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When Messaging Norms Meet Platform Norms: Two Experiments on Short-Video Persuasion and Misinformation Correction. 当信息规范与平台规范相遇：短视频说服与错误信息纠正的两个实验。

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Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-07 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2668715

Xizhu Xiao, Ruotong Sun, Xiaoqing Yu

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On the Impact of Chronic Message Fatigue on Informational and Behavioral Outcomes. 慢性信息疲劳对信息和行为结果的影响。

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Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-07 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2668012

Shaochun Li, Lijiang Shen

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Memorable Messages in Childhood Cancer Narratives: How Communication Shapes Survivors' Self-Concept, Mortality Views, and Understanding of Their Illness Experience. 儿童癌症叙事中的难忘信息：沟通如何塑造幸存者的自我概念、死亡率观点和对他们疾病经历的理解。

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Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-05 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2668014

Bailey Hughlett, Sydney O'Shay

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A Systematic Review of Research on Communication in Traditional Chinese Medicine. 中医传播学研究综述

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Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2655768

Lu Chen, Deborah Chinn, Chris Tang

{"title":"A Systematic Review of Research on Communication in Traditional Chinese Medicine.","authors":"Lu Chen, Deborah Chinn, Chris Tang","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2026.2655768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2026.2655768","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has garnered significant attention globally for its holistic approach to healthcare and potential benefits for various health conditions. While much research has focused on its clinical efficacy, there is growing recognition for the importance of examining communication within TCM practice to ensure delivery of patient-centered care in cross-cultural healthcare settings. This systematic review aims to fill this gap by summarizing existing research on communication in TCM. Four databases, namely Medline, Web of Science (WoS), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), were systematically searched using key terms related to \"TCM\" and \"communication.\" Articles were then screened based on predetermined criteria. Studies in English and Chinese were included if they focus on communication within TCM published in peer-reviewed journal articles. Quality of included studies was assessed through the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). Due to the heterogeneity of included studies, narrative synthesis was employed to synthesize 25 included articles with 6 key themes emerged, namely (a)symmetry in TCM communication, communication strategies in TCM, relationship building, small talk and self-care, comparison and integration of TCM and Western Medicine (WM), and sociocultural factors. TCM communication emphasizes holism in the building of therapeutic relationships. Theoretically, this review deepens understanding of TCM communication and its key influences. Practically, the findings inform professional training programs that equip TCM practitioners with effective communication skills tailored to patient-centered, individualized and culturally competent care. Future research can explore TCM communication nuances at a more fine-grained level.","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147837168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Silent Stigma in Depression Communication: Mechanisms Shaping Public Understanding in Chinese and U.S. Media. 抑郁症传播中的沉默污名化：中美媒体中塑造公众理解的机制

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Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2666884

Cheng Chen, Renping Liu

{"title":"Silent Stigma in Depression Communication: Mechanisms Shaping Public Understanding in Chinese and U.S. Media.","authors":"Cheng Chen, Renping Liu","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2026.2666884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2026.2666884","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates how stigma surrounding depression is subtly produced in news discourse and how such communicative practices frame public representations of mental health. Drawing on a corpus-based discursive news values analysis integrated with multimodal analysis, we examine English-language media coverage of depression in China and the United States. Rather than relying on overtly negative labeling, stigma is enacted through implicit communicative strategies: expert voices dominate while people with lived experience are marginalized, referential patterns repeatedly associate depression with postpartum women and suicide, and visual resources index emotional distance and role-bound femininity. Together, these discursive and visual configurations constitute what we term silent stigma-a mode of meaning-making that constrains interpretive possibilities, structures audience stance, and normalizes limited social representations of depression. Cross-national comparison further reveals culturally patterned strategies. Chinese media tend to externalize depression through foreign exemplars and symbolic imagery, while U.S. media personalize it through maternal identity and individual narratives, reflecting different communicative logics of distancing versus individualization. The findings suggest communicative considerations for mental health reporting, including broadening narrative voices, avoiding narrow demographic framing, and adopting culturally responsive textual and visual strategies. The study thus contributes to health communication scholarship by showing how everyday media practices discursively configure the visibility and legitimacy of depression in public news discourse.","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147814321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Information Avoidance in the Context of Mental Health: Applying the Planned Risk Information Avoidance Model. 心理健康背景下的信息回避：应用计划风险信息回避模型

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Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2666889

