Handbook of Health Communication

by Thompson, (Editor-in-Chief) Teresa L.; Dorsey, Alicia; Miller, Katherine I.; Parrott, Roxanne

• ISBN13: 9781410607683
• ISBN10: 1410607682
• Format: eBook
• Publisher: LEA, Inc.

Summary

This handbook summarizes the research on communicative processes as they relate to health and health care, and provides directions for future research. For scholars & professionals in health communication, public health, psychology, & related areas.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Teresa L. Thompson
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Katherine I. Miller
Illness Narratives and the Social Construction of Health	9	(26)
Barbara F. Sharf
Marsha L. Vanderford
Theorizing About Health Communication	35	(28)
Austin S. Babrow
Marifran Mattson
Communication in Medical Encounters: An Ecological Perspective	63	(32)
Richard L. Street, Jr.
PART II: PROVIDER-PATIENT INTERACTION ISSUES
Teresa L. Thompson
Provider and Patient Communication Skills Training	95	(26)
Donald J. Cegala
Stefne Lenzmeier Broz
The Nature of the Therapeutic Relationship and the Assessment of Its Discourse in Routine Medical Visits	121	(20)
Debra Roter
Kelly S. McNeilis
Outcomes of Patient-Provider Interaction	141	(22)
Judith Belle Brown
Moira Stewart
Bridget L. Ryan
Medical Disclosure and Decision-Making: Excavating the Complexities of Physician-Patient Information Exchange	163	(20)
Catherine M. Gillotti
Children, Older Adults, and Women: Impact on Provider-Patient Interaction	183	(24)
Jon F. Nussbaum
Sandra Ragan
Bryan Whaley
PART III: SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Alicia M. Dorsey
The State of the Art and the State of the Science of Community Organizing	207	(14)
James W. Dearing
The Continuing Challenge of Community Health Risk Management and Communication	221	(20)
Clifford W. Scherer
Napoleon K. Juanillo Jr.
Working along the Margins: Developing Community-Based Strategies for Communicating about Health with Marginalized Groups	241	(22)
Leigh Arden Ford
Gust A. Yep
Social Support, Social Networks, and Health	263	(22)
Terrance L. Albrecht
Daena J. Goldsmith
Everyday Interpersonal Communication and Health	285	(34)
Rebecca J. Welch Cline
PART IV: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
Katherine I. Miller
Organizational Forms and the Provision of Health Care	319	(28)
John C. Lammers
Ashley P. Duggan
Joshua B. Barbour
Stress and Social Support in Health Care Organizations	347	(22)
Julie Apker
Eileen Berlin Ray
Groups and Teams in Health Care: Communication and Effectiveness	369	(34)
Marshall Scott Poole
Kevin Real
Organizational Rhetoric and Healthcare Policymaking	403	(20)
Charles Conrad
Holly Gene McIntush
Working Well: Communicating Individual and Collective Wellness Initiatives	423	(26)
Patricia Geist-Martin
Kim Horsley
Angele Farrell
PART V: MEDIA ISSUES
Roxanne Parrott
Using Media Campaigns for Health Promotion	449	(24)
Charles Salmon
Charles Atkin
Looking Toward the Future: Health Message Design Strategies	473	(24)
Lisa Murray-Johnson
Kim Witte
Using Computers to Narrowcast Health Messages: The Role of Audience Segmentation, Targeting, and Tailoring in Health Promotion	497	(18)
Rajiv N. Rimal
A. Dawn Adkins
Telemedicine: Expanding Health Care into Virtual Environments	515	(22)
Jeanine Warisse Turner
Health as Profit: Public Relations in Health Communication	537	(20)
Jeffrey K. Springston
Ruth Ann Weaver Lariscy
Popular Media and Health: Images, Effects, and Institutions	557	(26)
Kimberly N. Kline
Accessing, Understanding, and Applying Health Communication Messages: The Challenge of Health Literacy	583	(26)
Jay M. Bernhardt
Kenzie A. Cameron
PART VI: LESSONS AND CHALLENGES FROM THE FIELD
Alicia M. Dorsey
Opportunities for Health Communication Scholarship to Shape Public Health Policy and Practice: Examples from the National Cancer Institute	609	(16)
Gary L. Kreps
Lessons Learned from the Field on Prevention and Health Campaigns	625	(12)
Timothy Edgar
Vicki Freimuth
Sharon Lee Hammond
Lessons Learned about Academic and Public Health Collaborations in the Conduct of Community-Based Research	637	(14)
Roxanne Parrott
Carol Steiner
Ethics in Health Communication Interventions	651	(30)
Nurit Guttman
Author Index	681	(48)
Subject Index	729