dissemination of programs and future directions for the study of interactive health communication and eHealth.

Providing a timely and comprehensive review of current tools for health communication, eHealth Applications is a must-read for scholars, students, and researchers in health communication, public health, and health education.

Comprehensive survey of the health communication discipline authored by top scholars in the field. A useful text for use both in graduate seminars in health communication and as a desk reference for career researchers and government and NGO health professionals.

eHealth Applications: Promising Strategies for Behavior Change provides an overview of technological applications in contemporary health communication research, exploring the history and current uses of eHealth applications in disease prevention and management. This volume focuses on the use of these technology-based interventions for public health promotion and explores the rapid growth of an innovative interdisciplinary field.

The chapters in this work discuss key eHealth applications by presenting research examining a variety of technology-based applications. Authors Seth M. Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington summarize the latest in eHealth research, including a range of computer, Internet, and mobile applications, and offer observations and reflections on this growing area, such as dissemination of programs and future directions for the study of interactive health communication and eHealth.

Providing a timely and comprehensive review of current tools for health communication, eHealth Applications is a must-read for scholars, students, and researchers in health communication, public health, and health education.