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Showing 1 to 20 of 212 for “"Health Communication"”.
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Health Communication: Toward a Phenomenological Perspective
This dissertation examines implications for health communication as a rhetorical and philosophical practice by focusing on the various topics in the health communication field today, identifying areas that have been examined qualitatively and/or phenomenologically and hermeneutically. Currently, …
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African American Father-Child Reproductive Health Communication
… infections. Father-child reproductive health communication was found to influence the timing of sex in other children however, a dearth of studies in African-American fathers existed. In this qualitative study reproductive health communication was explored in tape-recorded interviews of …
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Effective Health Communication Measures within the Silicon Valley
<p>Effective and reliable communication is vital in the field of Public Health. Fieldwork conducted with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Communication Team demonstrated the importance of using various social media platforms to effectively reach the largest audience. Content creators need to …
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The development of a health communication passport for stroke
… to investigate the methods currently employed by Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) to provide information to stroke patients and their families or caregivers. Additionally, it aims to identify the barriers and facilitators influencing information provision throughout the stroke care continuum from …
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A CONTENT ANALYSIS SPANNING 30 YEARS OF MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION SCHOLARSHIP
Currently, the communication research concerning mental health is sporadic, unorganized, and disintegrated. Previous research has not looked at organizing the literature through content analysis. To address this gap in the literature, the purpose of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive …
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Bilingual Health Communication and Medical Interpreters: Managing Role Performances and Communicative Goals
… the roles medical interpreters assume in health care settings, and provides a theory of bilingual health communication that accounts for individuals' (e.g., providers, patients, and interpreters) communicative behaviors in provider-patient interactions. This study includes data collected …
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Variation On A Theme: Comparing Strategies For Choosing Health Communication Campaign Message Topics
Health communication campaigns have been used to promote healthy behavior change in a variety of health domains around the world. One element of formative research to develop these campaigns is selecting the topic or topics to be addressed in the campaign, called themes, or groups of beliefs. …
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The development, formative evaluation, diffusion, and usage of a health communication tool for noncommunicative patients
… to examine the usage (diffusion) of the Beaumont Communication Tool, as part of a formative evaluation, to determine who is using the communication tool, perceptions of strengths and weaknesses of the communication tool, and perceptions of the effectiveness of the communication tool in …
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An exploratory analysis of public health communication interventions and their effect on GP referral rates.
… are placing growing pressure on primary healthcare services around the world. At scale, effective public health initiatives are seen as a ‘prevention is better than cure’ solution to the long-term mitigation of these challenges. This study reviews how referral rates from general …
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Understanding Law Enforcement Mental Health Communication and Police Officers’ Mental Health Support Preferences: A Grounded Theory Study
… experience cumulative stress and their mental health-related concerns often remain unaddressed. Recently, police departments have begun to offer more mental health support resources in an attempt to mitigate this issue. However, the underutilization of such support is a serious problem. The …
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A changing dialogue within health communication in New Zealand: a case study of the Waikato screening mammography programme
As part of changes in the health sector in New Zealand over the past decade, government has provided a number of community-based health interventions. The purpose of such interventions is to provide information and resources that will empower “well” individuals to participate in proactively …
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Symbolic Convergence of Family, Organizational, and Health Communication : Family-Staff Interaction and Quality of Care in Group Homes
<p>This study examined group home staff’s communication with families as well as staff’s attitudes towards family interaction. Four focus groups were conducted with a total of 19 participants (n=19). Two group home agencies participated with two focus groups each, one management group and one …
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Towards the Enhancement of a Critical Cultural Paradigm in Health Communication: An Examination of the Impact of Paradigmatic Structures
<p>In the field of Communication there are a wide variety of ways in which scholars can utilize theories to serve as epistemological frameworks in order to examine sociological structures. In this thesis, the subfield of Health Communication will be examined through a positivistic and critical …
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Understanding the Process of Sexual Health Communication Between African American Fathers and Their Daughters: A Multi Analytic Method Qualitative Study
… gonorrhea, and syphilis. Although sexual health communication is a well-established protective factor against unprotected sexual intercourse, African American fathers and their daughters are a largely under-studied dyad in comparison to sexual health communication between intimate partners …
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An interdisciplinary study exploring how health communication can most effectively explain Antiretroviral Medication (ART) and motivate adherence among young people
… explore factors contributing to the success of health communication strategies and supporting visual communication tool(s) designed to explain antiretroviral medication (ART) adherence, and motivate young people who live with HIV to follow an adherence regime. The study drew from the social …
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Does speech prosody matter in health communication? Evidence from native and non-native English speaking medical students in a simulated clinical interaction
… multicultural society today can be seen in its healthcare services and have contributed towards shaping communication skills training as a core part of the UK undergraduate medical curriculum. NHS complaints statistics involving perceived staff attitudes have remained high, despite extensive …
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