Health Behavior And Communication Analysis

To understand Health behavior and the association with HIV/AIDS Storey et al. believed that defining communication and knowing the effectiveness of it can shed some light on how it can be used in a positive way to reach those that may otherwise be unreachable. The authors defined Communication as a “fundamental human process without which most individual, group, organizational, and societal activities could not happen, including how people think about and respond to HIV/AIDS” (2015, p. S241).

Storey et al. wrote that communication scientists recognize that communication works at different levels as they seek to understand the different channels of communication that can work effectively in the public health arena (2015). These channels include the television, which communicate nonverbal words, sound and text. We also have the use of cell phones which transmit oral and visual communication.

As noted by the authors even though these forms of communication can be successful, they do not have any effect on the disease AIDS. What communication does is that it has a “powerful effects on knowledge, attitudes, social norms, risk perceptions, and behavioral decisions” (2014, p. S243). Communication must be between the health care worker as well as the sick patient. If the health care worker provides good care by helping the sick patient understand the benefit of taking medication, eating healthy and understanding the health risk of the disease then both the healthcare worker and the patient will have good