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Cultural Theories of Health Communication

In: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
Edited by: Stephen W. Littlejohn & Karen A. Foss
Subject:General Media, Communication & Cultural Studies, Communication Theory
Keywords:cultural theories of health communication; health communication

According to an Institute of Medicine report published in 2003, the concept of culture has increasingly become a core component in the development of health communication theory and application. The field of health communication has recently seen a growing interest in the concept ...

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  Littlejohn, S. W., & Foss, K. A. (2009). Cultural theories of health communication. In Encyclopedia of communication theory (Vol. 1, pp. 274-276). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959384.n100
  
  Littlejohn, Stephen W., and Karen A. Foss. "Cultural Theories of Health Communication." In Encyclopedia of Communication Theory, edited by Littlejohn, Stephen W., and Karen A. Foss, 274-76. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959384.n100.
  
  Littlejohn, S. W. and Foss, K. A. 2009. Cultural Theories of Health Communication. In: Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss Editors, 2009. Encyclopedia of Communication Theory, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 274-276 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959384.n100> [Accessed 12 Aug 2022].
  
  Littlejohn, Stephen W. and Karen A. Foss. "Cultural Theories of Health Communication." Encyclopedia of Communication Theory. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 274-76. SAGE Knowledge. 12 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959384.n100.
  
  Littlejohn, Stephen W., and Karen A. Foss (2009). Cultural theories of health communication In:Cultural theories of health communication Encyclopedia of communication theory Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2009:274-276. doi:10.4135/9781412959384.n100
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