Question

Health Communications

In 1 -2 well-developed paragraphs,

discuss the barriers to effective provider – patient communication?

Recall a story from your personal or professional experience? In 1-2 well-developed paragraph discuss the mass media and new media?

I want a different answer written in the keyboard and not a picture

Answer 1

Communication the most basic and important thing to be practiced effectively to heal a patient.

The common barriers to effective communication are, use of jargon, emotional barrier, taboos,difference in perception and view point,poor listenting, Physical disabilities,Non verbal communication,language

One incident during the professional experience where a newly joined Nurse came for her first duty. She attended all the patient calls and assessed in doing most of the patient care, busy checking with all new outcomes excitedly.The nurse went for Doctor's round with her senior ,during the rounds the next bed patient was in need of something.So she stopped there and asked for, what she could do for the patient..The patient verbalised his needs.But the Nurse was unable to understand for quiet a long time. She took a help from the local work person and sorted the issue.The problem faced by the Nurse was a Language barrier .

• Mass Media

It is a diversified collection of media technologies that could reach to a larger population through mass communication when broadcasted in Television, Radio,Flim, Internet, mobile as Digital media, social media,e-mail,websites as internet media, out door media as Advertisement, billboards, Print media like News paper, magazines, books comic Pamphlets, Event organising like Public meeting

• New Media

These media are native to computers

Some examples are Mobile apps,virtual worlds, websites, multimedia , Computer games,human computer interface, Computer animation, interactive computer installations

This could help for better communication in patient care and breaking the barriers