JMU/HCI History

The Health Communication Institute was established in the Spring of 1984 and was funded by a grant from James Madison University. The Institute is located in Harrison Annex on the James Madison University Campus in Harrisonburg, VA.

The Institute has:

• sponsored two national conferences on health communication and published the presented papers
  
• conducted and published research in the area of health communication
  
• promoted and conducted educational programs to make the general public and those in the health professions aware that ineffective communication interaction in the health field is having serious negative effects on the general wellness of the American public
  
• published a newsletter four times a year about health communication
  
• helped students gain the knowledge and skills necessary to obtain jobs in the health promotion field through the Health Communication Concentration and a Minor in the School of Communication Studies
  

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