Health communication in the changing media landscape : perspectives from developing countries /: perspectives from developing countries. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ravindra Kumar Vemula, SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu, editors.
• Editors: Vemula, Ravindra Kumar; Gavaravarapu, Subbarao M
• Contents: INTRODUCTION.- PARTI.HEALTH COMMUNICATION: DISCOURSES FROM TRADITIONTO MODERNITY.-1.Witchcraft and the moral philosophy of Ubuntu are entangled: Implications for HIV & AIDS communication in South Africa.Colin Chasi.- 2.Communicable and non-communicable diseases and healthcommunication in mainland China and Hong Kong.Patchanee Malikhao.- 3.Sexual health in changing media scenarios in Russia.Elizaveta Golousova & Dmitry Strovsky.- PARTII.HEALTH COMMUNICATION IN THE CHANGING MEDIALANDSCAPE.- 4.Digital technology and HIV & AIDS prevention in Kenya.Nancy Muturi.- 5.The role of mHealth in India: Understanding the futuristicramifications for community empowerment.Ravindra Kumar Vemula.- 6.Media and public health communication at the grassroots:Village cinemas and HIV education in Papua New Guinea.Verena Thomas & Mark Eby.- PARTIII.FRAMING OF HEALTH IN MEDIA.- 7.No news is bad news: examining the discourse around Hugo Chávez's illness.Carolina Acosta-Alzuru.- 8.The forms of silence: Media coverage on neglecteddiseases in Brazil.Raquel Paiva and and Igor Sacramento.- 9.Of bulging bellies and slimming TVs: Television and nutritiontransition in India.SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu.- PARTIV.EMERGING ISSUES.- 10.Exploring individual, cultural and structural components of health communication programs: A gender integrative approach.Saumya Pant, Manisha Pathak-Shelat, Aanchal Sharma & Pradeep Krishnatray.- 11.Covering the last mile: A challenge in health communication in India?Arbind Sinha.-CONCLUSION.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 610.696; Communication in medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference; MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL / Atlases; MEDICAL / Essays; MEDICAL / Family & General Practice; MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL / Osteopathy; Communication in medicine; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Communication Studies; Social Science -- Regional Studies; Medical -- Public Health; Social Science -- General; History -- Social History; Communication studies; Development studies; Public health & preventive medicine; Cultural studies; Social & cultural history; Communication; Economic development; Social Science -- Media Studies; Media studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319335391; 3319335391
• Related ISBNs: 9783319335384; 3319335383
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 22, 2017)
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