Elena Link, Anna Freytag

{"title":"Information Avoidance in the Context of Mental Health: Applying the Planned Risk Information Avoidance Model.","authors":"Elena Link, Anna Freytag","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2026.2666889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2026.2666889","url":null,"abstract":"Depression is among the most common mental health conditions worldwide. Despite the availability of effective treatments, many individuals delay or avoid seeking help. One important, yet underexplored, factor contributing to this treatment gap is information avoidance. Especially in the early stages of depression, the decision to avoid health information may hinder symptom recognition, self-management, and timely access to care. Therefore, the present study applies and refines the planned risk information avoidance (PRIA) model to explain depression-related information avoidance. The refined model was tested in a cross-sectional online survey (N = 471) among individuals currently experiencing depressive symptoms. The refined PRIA model accounted for 54.8% of the variance in avoidance intention, with attitudes toward avoidance and avoidance-related subjective norms serving as the strongest predictors of avoidance intention. Furthermore, cognitive load and anticipated regret over seeking information were found to be positively related to avoidance. These findings highlight the importance of affective and cognitive predictors and suggest that addressing social norms, attitudes, and regret over seeking may be key to reducing information avoidance and narrowing the mental health treatment gap.","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147814345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multifunctional Online Medical Record Use and Patient Empowerment: Examining the Mediating Role of Patient-Centered Communication Across the Life Span in the Greater China Region. 多功能在线医疗记录使用与患者授权：大中华地区以患者为中心的沟通在整个生命周期中的中介作用

IF 2.7 3区医学

Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2668013

Jizhou Francis Ye, Shenting Zheng, Piper Liping Liu

{"title":"Multifunctional Online Medical Record Use and Patient Empowerment: Examining the Mediating Role of Patient-Centered Communication Across the Life Span in the Greater China Region.","authors":"Jizhou Francis Ye, Shenting Zheng, Piper Liping Liu","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2026.2668013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2026.2668013","url":null,"abstract":"The Greater China region represents the fastest-growing market for online medical records (OMR) implementation. However, the implications of these technologies for patient-centered care remain unclear. This study examined the relationships among different types of OMR usage (online patient-provider interactions, health information management, self-health management, and decision-making), patient-centered communication (PCC), and patient empowerment using a national sample (N = 6,271) of patients from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. Results revealed that OMR usage for online patient-provider interactions, self-health management, and decision-making was associated with patient empowerment among younger (18-34) and middle-aged (35-59) cohorts, with PCC mediating these relationships. eHealth literacy (eHL) moderated the relationship between self-health management and PCC in younger and middle-aged cohorts, while also moderating the association between decision-making and PCC across all age cohorts. Framed within the ecological model of health communication and life span perspectives, these findings suggest that future OMR studies would benefit from more nuanced and dialectical approaches. Practical implications are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147837183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Lifting the Screen on Fitspiration: A Meta-Analysis. 解除对Fitspiration的限制：一项元分析。

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Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-03 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2653191

Valerie Gruest, Nathan Walter

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One Size Does Not Fit All: Mediating Effects of Perceived Character Similarity in Tailored Health Messages for Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults. 一个尺寸不适合所有：感知性格相似性在为性和性别少数的年轻人量身定制的健康信息中的中介作用。

IF 2.7 3区医学

Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2025.2530738

Jiaxi Wu, Elaine Hanby, Qijia Ye, Julia M Applegate, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Mitchell R Lunn, Jennifer Potter, Andy S L Tan

{"title":"One Size Does Not Fit All: Mediating Effects of Perceived Character Similarity in Tailored Health Messages for Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults.","authors":"Jiaxi Wu, Elaine Hanby, Qijia Ye, Julia M Applegate, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Mitchell R Lunn, Jennifer Potter, Andy S L Tan","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2530738","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2530738","url":null,"abstract":"This research examines how gender expressions in health messages influence perceived message effectiveness (PME) for sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults through perceived character similarity. In an online experiment, 1,113 SGM young adults were randomly assigned to view six anti-smoking messages portraying one of four gender expressions: feminine, masculine, gender expansive, or multiple gender. Findings indicated that messages with multiple gender expressions increased perceived character similarity among SGM young adults compared to messages showing masculine expressions; perceived character similarity mediated the relationship between message exposure and PME. However, messages with multiple gender expressions were associated with lower PME than all other conditions. Furthermore, moderation analysis revealed nuanced differences in responses based on participants' gender identities. Theoretically, this study underscores the mediating role of perceived character similarity in tailored communication, while suggesting that other factors may also contribute to PME. The findings have practical implications for designing health campaigns that resonate with the diverse gender identity groups within the SGM community.","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"713-725"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144794220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Safeguarding Quality in Health and Medical Science Information Today. 今天的卫生和医学信息质量保障。

IF 2.7 3区医学

Health Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-10 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2026.2655417

Scott C Ratzan, Rebecca K Ivic, Kenneth H Rabin, Ruth M Parker, Sara Rubinelli, Rafael Obregon, Lawrence O Gostin, Michael G Baker, Samantha Thomas, Don Nutbeam, Ilona Kickbusch, J Gregory Payne, Vivianne Ihekweazu, Kirsten J McCaffery, Richard L Street, Sir Cary Cooper

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