This document provides an overview of health communication. It defines communication as the process of sharing ideas, information, knowledge, and experience between people to take action. The document outlines the importance of communication in health education and promotion programs. It discusses different types of communication models including one-way and two-way communication. The key components of communication are identified as the source, message, channel, receiver, effect, and feedback. Finally, the document describes the different stages of the communication process including reaching the audience, gaining attention, message understanding, acceptance and behavior change, and ultimately improvement in health.
By the end of this session participants should be able to:
1-Define Health Education (HE), Counselling, and Communication.
2-Identify the principles for effective communication.
3-Describe good counseling and HE components.
By the end of this session participants should be able to:
1-Define Health Education (HE), Counselling, and Communication.
2-Identify the principles for effective communication.
3-Describe good counseling and HE components.
A process in which a person through the use of signs (natural/universal), symbols (by human convention), verbal or non-verbal, conscious or unconscious but intentionally, conveys meaning to another in order to affect change.
Effective communication
It is the process of giving information to other people using signals such as speech, body language, symbols, radio signals.
You cannot effectively communicate unless the sender and the receiver perceive the message in the same way.
You cannot move up the career ladder if you are not an effective communicator
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Part 1 includes: Communication levels, elements, process, factors influencing communication, methods of effective communication, rapport buliding, attending skills, empathy and barriers to nursing communication.
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Types of Communication:
Downwards Communication : Highly Directive, from Senior to subordinates, to assign duties, give instructions, to inform to offer feed back, approval to highlight problems etc.
Upwards Communications : It is non directive in nature from down below, to give feedback, to inform about progress/problems, seeking approvals.
Lateral or Horizontal Communication: Among colleagues, peers at same level for information level for information sharing for coordination, to save time.
Characteristics of effective communications:
Effective communication requires the message to be:
Clear and concise
Accurate
Relevant to the needs of the receiver
Timely
Meaningful
Applicable to the situation
Communication
A. Process of Communication
B. Methods of Communication
C. Influence of Communication
D. Communication with Health Care Team
E. Therapeutic vs. Non-therapeutic Communication
F. Nurse-Client Communication
Communication is the mode exchanging aids or information. In this ppt it describes the various kinds of communications, its process, modes, channels etc... This is done as part of my Nursing Management studies
A process in which a person through the use of signs (natural/universal), symbols (by human convention), verbal or non-verbal, conscious or unconscious but intentionally, conveys meaning to another in order to affect change.
Effective communication
It is the process of giving information to other people using signals such as speech, body language, symbols, radio signals.
You cannot effectively communicate unless the sender and the receiver perceive the message in the same way.
You cannot move up the career ladder if you are not an effective communicator
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING: unit IV:communication and nurse patient relationship.
Part 1 includes: Communication levels, elements, process, factors influencing communication, methods of effective communication, rapport buliding, attending skills, empathy and barriers to nursing communication.
hour distributed: 4 hours
Types of Communication:
Downwards Communication : Highly Directive, from Senior to subordinates, to assign duties, give instructions, to inform to offer feed back, approval to highlight problems etc.
Upwards Communications : It is non directive in nature from down below, to give feedback, to inform about progress/problems, seeking approvals.
Lateral or Horizontal Communication: Among colleagues, peers at same level for information level for information sharing for coordination, to save time.
Characteristics of effective communications:
Effective communication requires the message to be:
Clear and concise
Accurate
Relevant to the needs of the receiver
Timely
Meaningful
Applicable to the situation
Communication
A. Process of Communication
B. Methods of Communication
C. Influence of Communication
D. Communication with Health Care Team
E. Therapeutic vs. Non-therapeutic Communication
F. Nurse-Client Communication
Communication is the mode exchanging aids or information. In this ppt it describes the various kinds of communications, its process, modes, channels etc... This is done as part of my Nursing Management studies
Health communication is the study and practice of communicating promotional health information, such as in public health campaigns, health education, and between doctor and patient. The purpose of disseminating health information is to influence personal health choices by improving health literacy.
Health communication includes verbal and written strategies to influence and empower individuals, populations, and communities to make healthier choices.
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Unit-I Communication for Health Education
Communication can be regarded as a two-way process of exchanging or shaping ideas, feelings and information.
Communication and education are interwoven. Communication strategies can enhance learning. The ultimate goal of all communication is to bring about a change in the desired direction of the person who receives the communication. This may be at the cognitive level in terms of increase in knowledge; it may be affective in terms of changing existing patterns of behaviour and attitudes; and it may be psychomotor in terms of acquiring new skills.
Communication is part of our normal relationship with other people. Our ability to influence others depends on our communication skills, e .g., speaking, writing, listening, reading and reasoning. These skills are much needed in health education.
THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
Communication which is the basis of human interaction is a complex process. It has the following main components
1. Sender
2. Receiver
3. Message
4. Channel(s)
5. Feedback
1 . Sender:-
The sender (communicator) is the originator of the message. To be an effective communicator, he must know:
- his objectives, clearly defined
- his audience : it's interests and needs
- his message
- channels of communication
- his professional abilities and limitations.
2. Receiver:-
All communications must have an audience, this may be a single person or a group of people. Without the audience, communication is nothing more than mere noise.
The audience may be of two types : the controlled and the uncontrolled.
• A controlled audience is one which is held together by a common interest. It is a homogeneous group.
• An uncontrolled or "free" audience is one which has gathered together from motives of curiosity.
3 . Message:-
A message is the information (CONTENT) which the communicator transmits to his audience to receive, understand, accept and act upon. It may be in the form of words, pictures or signs. Health communication may fail in many cases, if its message is not adequate.
A good message must be :
- meaningful
- based on felt needs
- clear and understandable
- specific and accurate
- timely and adequate
- fitting the audience
- interesting
Transmitting the right message to the right people at the right time is a crucial factor in successful communication.
4 . Channels of communication:-
By channel is implied the "physical bridges" or the media of communication between the sender and the receiver.
The total communication effort is based on three media systems:
Interpersonal communication
Mass media
Traditional or folk media
a. Interpersonal communication
The most common channel of communication is the interpersonal or face-to-face communication. Being personal and direct it is more persuasive and effective than any other form of communication.
b. Mass media
In mass communication, the channel is one or more of the following "mas
Unit-I Communication for Health Education
Communication can be regarded as a two-way process of exchanging or shaping ideas, feelings and information.
Communication and education are interwoven. Communication strategies can enhance learning. The ultimate goal of all communication is to bring about a change in the desired direction of the person who receives the communication. This may be at the cognitive level in terms of increase in knowledge; it may be affective in terms of changing existing patterns of behaviour and attitudes; and it may be psychomotor in terms of acquiring new skills.
Communication is part of our normal relationship with other people. Our ability to influence others depends on our communication skills, e .g., speaking, writing, listening, reading and reasoning. These skills are much needed in health education.
THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
Communication which is the basis of human interaction is a complex process. It has the following main components
1. Sender
2. Receiver
3. Message
4. Channel(s)
5. Feedback
1 . Sender:-
The sender (communicator) is the originator of the message. To be an effective communicator, he must know:
- his objectives, clearly defined
- his audience : it's interests and needs
- his message
- channels of communication
- his professional abilities and limitations.
2. Receiver:-
All communications must have an audience, this may be a single person or a group of people. Without the audience, communication is nothing more than mere noise.
The audience may be of two types : the controlled and the uncontrolled.
• A controlled audience is one which is held together by a common interest. It is a homogeneous group.
• An uncontrolled or "free" audience is one which has gathered together from motives of curiosity.
3 . Message:-
A message is the information (CONTENT) which the communicator transmits to his audience to receive, understand, accept and act upon. It may be in the form of words, pictures or signs. Health communication may fail in many cases, if its message is not adequate.
A good message must be :
- meaningful
- based on felt needs
- clear and understandable
- specific and accurate
- timely and adequate
- fitting the audience
- interesting
Transmitting the right message to the right people at the right time is a crucial factor in successful communication.
4 . Channels of communication:-
By channel is implied the "physical bridges" or the media of communication between the sender and the receiver.
The total communication effort is based on three media systems:
Interpersonal communication
Mass media
Traditional or folk media
a. Interpersonal communication
The most common channel of communication is the interpersonal or face-to-face communication. Being personal and direct it is more persuasive and effective than any other form of communication.
b. Mass media
In mass communication, the channel is one or more of the following "mas
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3. Introduction
• Communication is the core of health
education and promotion programs. In human
society communication can play an important
part in daily life. We have the advantage of
language, spoken words, songs, and written
scripts and so on. It is by communication that
an individual makes himself/herself to
understood by others.
4. What is communication?
• Communication is the process of sharing of
ideas, information, knowledge, and
experience among people to take action.
• Communication may take place between one
person and another, between an individual
and a group or between two groups.
• The process always involves a sender and a
receiver regardless of the number of people
concerned.
5. Why communication?
• To have dialogue with communities.
• Influence decision makers to adopt health promoting
policies and laws.
• Raise awareness among decision makers on issues regarding
poverty, human rights, equity, environmental issues, etc...
• Ensure that the public gives support to government health
promoting activities.
• Communicate new laws and policies to the public
• Raise public awareness in order to mobilize community
participation.
• Develop community action on health issues.
6. Types of Communication
• 1. One-way communication
• This is a linear type of communication in which
information flows from the source to the receiver.
There is no input (feed back) from the receiver. It
is commonly used in advertising; the message is
designed to persuade the receiver to take action
prescribed by the sender. The model is best used
by organizations when the message is simple and
needs to be communicated quickly, for example,
the date and time of a public meeting.
