Examining the media portrayal of obesity through the lens of the Common Sense Model of Illness Representations.

abstract：:While it has been well established that breastfeeding provides the best nourishment for children, few women achieve the recommended breastfeeding duration. Negative media messages have been identified as one explanation for the lack of individual and public support for breastfeeding. This study explored the influence ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Foss KA,Blake K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, health communication scholars are attending to how hospital built environments shape communication, patient care processes, and patient outcomes. This multimethod study was conducted on two floors of a newly designed urban hospital. Nine focus groups interviews were conducted with 35 health care professi...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Real K,Bardach SH,Bardach DR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This online survey took place on March 7, 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Participants (n = 698) completed an online survey in which they were asked to reflect on their mediated and interpersonal information consumption, in addition to reporting on risk perceptions, general efficac...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Nazione S,Perrault E,Pace K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncertainty management theory (UMT; Brashers, 2001, 2007) is rooted in the assumption that, as opposed to being inherently negative, health-related uncertainty is appraised for its meaning. Appraisals influence subsequent behaviors intended to manage uncertainty, such as information seeking. This study explores the co...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Rains SA,Tukachinsky R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to test the feasibility of, fidelity to, and initial impact of a brief, glaucoma-specific motivational interviewing (MI) training program for ophthalmic para-professionals. This prospective, mixed-methods study had two components, one for staff and one for patients. Staff fidelity to MI principles wa...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Newman-Casey PA,Killeen O,Miller S,MacKenzie C,Niziol LM,Resnicow K,Creswell JW,Cook P,Heisler M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that social distancing is an effective mean to slow the spread of COVID-19, individuals often fail to practice this behavior. Major US news media provided information to the public about social distancing after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, potentially spurring this preventative health practice. U...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Jiang X,Hwang J,Shah DV,Ghosh S,Brauer M

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Family planning service quality and clients' satisfaction with services are important determinants of clients' contraceptive use and continuation. We examine women's experiences at family planning clinics on a range of dimensions, including patient-centered communication (PCC), and identify experiences associated with...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Pilgrim NA,Cardona KM,Pinder E,Sonenstein FL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association of the traits, health locus of control, and self-monitoring with adolescents' tobacco uptake. Participants were 112 rural adolescents (12 to 19 years old, M = 15.3). Of that sample, 33% used tobacco. Tobacco users were found to score lower on the dimension of Internality and higher ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Booth-Butterfield M,Anderson RH,Booth-Butterfield S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the communicative experiences of surrogates who served as decision makers for patients who were unable to convey health information and choices about treatment options. Drawing on assumptions from communication privacy management theory (Petronio, 2002), 35 surrogates were interviewed to explore ho...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Bute JJ,Petronio S,Torke AM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, rates of HIV and AIDS are rapidly and disproportionately increasing among minority communities in the rural South. Culturally specific health communication about HIV and inclusion of minority voices in the administration and implementation of HIV programs have been found to be the most effective methods for ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Myrick R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scholars have examined how news media frame events, including responsibility for causing and fixing problems, and how these frames inform public judgment. This study analyzed 281 newspaper articles about a controversial medical study linking the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination with autism. Given criticis...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Holton A,Weberling B,Clarke CE,Smith MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the mutual influences of friendship development and organizational assimilation processes among first-year male medical students. Interviews and observations were used to examine the ways students constructed and enacted their friendships with male classmates during the process of assimilating into...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Zorn TE,Gregory KW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past century, discoveries of microorganisms as causes of infections and antibiotics as effective therapeutic agents have contributed to significant gains in public health in many parts of the world. Health agencies worldwide are galvanizing attention toward antibiotic resistance, which is a major threat to ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Smith RA,M'ikanatha NM,Read AF

更新日期：2015-01-01 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 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：: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：:This study attempts to advance theorizing about health policy advocacy with combinations of narrative focus and a statistical map in an attempt to increase state legislators' support for policies to address the issue of obesity by reducing food deserts. Specifically, we examine state legislators' responses to variatio...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Niederdeppe J,Roh S,Dreisbach C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The misuse of prescription stimulants among college undergraduates is a prevalent and dangerous problem on college campuses across the United States. Guided by a memorable messages framework, this research sought to examine the messages that college students recall about the misuse of prescription stimulants and exami...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Crook B,Dailey RM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgender persons represent a highly diverse group of individuals who have been historically underserved, despite being disproportionately at risk for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and other health conditions. Despite the need for more research on transgender health issues, no review of online transgender-relat...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Horvath KJ,Iantaffi A,Grey JA,Bockting W

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The opening moments of a phone call reveal how a father informs his son, for the 1st time, that his mom's tumor is malignant. An extended phone opening reveals how delaying talk about the mom's condition allows for important interactional work: Displaying resistance to announce the bad news directly, projecting and an...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Beach WA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of companions adds complexity to healthcare interactions. Few studies have characterized challenges arising when interactions involve healthcare professionals (HCPs), patients, and companions, or how those challenges are managed. Using conversation analysis, we examined recorded episodes where patients an...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Pino M,Doehring A,Parry R

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The cultural and linguistic diversity of the U.S. health care provider workforce is expanding. Diversity among health care personnel such as paraprofessional health care assistants (HCAs)-many of whom are immigrants-means that intimate, high-stakes cross-cultural and cross-linguistic contact characterizes many health ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Rubin D,Coles VB,Barnett JT

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The more manga (Japanese graphic novels) communicate medical information, the more people are likely to be influenced by manga. We investigated through an Internet search using Google the characteristics of medical manga published in Japan, defined as those in which the main character is a medical professional and tha...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Kishi Y,Matsumura T,Murishige N,Kodama Y,Hatanaka N,Takita M,Sakamoto K,Hamaki T,Kusumi E,Kobayashi K,Yuji K,Narimatsu H,Kami M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment plans can be thought of as one of the products of a medical interaction. As such, treatment for illness has been investigated as an outcome measure and seems to reflect bias in some areas of the practice of medicine. Although the evidence for patterns of differential treatment is compelling, determining the ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Costello BA,Roberts F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infant mortality is associated with access to healthcare, knowledge, and health literacy. Text4baby, the largest national texting health initiative, seeks to address these factors. However, no research has examined the program's theoretical framework, an aspect that may impact its success. To address this gap, Text4ba...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Aldoory L,Roberts EB,Bushar J,Assini-Meytin LC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social network sites (SNSs) like Twitter continue to attract users, many of whom turn to these spaces for social support for serious illnesses like cancer. Building on literature that explored the functionality of online spaces for health-related social support, we propose a typology that situates this type of support...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Myrick JG,Holton AE,Himelboim I,Love B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates predictions central to the extended parallel process model (EPPM) in the context of dense breast notifications. Many EPPM propositions have gone untested and competing predictions to the model have been evaluated to an even lesser extent. Also left as an open question is exactly how perceived thre...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Totzkay D,Silk KJ,Thomas BDH

更新日期：2020-10-05 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：:The symposium articles address a variety of assumptions concerning interventions in which youth create prevention messaging. These articles help confirm that young people left to themselves are likely to engage in self-persuasion through such message creation but are less likely to create messages persuasive to others...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Slater MD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00