Why health communication is important in public health
Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationPublished 1 April 2009Open access
Rajiv N. Rimal
Citations320
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For the first time, health communication was allocated a chapter in the United States of America’s Healthy People 2010 objectives, illustrating its growing importance, according to Parrott.
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