7. One way communication
• There is no opportunity to clear up
misunderstanding and meaning is controlled
by the receiver.
• Fig.4.1. One way communication
Sender message Channel Receiver
8. 2. Two-way communication
• As the message is more complex, two-way
communication becomes essential. In this
type of communication, information flows
from the source to the receiver and back from
the receiver to the source. The addition of
feedback allows the sender to find out how
the message is being received and so it can be
monitored and adapted to better suit the
receiver’s needs.
9. Two way communication
• Fig. 4.2 Complete Communication Model
Two way communication
Feed back
Sender Message Channel Receiver
10. Components of communication
• 1) Source (sender)
• Originator of message
• Can be from an individual or groups, an institution or organization.
• People are exposed to communication from different source but most likely
to accept a communication from a person or organization that they trust
i.e. has high source credibility.
• Depending on the community, trust and source credibility may come from:
Personal qualities or actions e.g. a health worker who always comes out to
help people at night.
Qualification and training
A person’s natural position in the family or community, e.g. village chief or
elder.
The extent to which the source shares characteristics such as culture,
education, experiences with the receiver.
11. Reason for communication failure
• A person from a similar background to the
community is more likely to share the same
language, ideas and motivations and thus be a
more effective communicator.
• One of the main reasons for communication
failure is when the source comes from a
different background from the receiver and
uses inappropriate message content and
appeals.
12. 2) Message
• It consists of what is actually communicated
including the actual appeals, words, and
pictures and sounds that you use to get the
ideas across.
• A message will only be effective if the advice
presented is relevant, appropriate, and
acceptable and put across in an
understandable way.
13. A message is said to be good if it:
• Is Epidemiologically correct (evidence based)
• Is affordable (feasible)
• Requires minimum time/effort
• Is realistic
• Is culturally acceptable
• Meets a felt need
• Is easy to understand
14. 3) Channel
• A Channel is a physical means by which
message travels from a source to a receiver.
The commonest types of channels are verbal,
visual, printed materials or combined audio
visual and Your choice of channel will depend
on what you are trying to achieve, the nature
of your audience and what resources are at
your disposal. printed materials.
15. 4) Receiver (Audience)
• The person or a group for whom the
communication is intended
• The first step in planning any communication
is to consider the intended audience.
• Before communication, the following
characteristics of audiences should be
analyzed.
16. Characteristics of audience
• Educational factors: can they read? What type of
appeals might convince them?
• Sociocultural factors: What do they already
believe and feel about the topic of
communication?
• Patterns of communication: how people show
respect when talking to another person? What
time of the day and which programs do they
listen? Which places do they pass that might be
good places to put up posters?
17. 5) Effect and feedback
• Effect is the change in receiver’s knowledge,
attitude and practice or behavior.
• Feedback is the mechanism of assessing what
has happened on the receiver after
communication has occurred.
18. Communication stages
• In health education and health promotion we
communicate for a special purpose – to
promote improvements in health through the
modification of the human, social and political
factors that influence behaviors. To achieve
these objectives, a successful communication
must past through several stages:
19. Fig. 4.3 Communication Stages
Reaches senses
Gain attention
Message understood
Acceptance /change
Behavior change
Change in health
SENDER RECEIVER
20. Stage 1: Reaching the intended
audience
• Communication cannot be effective unless it is
seen or heard by its intended audience.
• E.g. Posters placed at the health post or talks
given at the antenatal clinics.
• Communications should be directed where
people are going to see them or hear them.
• This requires studying your intended audience
to find out where they might see posters,
what their listening and reading habits are.
21. Stage 2: Attracting the audience’s
attention
•Any communication must
attract attention so that
people will make the effort
to listen/read it.
22. Examples of communication failures at
this stage are:
• Walking past the poster without bothering to
look at it,
• Not paying attention to the health talk or
demonstration at the clinic,
• Turning off the radio program or switching
over.
23. Factors that make communications
attract attention
1. Physical characteristics
• Size e.g. size of the whole poster
• Intensity – bold reading in a sentence
• High pitched sounds e.g. police sirens
• Color-primary colors such as red and yellow
• Pictures-photographs and drawing
24. 2. Motivational characteristics
• Novelty - an unusual features, unfamiliar and
surprising objects
• Interest - felt needs of audience
• Entertainment and humor In general for
successful communication, a health extension
worker should:
• Consider the design of the poster, including
colour, size, lettering and use of pictures which
increase the likelihood of gaining attention and
being noticed.
25. Continue
• Deal with subjects that the target group wants
to know something about i.e. which fit with
their felt needs and interests.
• Arouse interest by including something
unusual in the communication.
• Explore ways of making educational works
interesting and fun.
