Health Communication in the Caribbean and Beyond

by Steele, Godfrey A.; De Lisle, Jerome (CON); Fraser, Henry S. (CON); Harricharan, Michelle (CON); Hart, Joy L. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9789766402419
• ISBN10: 9766402418
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-28
• Publisher: Univ of West Indies Pr

Summary

Health Communication in the Caribbean and Beyond: A Reader provides a comprehensive, well-researched and up-to-date discussion of the local and international health communication literature and provides a theoretical and practical framework for teaching health and/or medical communication skills. It reviews, explains and applies health communication concepts and principles and provides contexts for their application in both the classroom and in the health professions.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Medical Communication Skills Education
Teaching Medical Communication Skills at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad	p. 7
Gender Differentials on Breaking Bad News: Implications for Communication Skills Training in Medical School	p. 21
The Need to Teach Non-verbal Skills with Multicultural Sensitivity	p. 44
Health Communication Skills: Promoting Better Practice through Education	p. 61
Patient Care and Counselling
Communication and Adherence in the Caribbean: Teaching Skills for Concordant Management of Care	p. 75
Counselling, Culture and Communication for Change	p. 91
Provider-Patient Communication: Clinic and Community Projects in Belize	p. 107
Information Use and Behaviour
Web-Based Strategies for HIV/AIDS Prevention in the Anglophone Caribbean	p. 127
ôThere's No Easy Way to Say This…ö STD Partner-Notification Via an E-Card	p. 141
Lessons Learned from Two HIV Education Activities and Interventions in Trinidad and Tobago	p. 158
Campaigns and Practices
Interpersonal and Mass-Mediated Communication in an HIV/AIDS Prevention Campaign in Trinidad and Tobago	p. 193
Health Education and Health Communication: Projects in Two Rural Villages in Belize	p. 212
Religiosity and HIV/AIDS Stigma in Jamaica	p. 227
Public Health Education in Barbados	p. 245
Contributors	p. 255
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