Foreword – Barbara Korsch
I. Introduction
Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Health Communication: Where Do We Draw the Lines?
Building Health Communication Theories in the 21st Century
Narrative Turns Epic: Continuing Developments in Health Narrative Scholarship
II. Delivery systems of formal care
How Medical Interaction Shapes and Reflects the Physician-Patient Relationship
Beyond Primary Care Providers: A Discussion of Health Communication Roles and Challenges for Healthcare Professionals and Others
Telemedicine: Reviewing the Past, Looking Towards the Future
Health Care Teams: Communication and Effectiveness
Working Well: Communicating Health in Organizational Contexts
Relationship Building and Situational Publics: Theoretical Approaches Guiding Today’s Health Public Relations
Theory and Practice in Risk Communication: A Review of the Literature and Visions for the Future
III. Health [Mis]information Sources
Health Information Seeking
Online Health Information: Conceptual Challenges and Theoretical Opportunities
Developing Effective Media Campaigns for Health Promotion
International Health Campaigns in Developing Countries
Social Marketing: Its Meaning, Use, and Application for Health Communication
Popular Media and Health: Images and Effects
Advertising in Health Communication: Promoting Pharmaceuticals and Dietary Supplements to US Consumers
IV. Mediators and Moderators of Care and Understanding
Explaining Illness: Issues Concerning the Co-Construction of Explications
Integrating Health Literacy in Health Communication
Culture, Communication and Health: A Guiding Framework
Social Support, Social Networks, and Health
Computer Mediated Social Support: Promises and Pitfalls for Individuals Coping with Health Concerns
Insights about Health from Family Communication Theories
Everyday Interpersonal Communication and Health
V. [Un]intended Outcomes of Health Communication
The Importance of Communication in Collaborative Decision Making: Facilitating Shared Mind and the Management of Uncertainty
Provider-Patient Interaction and Related Outcomes
Stress, Burnout, and Supportive Communication: A Review of Research in Health Organizations
Lifespan and End-of-Life Health Communication
Stigma Communication and Health
Communication and Health Disparities
Our Open Sourced Research Framework for the Next Decade: National Health Communication and Health IT Objectives for 2020
VI. Methods in Health Communication
Conversation Analysis and Health Communication
Social Networks and Health Communication
Qualitative Methods: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Daily Practice
Community Organizing Research Approaches
Advancing Health Communication Research: Issues and Controversies in Research Design and Data Analysis
Using New Technologies to Enhance Health Communication Research Methodology
VII. Overarching Issues in Health Communication
Translating health communication research into practice: The influence of health communication scholarship on health policy, practice, and outcomes
(Re)Viewing Health Communication and Related Interdisciplinary Curricula: Past, Present, and Prospective Lens/Frames
Ethical in Communication for Health Promotion in Clinical Settings and Campaigns: New Challenges and Enduring Dilemmas
Teresa L. Thompson is Professor of Communication at the University of Dayton, USA. She edits the journal Health Communication, and has authored or edited seven books and over 70 articles on various aspects of health communication. She is the 2009 National Communication Association/International Communication Association Health Communication Scholar of the Year. Roxanne Parrott is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication Arts & Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, USA, with a joint appointment in Health Policy & Administration. She was the recipient of the ICA/NCA Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award in 2004. Jon Nussbaum is a Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences and Human Development & Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is a Fellow and Past President of the International Communication Association, and former editor of the Journal of Communication. He received the 2007 Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award from ICA/NCA.
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