26. Stage 3: Understanding the message
(perception)
• Once a person pays attention he/she then
tries to understand it. It is a highly subjective
process i.e. two people may hear the same
radio programme and interpret the message
quite differently from each other and from the
meaning intended by the sender.
• Misunderstandings can easily take place when
complex language,
27. Stage 4: Promoting change
(acceptance)
• A communication should not only be received
and understood; it should be believed and
accepted. It is easier to change beliefs when
they have been acquired only recently and
when its effects can be easily demonstrated.
28. Stage 5: Producing a change in
behavior
• A communication may result in a change in
beliefs and attitudes but still may not
influence behavior.
• This can happen when the communication has
not been targeted at the belief that has the
most influence on the person’s attitude to the
behavior, pressure from other people in the
family or community and lack of enabling
factors.
29. Stage 6: Improvement in health
• Improvements in health will only take place if
the behaviors have been carefully selected so
that they really do influence health.
• If your messages are based on outdated and
incorrect ideas, people could follow your
advice but their health would not improve –
need accurate advice.
30. Table 4.1 Examples of failure at
different communication stages
Stages Immunization poster How to ensure success
1. Reaches senses; is
seen or heard
Poster is placed at the health center
and only seen by mothers who have
immunized their children
Research target group to find
out where they go and may
see the poster.
2. Gains attention;
holds interest,
noticed
The poster is lacking striking
features and doesn’t stand out
compared with attractive
commercial advertisements
Find out interests of target
group and make it interesting,
attractive and unusual. Test it
out
3. Is understood;
Correctly interpreted.
Poster showing large hypodermic
syringe held by smiling doctor was
thought by the community to be a
devil with a knife.
Make it simple; avoid
confusing words and pictures.
Pretest words and pictures
with sample of target group.
31. continue
5. Changes in
behavior
The mother accepted the
message and wished to take the
child for immunization but the
grand mother didn’t allow it.
Target the influential
people and ensure
enabling factors are
available. Pretest for
feasibility.
6. Improves health The vaccine was destroyed by a
break in the cold chain and the
child became sick with measles.
Choose most important
behaviors. Make sure
support services are
functioning.
4. Is accepted,
believed, learning
takes place
People believe that measles is
caused by witchcraft and do not
believe the poster even though
they understand the message.
Base message on what
people already believe.
Pretest messages for
acceptability.
32. Common communication approaches
• Informing - The new idea is introduced and made
familiar to the target audience.
• Educating - The new idea is explained including its
strengths and weaknesses.
• Persuading- The audience is given convincing
argument that motivates them to take an action
or accept a new idea.
• Entertaining - The attention of the audience is
drawn to the new idea by stimulating the
audience’s emotions
33. Methods of Communication
1. Intra - Personal communication
2. Inter - Personal communication
2. Mass communication
34. Intra-Personal communication
• It takes place inside a person. It includes the
beliefs, feelings, thoughts and justification we
make for our actions.
35. Interpersonal Communication
• It means interaction between two or more
people who are together at the same time and
place. E.g. between health extension worker
and community member, a teacher and
students in a class.
36. Advantages
• Two way communication
• The communication could utilize multi-
channels (both verbal and non verbal) i.e. far
more channels are involved than is possible in
mass communication.
• Useful when the topic is a taboo or sensitive.
37. Limitations
• Requires language ability of the source.
• Requires personal status.
• Needs professional knowledge and
preparation.
38. Mass communication
• It is a means of transmitting messages to a
large audience that usually reaches a large
segment of the population. It uses mass
media. Mass media includes broadcast media
(radio and television) as well as print media
(newspapers, books, leaflets and posters)
39. Advantage and Limitation
Advantage:
• Reach many people quickly
• They are believable specially when the source
is a credible one
• Limitation:
• One sided (linear)
• Doesn’t differentiate the target
40. Barriers to Effective Communication
• A breakdown can occur at any point in the
communication process. Barriers (obstacles) can
inhibit communication, resulting in
misunderstanding, lack of response or motivation
and distortion of the message. This can lead to
conflicting of views, insecurity and the inability to
make effective decisions. Barriers can also
prevent the achievement of project or program
goals if we are not aware of them or not
prepared for them.
41. Common barriers to effective
communication
• Competition for attention (noise)
• Language difference and vocabulary use
• Age difference
• Attitudes and Beliefs
We cannot avoid or overcome all these barriers
but we have to find ways of minimizing them.
42. How to overcome barriers of
communication
• The sender must know his/her audience’s:
• Background
• Age and sex
• Social status
• Education
• Job/work
• Interests/problems/needs
• Language
The messages must be:
• Timely
• Meaningful/relevant
• Applicable to the situation
43. Characteristics of effective
communication
• All barriers have been removed.
• The proper media has been chosen.
• A good presentation has been made.
• Two – way communication has been
established.