In addition to investigating select websites (such as NIH and CDC, a representative sample from non-profit health-driven organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association, Women's Health Fund, and American Cancer Society), students will become familiar with informal online support group facilitators and liaisons, and will have the opportunity to observe and report about how individuals manage key health crises.  

Learning Objectives:

• Students will garner mastery of literacy in convergent Health Communication Technologies.
• Students will demonstrate understanding of technological and professional foundations of eHealth & Telemedicine through written assignments.
• Students will exhibit confidence in their professional preparation by delivering individual presentations to peers, highlighting acquired theory and foundations in Health Communication.

• Access to a Computer
• Access to WebCT (Class Discussion)
• Email Account
• Library Research
• Adobe Acrobat Reader (or software to read PDF files)
• Textbook

For Shawn: @ shawn@uh.edu
MW 2:00-3PM 227 COM or by appointment 713-743-2862
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For Adrian: @ akho@uh.edu (UH COM Librarian Liaison
Email him with questions - or by appointment 713-743-9778
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For Dung: @ dmhuynh@central.uh.edu
T,TH 2:00-3PM 241 COM or by appointment 713-743-8274

Written Assignment
Individual Projects
Class Participation
Midterm Exam

TUE JAN 23

Primary Reading(s):
Chap. 2:
E-Health: Beyond Internet Searches
- Gurak, L; Hudson, B.

Additional Reading(s):
a. The advent of eHealth: how interactive media are transforming health communication
- Neuhauser & Kreps

b. E-health: Technology Mediated Health Communication
- Guest Editors Forward

Reaction Discussion Post Due

TUE JAN 30

GUEST SPEAKER
  - Adrian Ho (Class Meets in Library Tonight)
*Meet at the front entrance of the Library and Adrian will meet us there - please be there NLT 5:25 PM.

We will then move to the classroom, room 106-R, of the Anderson Library.

*Students MUST come with a list of research ideas / topics that can be explored during the workshop. You may want to put some thought into this and use it as a starting point for your research papers.

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 1 (revisited):
E-Health Research
- Monica Murero
- Ron Rice

Additional Reading(s):
The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): Development, Design, and Dissemination
- Nelson, D.; Kreps, G.; et.al.

Reaction Discussion Post Due

TUE FEB 06

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 3:
E-Research & E-Learning: Could Online Virtual Environments Help Doctors Take Better Care of Patients? 
- Murero, M.

Additional Reading(s):
An Interactive Computer Tutorial to Teach Pain Assessment
- Mar, C.; Chabal, C.; et.al.

*Research Paper Topic Due

TUE FEB 13

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 5:
Media Use Theory and Internet Use for Health Care
- Dutta, M.

Additional Reading(s):
Cultural Differences in Use of an Electronic: A Discussion Group
- McTavish, F.; Pingree, S.; et.al.

TUE FEB 20

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 6:
Singapore Internet Users’ Health Information Search: Motivation, Perception of Information Sources, and Self-Efficacy
- Tang, E.; Lee, W.

Additional Reading(s):
Patients? Online Information-Seeking Behavior
- Josefsson, U.

Review for Midterm

Reaction Discussion Post Due

TUE MAR 06

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 10:
The Mysterious Maze of the World Wide Web: How Can We Guide Consumers to High-Quality Health Information on the Internet
- Seidman, J.J.

Additional Reading(s):
a. How Will Internet Use Affect the Patient? A Review of Computer Network and Closed Internet-Based System Studies and the Implementation in Understanding How the Use of the Internet Affects Patient Populations.
- Bass

b. Findings From the First Health Information National Trends Survey
- Hesse, B.; Nelson, D.; et.al.

MON MAR 12
Thru
SAT MAR 17

TUE MAR 20

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 11:
Online Communities for Mutual Help: Fears, Fiction, and Facts
- Kral, G.

Additional Reading(s):
Communities of Care and Caring: The Case of MSWatch.com®
- Weis, R.; Stamm, K.; et.al.

Reaction Discussion Post Due

TUE MAR 27

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 12:
The Use of the Internet for Health Information and Social Support: A Content Analysis of Online Breast Cancer Discussion Groups
- Barnette, G.; Hwang, J.

Additional Reading(s):
Early Experience with a Web-based Intervention to Inform Risk of Breast Cancer
- Bowen, J.; Ludwig, A.; et.al.

TUE APR 03

GUEST SPEAKER
  - Dr. Jim Query

Design, Implementation, and Maintenance of Health Related Online Support Groups and Virtual Communities

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 13:
Designing and Implementing Virtual Patient Support Communities: A German Case Study
- Leimeister, J.; Krcmar, H.

Additional Reading(s):
Health-related Support Groups on the Internet: Linking Empirical Findings to Social Support and Computer-mediated Communication Theory
- Wright, K.; Bell, S.

Reaction Discussion Post Due

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 14:
Technology and Health Information Privacy: Consumers and the Adoption of Digital Medical Records Technology
- Wallis, K.; Rice, R.

Additional Reading(s):
Forty Years of Diffusion of Innovations: Utility and Value in Public Health
- Haider, M.; Kreps, G.

Reaction Discussion Post Due

Challenging confidence and trust; where reality meets perception (see video ---- >>> )

TUE APR 17

Using the Internet to Prevent the Spread of Pandemic and Disease

Individual Presentations - Part I

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 17:
Internet in the War Against HIV/AIDS in Asia
- Banerjee, I.; Hsi-Shi Leong, C.

Additional Reading(s):
Teaching Brief Interventions for Smoking Cessation via an Interactive Computer-based Tutorial
- Carpenter, K.; Watson, J.; et.al.

TUE APR 24

GUEST SPEAKER
  - Dr. Jim Wolfgang, Georgia College & State University

Computer-Based Training, Education, Abuse Prevention and Intervention; Examining Changes that result from Online Learning

Individual Presentations - Part II

Primary Reading(s):
 Chap. 15:
Web-Based Computer-Tailored Feedback on Alcohol Use: Motivating Excessive Drinkers to Consider Their Behavior
- Brunsting, S.; van den Putte, B.

Additional Reading(s):
a. Development of Review Criteria to Evaluate Health Behavior Change Web sites
- Cummins, Prochaska, et.al.

b. Strengths and Weaknesses of Health Behavior Change Programs on the Internet
- Evers, K.; Janice, M.

Monday, Mar 12
thru
Saturday, Mar 17