Using Communication Theory of Identity to Evaluate Decision Aids: Focus Group Research with African American Prostate Cancer Survivors.

abstract：:This article presents findings from the first study of cancer news coverage in a national sample of Black and general-audience newspapers. We compared 2,439 health news stories from 23 weekly Black newspapers to 2,767 health news stories from a constructed week sample of 12 daily general-audience newspapers, both coll...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Cohen EL,Caburnay CA,Luke DA,Rodgers S,Cameron GT,Kreuter MW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memorable messages about breast cancer sent by different sources, such as friends and family members, were analyzed for the action tendency emotions that they evoked. Negative emotions of fear, sadness, and anger, and positive emotions of hope and relief were analyzed for their associations with prevention and detecti...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Smith SW,Hamel LM,Kotowski MR,Nazione S,Laplante C,Atkin CK,Stohl C,Skubisz C

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:To date, there have been efforts toward creating better health information access for Deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users. However, the usability of websites with access to health information in ASL has not been evaluated. Our article focuses on the usability of four health websites that include ASL videos. We see...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Kushalnagar P,Naturale J,Paludneviciene R,Smith SR,Werfel E,Doolittle R,Jacobs S,DeCaro J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We interviewed 25 African American HIV survivors who were as much as 25 years distant from their original diagnoses. We asked them to tell us about both supportive and non-supportive messages they received upon learning of their HIV status. Their interviews showed evidence of the importance of what we call standing to...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Hample D,Na L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A content analysis was conducted to investigate advertisements for consumption products (food, beverages, vitamins, and supplements) in a major magazine aimed at an African American female population as compared to one with a more general female readership. All advertisements for consumption products from Essence and ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Godbold Kean L,Prividera LC

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:In the era of evidence-based public health promotion and planning, the use of maps as a form of evidence to communicate about the multiple determinants of cancer is on the rise. Geographic information systems and mapping technologies make future proliferation of this strategy likely. Yet disease maps as a communicatio...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Parrott R,Hopfer S,Ghetian C,Lengerich E

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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 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：:While eHealth technologies are promisingly efficient and widespread, theoretical frameworks capable of predicting long-term use, termed continuance, are lacking. Attempts to extend prominent information technology (IT) theories to the area of eHealth have been limited by small sample sizes, cross-sectional designs, se...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Forquer HA,Christensen JL,Tan AS

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Individualized structured feedback is an integral part of a resident's learning in communication skills. However, it is not clear what feedback residents receive for their communication skills development in real patient care. We will identify the most common feedback topics given to residents regarding communication ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Han H,Papireddy MR,Hingle ST,Ferguson JA,Koschmann T,Sandstrom S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health knowledge and behavior can be shaped by the extent to which individuals have access to reliable and understandable health information. Based on data from a population-based telephone survey of 1,503 respondents of ages 18 years and older living in Douglas County, Nebraska, in 2013, this study assesses dispariti...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Kelley MS,Su D,Britigan DH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), sometimes lacking adequate face-to-face sources of support, turn to online communities to meet others with the disease. These online communities are places of support and education, but through the use of social media communication technologies, people with IBD are re...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Frohlich DO

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of pharmacists practice within interdisciplinary health care teams, leading pharmacy educators to place increased emphasis on the development of interprofessional collaboration skills. In the pharmacist-physician relationship, pharmacists' medication therapy recommendations (MTRs) are a recurrent and ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Denvir P,Brewer J

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:Guided largely by the theory of reasoned action, the Get Real about Violence curriculum attempts to reduce verbal and physical aggression, as well as behaviors that encourage verbal or physical aggression, such as watching a fight and spreading rumors about a fight that is going to happen. This 12-lesson curriculum wa...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Meyer G,Roberto AJ,Boster FJ,Roberto HL

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:When patients with intellectual disabilities (ID) attend a General Practice annual health check, current guidance directs health-care practitioners (HCPs) to involve them as much as possible as informants on their health. However, previous research based on interviews with participants suggests that during health cons...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Chinn D,Rudall D

更新日期：2019-12-16 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 article explores the functions of personal celebrity health narratives in the public sphere. This study examines data about 157 celebrities, including athletes, actors, musicians, and politicians, who have shared private information regarding a personal health situation (or that of a loved one) with others in the...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Beck CS,Aubuchon SM,McKenna TP,Ruhl S,Simmons N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loneliness is a psychological health issue related to deleterious physical health outcomes such as mortality and chronic disease. The aim of this research was to examine intergenerational transmissions of loneliness from mothers to adult child via a moderated mediation model of perceived familial social support and co...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Curran T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the Irish media discourse on obesity by employing the Common Sense Model of Illness Representations. A media sample of 368 transcripts was compiled from newspaper articles (n = 346), radio discussions (n = 5), and online news articles (n = 17) on overweight and obesity from the years 2005, 2007, an...

journal_title：Health communication

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

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With cancer increasing in prevalence and high priorities placed on concurrent oncological and palliative care to help meet the familial, spiritual, and individual needs of stakeholders in cancer, research is needed that assesses the factors that facilitate coping across stakeholders in cancer care. We were interested ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Koenig Kellas J,Castle KM,Johnson AZ,Cohen MZ

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effect of adding cognitive and affective illustrations to online health information (vs. text only) on older adults' website satisfaction and recall of cancer-related information. Results of an online experiment among younger and older adults showed that illustrations increased satisfaction wit...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Bol N,van Weert JC,de Haes HC,Loos EF,de Heer S,Sikkel D,Smets EM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ transplantation is a well-established practice in modern medicine. However, many countries, especially those with an opt-in regulation, face the problem of low donation numbers. Respective public campaigns attempt to increase the number of donors by swaying public opinion with the use of carefully selected bits ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Hansen SL,Eisner MI,Pfaller L,Schicktanz S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00