Health websites: accessibility and usability for American sign language users.

abstract：:The increasing popularity of computer-mediated support groups (CMSGs) has drawn scholarly attention in recent decades. Fifteen empirical controlled studies have been published since Rains and Young's meta-analysis, showing mixed results, with a large variation of effect sizes ranging from -.77 to 1.33 in Cohen's d. To...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Yang Q

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progress of genetic knowledge has been swift and steadfast. As we move forward in the genomic era, post Human Genome Project, and continue to explore how one's genes interact with one's environment, it becomes increasingly important for all audiences to have a firm grasp of the vocabulary used in this health conte...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Greenberg MS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the effectiveness of persuasive fear appeals in motivating women to enroll in self-defense classes to take protective action against rape. Witte's extended parallel process model is used as a framework to examine the relations between perceived invulnerability, perceived fear, and fear control pr...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Morrison K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful use of drama as a vehicle to influence health-related attitudes and behaviors is credited to its ability to elicit an emotional experience and identification among audience members. This study investigated the views of adolescents regarding an entertainment-education (EE) component of their school's ant...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Guttman N,Gesser-Edelsburg A,Israelashvili M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its potential, the use of e-mail for physician-patient communication has not been widely adopted. Our purpose was to survey the experiences of physicians who are early adopters of the technology. Physicians, identified through a professional Internet information portal, completed a survey, including an assessm...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Houston TK,Sands DZ,Nash BR,Ford DE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective communications play a significant role in environments where health care is provided. A review of the available literature did not yield a valid scale for evaluation of operating room nurse-doctor communication. Accordingly, the present study is an attempt at development and psychometric evaluation of a prof...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Torabizadeh C,Bahmani T,Molazem Z,Moayedi SA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we contribute to the current literature on the difficulties that social scientists encounter with IRBs, but with a focus on the distinct challenges that health communication scholars face in dealing with IRBs at their own institutions and elsewhere. Although health communication researchers, like othe...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： King CST,Bivens KM,Pumroy E,Rauch S,Koerber A

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both global obesity prevalence rates and media attention to obesity have increased significantly in recent years. The current study examined the representation of obesity in The Irish Times, from 1997 to 2009. A quantitative content analysis was conducted on 479 articles to examine how the causes, consequences, and so...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： De Brún A,McKenzie K,McCarthy M,McGloin A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1988, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop published "Understanding AIDS," the nation's first and only direct mailing sent to every private home in the country. His appeals therein were driven by what we label authoritative metaphors. Communicated by and/or attributed to persons of authority, authoritative metaphors cap...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Jensen RE,King AS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:You write this narrative autoethnography to open up a conversation about our chemical lives. You go through your day with chemical mindfulness, questioning taken-for-granted ideas about natural and artificial, healthy and unhealthy, dependency and addiction, trying to understand the chemical messages we consume throug...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Hodges N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information and communication technologies can be a valuable tool for enhancing health communication. However, not everyone is utilising the wide suite of digital opportunities. This disparity has the potential to exacerbate existing social and health inequalities, particularly among vulnerable groups such as those wh...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Borg K,Boulet M,Smith L,Bragge P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tracks the changes of the effects of 4 information sources for direct-to-consumer drug advertising on patients' requests for prescription drugs from physicians since the inception of the "Guidance for Industry about Consumer-directed Broadcast Advertisements." The Guidance advises pharmaceuticals to use fou...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Lee AL

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses caregivers' perceived level of open communication about illness and death with their terminally ill relatives and examines the contribution of caregivers' characteristics and situational variables to the explanation of open communication. A total of 236 primary caregivers of terminal cancer patient...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Bachner YG,Carmel S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Germany, the Internet is gaining increasing importance for laypeople as a source of health information, including information about vaccination. While previous research has focused on the characteristics of online information about vaccination, this study investigated the influence of relevant user-specific cogniti...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Kessler SH,Zillich AF

