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  • Health Communication Research Measures

    Edición de Do Kyun Kim, James W. Dearing ...
    Series Libro 12 - Health Communication
    This volume presents state-of-the-art reporting on how to measure many of the key variables in health communication. While the focus is on quantitative measures, the editors argue that these measures are centrally important to the study of health communication. The chapters emphasize constructs, scales, and up-to-date reports and evidence about key social science constructs and ways of measuring ... Leer más

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  • Health Communication

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    Promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of disease are inextricably linked to cultural understandings of health and well-being. Health communication scholarship and practice can substantially and strategically contribute to people living safer, healthier, and happier lives. This book represents a concrete step in that direction by establishing a strategic framework for guiding global and ... Leer más

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  • Pandemic

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  • Epic Measures

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  • Global Health Law

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  • Stylish Academic Writing

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  • The Body Politic

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