Health Literacy & Digital Technology
This course explores a deeper understanding of the potential of digital communication tools to improve health literacy and contribute to better health outcomes across the full spectrum of healthcare. This course prepares these students to enter a local health department, community organization, or government agency, and global health communication PR consultancy, which contributes to health communication research, patient counseling, materials design, and program management.
Outcomes: Be skilled in analyzing, interpreting, and communicating complex health concepts across a wide range of media platforms, equipping them to effectively manage health communication in a digital landscape; Describe and assess the ecological factors that affect health literacy; Assess the potential for digital technologies to either bridge or deepen health inequities based on factors such as age, education, socio-economic status, and geographic location; Evaluate the role of digital health interventions in addressing health system deficiencies, particularly in underserved or remote areas, and understand the challenges related to infrastructure and accessibility; Monitor and evaluate the utilization and impact of digital health technologies across different social groups to ensure that the benefits of digital health are equitably distributed; Develop communication interventions that leverage digital technologies to improve health equity, ensuring that these innovations do not reinforce existing social and health inequities.
Outcomes: Be skilled in analyzing, interpreting, and communicating complex health concepts across a wide range of media platforms, equipping them to effectively manage health communication in a digital landscape; Describe and assess the ecological factors that affect health literacy; Assess the potential for digital technologies to either bridge or deepen health inequities based on factors such as age, education, socio-economic status, and geographic location; Evaluate the role of digital health interventions in addressing health system deficiencies, particularly in underserved or remote areas, and understand the challenges related to infrastructure and accessibility; Monitor and evaluate the utilization and impact of digital health technologies across different social groups to ensure that the benefits of digital health are equitably distributed; Develop communication interventions that leverage digital technologies to improve health equity, ensuring that these innovations do not reinforce existing social and health inequities.