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Singapore, the responsibility of caring for persons with dementia falls on family members who cope with a long-term caregiver burden, depending on available support resources. Hiring foreign domestic workers to alleviate caregiver burden becomes a prevalent coping strategy that caregivers adopt. This strategy allow...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Basnyat I,Chang L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated physical activity Web sites to determine quality, accuracy, and consistency with principles of the extended parallel process model (EPPM). Three keyword searches were conducted using 4 search engines to find a sample of N = 41 Web sites. Three raters evaluated the Web sites using the JAMA benchmar...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Bonnar-Kidd KK,Black DR,Mattson M,Coster D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scholarship in the field of health communication is broad, with interdisciplinary contributions from researchers trained in a variety of fields including communication, nursing, medicine, pharmacy, public health, and social work. In this paper, we explore the role of "health communication boundary spanners" (HCBS), in...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Hoffmann-Longtin K,Kerr AM,Shaunfield S,Koenig CJ,Bylund CL,Clayton MF

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity stigma largely remains a socially acceptable bias with harmful outcomes for its victims. While many accounts have been put forward to explain the bias, the role of obesity etiology beliefs has received little scrutiny. The research examined the effect that beliefs about the psychological etiology of obesity ha...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Khan SS,Tarrant M,Weston D,Shah P,Farrow C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on general strain theory, it was hypothesized that as Latina/o youth experience perceived discrimination, they are more likely to develop acculturation stress and, in turn, more likely to use substances. Two additional hypotheses were set forth to examine how parent- and peer-based communication, relationship, a...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Kam JA,Cleveland MJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent technological advances have increased the interest and ability of lay audiences to create messages; however, the feasibility of incorporating lay multimedia messages into health campaigns has seldom been examined. Drawing on the principle of cultural grounding and narrative engagement theory, this article seeks...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Krieger JL,Coveleski S,Hecht ML,Miller-Day M,Graham JW,Pettigrew J,Kootsikas A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The media have the power to sway public perception of health issues by choosing what to publish and the context in which to present information. The media may influence an individual's tendency to overestimate the risk of some health issues while underestimating the risk of others, ultimately influencing health choice...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Berry TR,Wharf-Higgins J,Naylor PJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:End-of-life situations are fraught with challenges for patients, family members, and individuals working at the patient's bedside. Care workers must address needs of the patient, as well as his or her distressed family members. This article is an inductive investigation of care workers' (nurses, patient advocates, and...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Hopeck P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The social skills deficit vulnerability model predicts that people with inadequate social skills are at risk for a range of psychosocial problems, especially when confronted with stress. People with poor social skills often experience stress and loneliness and these two constructs were tested as potential pathways by ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Segrin C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of tobacco marketing in tobacco use, particularly among the vulnerable ethnic and socioeconomic sub-populations is a regulatory priority of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. There currently exist both ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in the use of tobacco products. Monitoring such inequalities in exp...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Moran MB,Heley K,Pierce JP,Niaura R,Strong D,Abrams D

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of communication in dialysis centers primarily focused on communication between nurses and patients. In this study, ethnographic methods were used to explore the dominant communication performances enacted by dialysis staff members, including registered nurses, patient care technicians, technical aide...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Ellingson LL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, young people (ages 15-24 years) are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), due at least in part to inadequate or incorrect HIV/STD-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral intentions (KABI). Comic book narrati...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Willis LA,Kachur R,Castellanos TJ,Nichols K,Mendoza MCB,Gaul ZJ,Spikes P,Gamayo AC,Durham MD,LaPlace L,Straw J,Staatz C,Buge H,Hogben M,Robinson S,Brooks J,Sutton MY

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Storylines in fictional television programs may be an effective medium for health-promoting messages. This randomized pretest-posttest (N = 111) with follow-up (n = 71) study examined the persuasive impact of an alcohol poisoning story in the program ER on viewers' drinking-related beliefs, attitudes, intentions, and ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Bavin LM,Owens RG

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult children are the primary source of informal eldercare in the United States. Unfortunately, however, families rarely prepare for an aging parent's future care needs. This is problematic, as advance preparation may reduce depression and anxiety in older adults and be helpful for adult children. Given the importanc...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Fowler C,Fisher CL

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:College student alcohol consumption is pervasive and problematic at most U.S. college and university campuses. This study focuses on understanding college students who consume high levels of alcohol, providing healthy insight into what have been perceived by researchers as unhealthy behaviors. Researchers conducted 6 ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Casper MF,Child JT,Gilmour D,McIntyre KA,Pearson JC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to understand health information sources of individuals and families impacted by a cancer diagnosis. Overall, the findings support the Freimuth, Stein, and Kean (1989) model of health information acquisition. The cancer patients and family members who participated reported having signific...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Pecchioni LL,Sparks L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00