Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Paper
Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Paper
Kelle Bishop
University of Phoenix Online Student
Heath Care Communication
HCS/350
Ann Cinco
November 23, 2009
Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Paper
How we communicate effects everything we do. Whether talking to patients and family members, speaking in a team meeting, or talking with our children’s teacher at a conference, communication is how we learn information, teach information and express our concerns. With this paper I will discuss; the definitions of healthcare communication, the relevancy of effective personal healthcare communication with other healthcare professionals, clients, and patients, the relevancy of effective professional healthcare communication to health outcomes, how the lack of effective communication contributes to poor health outcomes, and the theories and principles of therapeutic communication in health care setting for the healthcare professional.
The office of disease prevention and health promotion states, “health communication is the art and technique of informing, influencing, and motivating individual, institutional, and public audiences about important health issues. The scope of health communication includes disease prevention, health promotion, health care policy, and the business of health care as well as enhancement of the quality of life and health of individuals within the community. Health communication encompasses the study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions that enhance health. It links the domains of communication and health and is increasingly recognized as a necessary element of efforts to improve personal and public health. Health communication can contribute to all aspects of disease prevention and health promotion and is relevant in a number of contexts, including health professional and patient relations, individuals’ exposure to, search for, and use of health
Kelle Bishop
University of Phoenix Online Student
Heath Care Communication
HCS/350
Ann Cinco
November 23, 2009
Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Paper
How we communicate effects everything we do. Whether talking to patients and family members, speaking in a team meeting, or talking with our children’s teacher at a conference, communication is how we learn information, teach information and express our concerns. With this paper I will discuss; the definitions of healthcare communication, the relevancy of effective personal healthcare communication with other healthcare professionals, clients, and patients, the relevancy of effective professional healthcare communication to health outcomes, how the lack of effective communication contributes to poor health outcomes, and the theories and principles of therapeutic communication in health care setting for the healthcare professional.
The office of disease prevention and health promotion states, “health communication is the art and technique of informing, influencing, and motivating individual, institutional, and public audiences about important health issues. The scope of health communication includes disease prevention, health promotion, health care policy, and the business of health care as well as enhancement of the quality of life and health of individuals within the community. Health communication encompasses the study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions that enhance health. It links the domains of communication and health and is increasingly recognized as a necessary element of efforts to improve personal and public health. Health communication can contribute to all aspects of disease prevention and health promotion and is relevant in a number of contexts, including health professional and patient relations, individuals’ exposure to, search for, and use of health
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