Health communication, as the study and application of communication theories in the field of health, is nowadays recognised as a crucial domain to efficaciously inform and influence individual and community health-related decisions.
ECHO is a project which provides customized autonomous blended eLearning Courses on health communication for different targets (Universities, post-graduate education and continuing education). It preserves flexibility and autonomy of users, since learners can proceed through the course at their own place and at a time that is convenient.
ECHO exploits learning methods which are best suited to create and strengthen users’ competence in the analysis, evaluation and production of health communication interventions.
The course is organized in 9 modules that address the following topics:
- Introduction to health communication
- Qualitative methods for health research
- Doctor-patient communication
- Nursing communication
- Health literacy
- Consumers empowerment
- Argumentation and health
- Risk communication
- Health communication and the Web
