abstract：:Childhood obesity rates have incrementally increased since the 1980s, sparking calls for initiatives focused on addressing this public health concern. In response, the family medicine residency clinic profiled in this research designed, executed, and evaluated a practice improvement initiative focused on physician com...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Shue CK,Whitt JK,Daniel L,Shue CB

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study looks at media portrayals of sexual health through the popular HBO television show Girls. This rhetorical criticism of Girls delineates two emergent narrative themes. First, the show repeatedly discusses human papillomavirus (HPV) in terms of its severity, but it oscillates in terms of representing the degr...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Rogers B

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:Climate change is one of the most serious and pervasive challenges facing us today. Our changing climate has implications not only for the ecosystems upon which we depend, but also for human health. Health communication scholars are well-positioned to aid in the mitigation of and response to climate change and its hea...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Chadwick AE

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:As a field of research, a viable approach to improving health outcomes, and an important area of policy, health literacy has experienced significant growth and considerable evolution since its broad introduction in the 1990s. Despite that history, far too many practitioners, researchers, and policymakers focusing on c...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Pleasant A,Cabe J,Patel K,Cosenza J,Carmona R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2 (Threat: high vs. low) × 2 (Frame: gain vs. loss) × 2 (Choice: yes vs. no) × 2 (Behavior: prevention vs. detection) factorial design Web-based experiment (N = 814) was conducted to investigate the impact of threat to freedom, message frame, and behavioral choice as antecedents to psychological reactance. The inter...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Shen L

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Increasingly, health communication practitioners are exploring the use of narrative storytelling to convey health information. For this study, a narrative film was produced to provide information about the human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer prevention. The storyline centered on Lupita, a young woman recent...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Frank LB,Murphy ST,Chatterjee JS,Moran MB,Baezconde-Garbanati L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public's lack of understanding and the public's misconceptions about autism in China contribute to the underdiagnosis and undertreatment of the disorder and the stigma associated with it. Mass media are the primary channel through which people learn about autism. This article examines how leading newspapers in Chi...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Bie B,Tang L

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:Peer crowd identification consistently predicts an adolescent's smoking behavior. As such, several interventions have targeted adolescents and young adults based on their identification with a specific crowd (e.g., Hipsters). This study uses a controlled experimental design to isolate and test the effect of peer crowd...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Moran MB,Sussman S

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Health communication researchers have become increasingly interested in factors that predict support for health-related policy. Previous studies have shown that judgments about issues that are influenced by political ideology can be modified by the depth with which receivers process messages related to that issue. In ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Lee TK,Shapiro MA,Niederdeppe J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between diet- and exercise-related social influence and support among romantic partners, as well as whether these variables were associated with their health behaviors. An Actor-Partner Mediator Model was used to examine these associations at the couple level (n = 192). Results indi...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Burke TJ,Segrin C

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Scholarship on couple communication about cancer employs variable conceptualizations of communication, and common measurement strategies make questionable assumptions about communication. This study provides a descriptive foundation for a multiple-topic, multidimensional approach to studying couple talk about cancer. ...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Goldsmith DJ,Miller GA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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：:Drawing upon an optimal matching model framework, this study examined weak tie support preference and coping style as predictors of credibility perceptions among members of health-related computer-mediated support groups. One hundred and thirty-five participants from various health-related online support groups respon...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Wright KB,Rains SA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Guided largely by the Extended Parallel Process Model, the Arizona Attorney General's Social Networking Safety Promotion and Cyberbullying Prevention presentation attempts to shape, change, and reinforce middle school students' perceptions, attitudes, and intentions related to these important social issues. This study...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Roberto AJ,Eden J,Savage MW,Ramos-Salazar L,Deiss DM

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:For two decades, the extended parallel process model (EPPM; Witte, 1992 ) has been one of the most widely used theoretical frameworks in health risk communication. The model has gained much popularity because it recognizes that, ironically, preceding fear appeal models do not incorporate the concept of fear as a legi...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： So J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturopathic medicine is a holistic healing approach involving natural remedies, wellness, and disease prevention. A literature review shows the discipline is attempting to overcome several professional obstacles and expand into new areas. Amid this transition, the naturopathic community--like other groups--has adopte...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Walden J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of 104 physicians examined the role of physicians' evaluation of the quality of e-health and beliefs about the influence of patients' use of e-health in how physicians discuss e-health materials with patients. Physicians' lower (poor) evaluation of the quality of e-health content predicted more negative media...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Fujioka Y,Stewart E

更新日期：2013-01-01 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 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

abstract：:During reunion following wartime deployment, military couples are at risk for both depression and relationship distress (Bowling & Sherman, 2008). This article applies the relational turbulence model ( Knobloch & Theiss, 2011a ; Solomon & Theiss, 2011 ) to understand the difficulty military couples may experience upon...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Knobloch LK,Ebata AT,McGlaughlin PC,Ogolsky B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between social class and cardiovascular health is complex, involving a constant interplay of factors as individuals integrate external information from the media, health care providers, and people they know with personal experience to produce health behaviors. This ethnographic study took place from Fe...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Chapman SL,Wu LT

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Revealing a hidden, chronic illness is a risky and vulnerable act. Ill individuals often remain socially stigmatized, and those who live with invisible illness must legitimize their ill identity since they infrequently look sick. For individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), disclosing one's illness carries u...

journal_title：Health communication

authors： Defenbaugh NL

更新日期：2013-01-01 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