Can Raising Awareness about the Psychological Causes of Obesity Reduce Obesity Stigma?

abstract：:Psychotherapy is commonly depicted in films. Films, then, help to inform the public about the nature of psychotherapy and psychotherapists. Although much has been written about the portrayal of psychotherapy in films, there has been little empirical investigation of films from the 21st century. The current study provi...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Wahl O,Reiss M,Thompson CA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study defined cancer information overload (CIO) as an aversive disposition wherein a person is confused and overwhelmed by cancer information, which occurs when he or she fails to effectively categorize new information due to a lack of resources for effective learning. Based on the definition and informed ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Chae J,Lee CJ,Jensen JD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although exposure to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising (DTCA) is reported to influence the public's beliefs about diseases, no research has investigated how DTCA may affect the extent of consumers' optimistic bias about the future risk of diseases. Based on a survey with members of an online consumer pa...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Park JS,Ju I,Kim KE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate how health professionals (HPs) communicate about weight with their patients. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 health professionals (7 family physicians, 13 nurse practitioners, and 13 dietitians) working in multidisciplinary healthcare settings in Canada. Thematic analy...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Aboueid S,Ahmed R,Jasinska M,Pouliot C,Hermosura BJ,Bourgeault I,Giroux I

更新日期：2020-12-14 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：: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：:Public health officials (PHOs) are responsible for providing trustworthy information during a public health crisis; however, there is little research on how the public behaves when their expectations for such information are violated. Drawing on media dependency theory and source credibility research as our primary th...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Jang K,Baek YM

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:In this article, I examine competing characterizations of Karen Ann Quinlan's life and the role these characterizations played in shaping public attitudes toward euthanasia and medicine in America. I discuss the reasons Quinlan's coma brought forth radically contrasted narratives about who she was by applying Burke's ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Kenny RW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This project examines alcohol messages exchanged between college students and their parents, as well as how such messages associate with college students' dangerous drinking. Undergraduate students ages 18 to 25 years were recruited for the study and asked to recruit a parent. The sample included 198 students and 188 ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Menegatos L,Lederman LC,Floyd K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite concerns about online health information and efforts to improve its credibility, how users evaluate and utilize such information presented in Web sites and online discussion groups may involve different evaluative mechanisms. This study examined credibility and homophily as two underlying mechanisms for social...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Wang Z,Walther JB,Pingree S,Hawkins RP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With certain populations in the United States at higher risk for obesity than other populations, public health advocates have attempted to draw attention to these inequalities to galvanize support for obesity-mitigation policies. Yet research comparing different messages about social inequalities indicates that not al...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Skurka C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A television (TV) character's actions and the consequences of these actions in TV storylines can shape the audience's own behavioral intentions, especially if the audience identifies with that character. The current research examines how storylines depicting positive versus negative consequences of drinking affect you...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Russell CA,Hamby A,Chapoton B,Régnier Denois V

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This research examines the interaction effect of message framing (gain vs. loss) and perceived susceptibility (i.e., perceived likelihood that one's child is at risk of contracting HPV) on African American parents' intentions to vaccinate their children against HPV. Results of an experiment (N = 193) in which parents ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Nan X,Madden K,Richards A,Holt C,Wang MQ,Tracy K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated both smoking and nonsmoking undergraduates' reactions to an organization implementing a policy that either mandated or recommended that employees quit smoking. Undergraduate participants (N = 296) were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 (high vs. low severity of a smoke-free policy implementation) x 2...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Dalsey E,Park HS

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Improving awareness and mitigating stigma related to depression have been a concern to both health communicators and practitioners. This study conducted a 2 (narrative vs. non-narrative) × 2 (high controllability vs. low controllability) experiment (N = 242) to test the interaction effects of narrative persuasion and ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Zhang N,Wen TJ

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This article deconstructs the portrayal of HIV/AIDS in the tribal dominated district of Koraput, India, among program planners, service delivery personnel, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), etc. who plan, implement, and evaluate HIV/AIDS interventions targeting tribal communities in the region. Drawing upon postco...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Acharya L,Dutta MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested whether the personality trait of agreeableness predicts different individual reactions to the level of nonverbal affiliativeness shown by a physician, in the context of a simulated bad news delivery. We predicted that individuals with high levels of agreeableness would react better to a physician adopting a ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Cousin G,Schmid Mast M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men's involvement makes a difference in maternal health. Well-informed and supportive men may encourage their wives to get more complete and regular antenatal care. In much of sub-Saharan Africa, however, men's involvement with their wives' health during pregnancy is minimal. This study investigated men's response to ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Kayongo CX,Miller AN

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:Healthcare today provides an especially rich context for the intertwined transformation of work and the technologies of work, which need to be understood in tandem. Advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things, and computational science promise to transform healthcare. The slow speed of organi...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Barbour JB

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the implications of observing others' exercise behavior on social network sites (SNSs). Social cognitive theory and social comparison theory were used to make predictions about the conditions under which individuals' (N = 232) exposure to exercise-related SNS posts from others in their social netwo...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Burke TJ,Rains SA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it ran on multiple mass media for the better part of a year, end line evaluation of the Nimechill youth abstinence campaign in Kenya indicated that exposure to the campaign had no relationship to youth decisions to defer sexual debut. One possible explanation of this lack of association could be that target a...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Muraya JG,Neville Miller A,Mjomba L

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ensuring that written materials used in behavioral interventions are clear is important to support behavior change. This study used the Clear Communication Index (CCI) to assess the original and revised versions of three types of written participant materials from the SIPsmartER intervention. Materials were revised ba...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Porter KJ,Alexander R,Perzynski KM,Kruzliakova N,Zoellner JM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experimental study tested the effects of appearance framing of health advice on adolescent girls' state self-objectification, appearance anxiety, and preference for appearance-enhancing products. The stimuli consisted of informative YouTube-style videos about doing yoga, drinking water, or using sunscreen,...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Aubrey JS,Speno AG,Gamble H

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:This study examined whether social competence mediates the association between family communication and undergraduate males' body satisfaction. Male undergraduate students (N = 442) completed an online survey assessing their perceptions of mothers' as well as fathers' family communication patterns (FCPs), social compe...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Taniguchi E

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing popularity and accessibility of online healthcare service and the continuous development of interactive digital communication, online medical consultation is prevalent in contemporary China. As a new genre, online medical consultation deserves in-depth exploration from a non-English discursive pers...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Mao Y,Zhao X

更新日期：2020-05-01 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