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  2. Health communication - Wikipedia

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    Health communication is an area of research that focuses on the scope and implications of meaningful expressions and messages in situations or circumstances associated with health and health care. [9] Health communication is considered an interdisciplinary field of research, encompassing medical science, public health, and communication studies.

  3. Channel expansion theory - Wikipedia

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    Channel expansion increases between phase 1 and 2, but reduces between phase 2 and 3. [8] To expand on this position, the technology acceptance model (TAM), a theory of the Information system provides a detailed explanation of users' choice in adopting a Technology. Venkatesh, Davis argue that users adopt technology when they perceive it as ...

  4. Source–message–channel–receiver model of communication

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    Each of the four main components has several key attributes. Source and receiver share the same four attributes: communication skills, attitudes, knowledge, and social-cultural system. Communication skills determine how good the communicators are at encoding and decoding messages. Attitudes affect whether they like or dislike the topic and each ...

  5. Closed-loop communication - Wikipedia

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    Closed-Loop Communication in Aviation. Similar to the military, the Aviation profession also uses closed-loop communication. In this field, closed-loop communication is known as Crew Resource Management. Adopting this form of communication has minimized loss of separation, safety has improved, and fewer errors have occurred.

  6. Media richness theory - Wikipedia

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    Despite interpersonal communication being a key ingredient in medical encounters, [51] and physician communication being one of the most important qualities patients indicate in their selection of a new doctor, [52] healthcare organizations do not do a very good job helping their prospective patients understand how a new doctor would ...

  7. Dialogic public relations theory - Wikipedia

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    Public relations can facilitate dialogue by establishing channels and procedures for dialogic communication. [2] Dialogic theory argues that organizations should be willing to interact with publics in honest and ethical ways in order to create effective organization-public communication channels. [3]

  8. Community mobilization - Wikipedia

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    Community mobilization is a process through which action is stimulated by a community itself, or by others, that is planned, carried out, and evaluated by a community's individuals, groups, and organizations on a participatory and sustained basis to improve the health, hygiene and education levels so as to enhance the overall standard of living in the community. [2]

  9. Models of communication - Wikipedia

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    Many models of communication include the idea that a sender encodes a message and uses a channel to transmit it to a receiver. Noise may distort the message along the way. The receiver then decodes the message and gives some form of feedback. [1] Models of communication simplify or represent the process of communication.