TÄ°D619 - COMMUNICATION and HEALTH
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNICATION and HEALTH | TÄ°D619 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Other: hands-on workshops | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Members of the department | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to acquaint the students with different areas of health research with the necessary knowledge in the health communication area through the study of theories of health communication and the contemporary discussions in the area focusing mainly on interpersonal communication, risk communication and crisis communication in the health context | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | In the scope of this course, in addition to health communication theories, health media, health promotion and the health campaigns that are run on the internet will be examined as specific cases. | |||||
| References | Jackson, L.D. , Duffy, B.K. . 1998. Health Communication Research: Guide to developments and Directions. Westport,CT: Greenwood Press Keuter, M. 2003. Tailored and Targeted Health Communication: Strategies for Enhancing Information Relevance. Amarican Journal of Health Behavoir. p. 227-232. Kreps, G.L, et.al. 1998. The History and Development of the field of Health Communication. in Health Communication Research: Guide to developments and Directions, Westport,CT: Greenwood Press,pp. 1-15. Thompson, T., et.al .(2011) The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication. London: Routledge. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Culture communication and health |
| Week 2 | Theories of health communication |
| Week 3 | Theories of health communication |
| Week 4 | Interpersonal communication in health contexts |
| Week 5 | Interactions between health care providers and patients |
| Week 6 | Risk communicaiton in health |
| Week 7 | Midterm |
| Week 8 | Case study presentations |
| Week 9 | Communication technologies in the health sector |
| Week 10 | Components of health promotion campaigns |
| Week 11 | Crisis communication in health institutions |
| Week 12 | E-health and mobile health |
| Week 13 | Social media and health communication |
| Week 14 | Health promotion campaigns in social networks |
| Week 15 | Overview |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 38 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 45 | 45 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 48 | 48 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 131 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Will gain knowledge about the basic concepts of linguistics and linguistic features of sign languages. | |||||
| 2. Will survey the literature on interdisciplinary areas pertaining to sign linguistics and understand the interaction of sign linguistics with fields such as sociology, translation sciences and communication sciences. | X | ||||
| 3. Have knowledge about the historical development of sign languages and Turkish Sign Language. | |||||
| 4. Will evaluate phenomena such as language contact, language genesis, creole, bilingualism within the context of sign languages. | |||||
| 5. Develop research design on sign linguistics and make data analyses through efficient use of academic resources. | |||||
| 6. Pursue academic studies, plan related activities, monitor the Pursue academic studies, plan related activities, monitor the process, decide on and apply ways of accessing information. | |||||
| 7. Will carry out scientific research independently by using knowledge in linguistics, translation studies, communication sciences and related fields and present it. | |||||
| 8. Use their knowledge within the perspective of social responsibility and scientific ethic values. | X | ||||
| 9. Have general knowledge of the cultures of the languages they work on. | |||||
| 10. Master the languages they work with sufficiently in different communication situations. | |||||
| 11. Have fundamental knowledge of terminology and special field knowledge in order to make TID-Turkish/Turkish-TID translations. | |||||
| 12. Have professional knowledge of translation and translation studies. | |||||
| 13. Define stages of translation processes, translation strategies and problems encountered and develop methods for solving these problems. | |||||
| 14. Communicate effectively at basic level in TID. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest