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University of Iwoa College of Public Health
Overview
The Department of Community and Behavioral Health offers M.P.H., M.S., and Ph.D. subtracks in Health Communication. Graduates of the program will be able to implement communication strategies and messages using mediated and interpersonal channels to effectively address the health needs of diverse audiences. Clinician-patient interaction, family communication, group and organizational communication, and mass media / web-based campaigns will be addressed. Health Communication students will build foundations in community and behavioral health while gaining expertise in specialized health communication “core” classes. While most of the core classes are housed within the department, many are cross-listed with the departments of Communication Studies or the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Students will have the opportunity to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based public health interventions, participate in original research projects that make contributions to the body of knowledge of public health and health communication, and communicate research findings to the scientific community.
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Faculty
Graduate Faculty Involved in Health Communication Research Dr. Shelly Campo – Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health and Department of Communication Studies (joint), PhD earned at Michigan State University Teaches: Health Communication, Health Communication Campaigns, Persuasion and Health Research Interests: Health Communication, Health Campaigns, Persuasion Dr. Julie Andsager – Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication (primary) and Community and Behavioral Health (secondary), PhD earned at University of Tennessee Teaches: Quantitative Methods, Gender and Mass Media, Media and Health, Health & Medical Reporting & Writing Research Interests: Media Framing of Health Information, Audience Interpretation of Health-Related Message Dr. Leslie Baxter – Professor, Department of Communication Studies (primary), Department of Community and Behavioral Health (secondary), PhD earned at University of Oregon Teaches: Communication Theory, Communication and Relationships, Dialogism Research Interests: Communication in Families, Communication in Personal Relationships Dr. Kajsa Dalyrmple – Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, PhD earned at the University of Wisconsin Teaches: Professional Blogging and Multimedia Storytelling Research Interests: Science and Health Communication, Public Policy, Social Marketing, Environmental Behavior, Learning Sciences Dr. Petya Eckler – Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, PhD earned at the University of Missouri Teaches: Media and Health, Strategic Communication, Global Communication, Interactive Advertising Research Interests: Electronic word-of-mouth and Marketing, Strategic Communication, Social Media, Tobacco Control and Cessation, Arthritis, Cancer Dr. Keli Steuber – Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, PhD earned at the Pennsylvania State University Teaches: Research Methods, Lifespan Communication, Privacy Management during Health and Relational Transitions Research Interests: Family Communication, Privacy-Management during Health and Relational Transitions Dr. Frank Boster – Adjunct Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University, Department of Communication, PhD earned at Michigan State University Research Interests: Persuasion / Social Influence, Group Communication Other Department of Community and Behavioral Health Faculty Members: Dr. Edith Parker, Professor, Department Executive Officer, PhD earned at the University of North Carolina Research Interests: Development, implementation, and evaluation of community-based participatory interventions to improve health status Dr. Mary Aquilino, Associate Professor, Assistant Dean, MPH Program Director, PhD earned at University of Iowa Research Interests: Smoking Cessation, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Dr. Joe Coulter, Professor, Associate Dean, PhD earned at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Research Interests: Minority Education and Public Health, American Indian and Native Studies Dr. Faryle Nothwehr, Assistant Professor, PhD earned at University of Michigan Research Interests: Health Behavior Change Among Adults Chronic Disease Self-Management Dr. Vanessa Simonds, Assistant Professor, PhD earned at Harvard Research Interests: Implementing CBPR, Health Disparities, Native American Health, Health Literacy Dr. Anne-Helene Skinstad, Assistant Professor, PhD earned at University of Bergen Research Interests: Substance Abuse Disorders in Women, Technology Transfer Issues in Substance Abuse Education Dr. Nancy Thompson, Associate Professor, PhD earned at Columbia University Research Interests: Impact of Health Plan Preventive Features on Plan Choice System Interventions Dr. Jingzhen (Ginger ) Yang, Assistant Professor, PhD earned at University of North Carolina Research Interests: Physical Activity and Obesity, Unintentional Injury Prevention,
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Courses
Health Communication Core Courses Health Communication Persuasion and Health Communication Theory Health Communication Campaigns Media and Health Community and Behavioral Health Courses: Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease Community Development in Public Health Social Sciences and Health Health Behavior and Health Education Designing and Implementing Interventions Evaluation I: Theory and Applications Evaluation II: Design and Methods Qualitative Research for Public Health Community Preventive Programs/Services Maternal, Child and Family Health Social Determinants of Health International Health: Anthropological Perspectives and Practices Substance Use and Misuse in America Substance Abuse and Mental Health Tobacco Use: Prevention and Control Communicating with the Community Research in Community and Behavioral Health
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Research
Slowing the Stork: A Social Marketing Campaign to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies among 18-30 year old Iowans (Campo, Askelson, Losch) (Private Foundation Funding) Second Semester, Not Third Trimester: A Social Marketing: A Social Marketing Campaign to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies among Iowa College Students (Campo, Askelson, Losch) (Private Foundation Funding) Using Radio Serials to Create Change in Preventing Unintended Pregnancies among African American and Hispanic Audiences (Kohler, Campo, Askelson, Losch) (Private Foundation Funding) Resetting Nutritional Defaults: Testing the Effect of NuVal on Older Adults (Snetselaar, Hockenberry, Campo) (NIH Funding) Personal Perspective and Provider Communication of Genomic Risk for T2DM (Daack-Hirsh, Williams, Campo) (NIH Funding) Faith in Action Research Alliance: Reducing diabetes among Pacific Islanders (Aitaoto, Campo, Snetselaar, Farris, Janz) (NIH Funding) News coverage of rural health (Andsager) News messages about risky behaviors: The intersection of risk and story format (Andsager) Effects of Online Consumer Reviews of Smoking Cessation Products on Smokers (Eckler) Content Analysis of Online Consumer Reviews of Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss and Muscle Enhancement Products (Eckler, O’Gara, Andsager) How and Why U.S. Hospitals Use Social Media (Eckler, O’Gara, Arif) Information Management and Social Support during Infertility: The Interplay of Face-to-Face and Online Social Networks (Steuber) (Social Science Funding Project, The University of Iowa) Relational Uncertainty, Partner Interference, and Privacy Boundary Turbulence: Explaining Spousal Discrepancies in Infertility Disclosures (Steuber & Solomon) (Don & Carol Miller & Helen Runtaugh Research Awards, Penn State) Factors that Predict Married Partners' Disclosures about Infertility to Social Network Members (Steuber & Solomon) (Don & Carol Miller & Helen Runtaugh Research Awards, Penn State) Boundary Turbulence as Relational Transgressions: Examining Privacy Violations in Interpersonal Relationships (McLaren, Steuber) (Social Science Funding Project, The University of Iowa) Developing Social marketing Campaigns to Encourage Environmental Behavior Change in Rural Areas (Dalrymple) Department of Community and Behavioral Health Research Centers: The Prevention Research Center - www.public-health.uiowa.edu/PRC The Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center - www.public-health.uiowa.edu/pattc The Health Communication and Social Marketing
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Contact
Shelly Campo 200 Hawkins Drive E237 GH, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 E-mail: shelly-campo@uiowa.edu Phone (319) 384-5393 Fax (319) 384-5385 Websites The University of Iowa - http://www.uiowa.edu College of Public Health - http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/ Department of Community and Behavioral Health - http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/cbh/
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