title: [Health communication as a curriculum at United States universities].
abstract: This article analyzes the state of development of communications related to health in universities of the United States of America. This specialty is essential for people's well-being, and it involves interpersonal, organizational, and mass communications. In the United States, communications for health promotion is an area of applied communications with social relevance and generally performed in interdisciplinary settings. A number of universities in the United States offer communications master's degree programs with an emphasis on health. However, so far, the only program with a formal graduate degree in health and communications is one jointly offered by the Emerson University Department of Communications and the Tufts School of Medicine. Developing and including this specialization in the schools of communications in Latin America is crucial to improving the quality of life of the peoples of the continent.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de California en Davis, Departamento de Comunicaciones 95616, USA. realcalay@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alcalay
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities