Graduate Students Use Coursework to Provide Health Communication Support on NIOSH Projects

Earlier this month three students enrolled in a graduate-level health communication class at West Virginia University delivered presentations on NIOSH-related projects that they completed as part of their coursework. As part of their projects, students used health communication, social marketing, health literacy, and web design principles and best practices.  Summaries of the student projects and their personal experiences working on current health communication opportunities follow.   Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program Website Revision Gabrielle Henry NIOSH’S Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) was developed in 1970 due to the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. The CWHSP website offers information