한국의 헬스커뮤니케이션: 과거, 현재 그리고 미래

Abstract

As South Korea has experienced several serious public health outbreaks in recent years, public interest in and awareness of disease prevention and public health care has remarkably increased over time. Accordingly, it is demanded that the South Korean government acquires a sufficient level of knowledge, programs, skills, and systems to effectively respond to potential and immediate health threats and promote public health. Based on these needs and tasks, scholars in academia, not-for-profit organizations, health care industries have also made significant efforts to implement health communication into everyday lives of the public by organizing various health communication events and activities. Responding to the social demands and academic interests in health communication, this article points out and discusses some important topics to further develop health communication scholarship and praxis in South Korea.