Health Communication for Social Justice

This textbook combines whole person and social justice perspectives to educate students on the role of communication in promoting inclusive and person-centered healthcare practices.

Vinita Agarwal is Professor of Communication at Salisbury University, USA. She is the founder of Whole Person Health Consulting, LLC, and the author of Medical Humanism, Chronic Illness, and the Body in Pain (2020). Her work has appeared in journals, including Health Communication, Journal of Advanced Nursing, and Journal of American College Health, and the International Encyclopedia of Health Communication.

Section I: Conceptualizing Health 1. A Whole Person Framework of Health 2. Models for Representing Health and Disease 3. A Social Justice Activist Approach to Health Section II: Constructing Health 4. Evolving Understandings of Health 5. Healthcare Relationships 6. Healthcare Systems 7. Health Literacy Section III: Contextualizing Health 8. Health and the Environment 9. Technology and Health 10. Religion and Health 11. Global Health