Laura L Ellingson, Angela F Cooke-Jackson, Angela L Palmer-Wackerly
{"title":"Engaging Creative and Arts-Based Research Approaches to Expand Equity, Advocacy, and Impact of Health and Disability Communication Research.","authors":"Laura L Ellingson, Angela F Cooke-Jackson, Angela L Palmer-Wackerly","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2527395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2527395","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Welcome to this special forum of Health Communication, which highlights the potential of arts-based research (ABR) at the intersection of disability studies and health communication. Scholars from diverse fields - including public health, advocacy, and health communication - are increasingly using ABR, defined as \"research that uses the arts … to explore, understand, represent and even challenge human action and experience.\"A World Health Organization review underscores ABR's ability to foster empathy, social connection, and resilience - especially among marginalized communities. The 11 original articles in this forum reflect a rich range of topics which the editors believe will start a meaningful and needed dialogue within the field of health communication about the need for accessible and diverse scholarship from often-absent voices and/or narratives.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144608230","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}
{"title":"A \"Disruption of How We Tell Our Stories\": The Feasibility of Life Plotting with Disabled People of Color as a \"Double Burdened\" Community.","authors":"Jasmine Gray","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2520510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2520510","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the feasibility of an innovative narrative-based tool called LifePlot. Life plotting, the process of creating a LifePlot, uses fictional storytelling techniques to facilitate the story construction and story sharing of lived experience for those facing challenges. Data collection centers the perspectives and insights of a distinct population - disabled people of color - who represent an intersection of communities with compounded health risks and whose perspectives are underrepresented in research. This research also prioritizes community knowledge through the inclusion of an advisory board to help guide study implementation. Observations were conducted of participants completing LifePlots. Next, in-depth interviews were conducted with eight participants about their experience with the LifePlot tool as well as their general life experiences. Finally, one to two weeks later, follow up in-depth interviews were conducted in order to further assess their perceptions of shorter-term benefits. Key findings include clarification about what life plotting is, how it works, and why it matters to the intended population from their perspectives. Participants consider life plotting a way to tell a story by breaking down and reconnecting the external and internal parts of their story, combining what has happened to them and who they have been in reflection. Life plotting allows participants to construct their story with a precision that is beyond what they might have considered otherwise. It provides participants with nuanced insight into how they have changed over time and guidance to authentically engage others through their story. This feasibility study demonstrates promise for the continued study of life plotting and reveals changes that can be made to the process and administration of the tool.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144591127","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}
{"title":"The Antecedents of Organ Donation Intention and Behavior: A meta-Analysis.","authors":"Jun Tang, Zhihong Li","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2522372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2522372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite rising demand for organ donation, global rates remain low. This systematic review and meta-analysis identified the key factors influencing organ donation intentions and behaviors. We established a theoretical framework outlining the key determinants of organ donation intent and behavior. The analysis included 85 studies (<i>N</i> = 310,476), our results identified 48 antecedents and compared their differences based on (1) demographics, (2) rational behavior theory and planned behavior theory and their extensions, (3) emotional expectations, (4) prosocial motivation, and (5) donation experience. Additionally, we conducted an exploratory analysis to determine the moderating effects of publication year, sample population, methodology (sample collection method), and cultural background (national development level) on the relationship between antecedents and organ donation behavior. Publication bias and literature quality were also evaluated to determine the robustness and scalability of the results. We present the first meta-analysis research evidence on organ donation intention and behavior, summarizing ample empirical knowledge about organ donation in the literature and following contemporary meta-analysis guidelines and best practices to produce transparent and replicable scientific discoveries. Our findings also contribute to health interventions, health emergency and provide policy and practical implications for future health research.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-36"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144591135","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}
{"title":"Perceptions of Scientific Recommendations Mediate the Effects of Message Valence on Adult Smokers' Intention to Use E-Cigarettes to Quit: A Conditional Process Analysis.","authors":"Qinghua Yang, Paul Schrodt, Jie Zhuang","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2521713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2521713","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have been widely used by smokers as a quitting device, the explanatory mechanisms and boundary conditions in which message characteristics influence their intention to use e-cigarettes as cessation devices remain unclear. To fill this gap, the current between-subjects experiment investigated how the valence of the messages (pro-e-cigarette, anti-e-cigarette, conflicting recommendations) current smokers are exposed to influence their intention to use e-cigarettes for smoking cessation through perceived approval of using e-cigarettes among health authorities (i.e., perceptions of scientific recommendations). Participants included 249 current smokers recruited through MTurk. Our findings identified perceptions of scientific recommendations of using e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation device mediated the relationship between message valence and smokers' intention to quit with e-cigarettes. Further, the indirect relationship is conditioned by smokers' levels of education, sex, and race/ethnicity. The findings contribute to the literature on tobacco regulatory science by illuminating heterogeneity in message effects across diverse populations and providing important guidance for science-based campaign designs and interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144575360","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}
{"title":"Balancing Good Medicine and Good Communication: Doctors' Perspectives on Health Consultations and How They Accommodate to Their Patients.","authors":"Susan C Baker, Bernadette M Watson","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2526024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2526024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, we explore communication between doctors and patients in health consultations from the doctor's perspective. Traditionally, health communication research has focused on patient perspectives and interpersonal issues in the health context. We argue that, although patient perspectives are important and there are interpersonal aspects, intergroup issues are more salient, and we need to also consider the doctor's views on the health consult. Ten doctors from Australia were interviewed and asked to describe their ideal health consultation, their communication behaviors during consultations, and the challenges they often experience during consultations. For reference and comparison, we asked 20 patients the same questions. Leximancer, a text-mining tool, mapped the key concepts for doctors and patients. Communication accommodation theory (CAT) was used to identify the communication strategies of each group. Analyses revealed that unlike patients, doctors report using several communication strategies in their consultations. More notably, accommodating to patients is not an easy task and doctors tend to employ a blended strategies approach when dealing with challenging patients. We discuss the implications of our findings for improving doctor-patient communication and for the advancement of CAT in the health context.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144583763","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}
{"title":"How Health Self-Efficacy Affects Physical Activity Among Chinese Adults with Different COVID-19 Experiences: The Mediating Role of Health Information Technology Use.","authors":"Yingxia Zhu, Yuyuan Kylie Lai, Qingqing Xie, Jiazheng Wang, Fei You, Xinshu Zhao","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2526020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2526020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted global health. Considering the benefits of physical activity (PA) for improving health, this study focuses on enhancing PA among groups with different COVID-19 experiences. Guided by self-efficacy and self-regulation theories, this study examines how health self-efficacy (HSE) increases PA, with using health information technology (IT) for self-regulation serving as a mediating factor across three groups: uninfected (Group 1), infected without symptoms (Group 2), and infected with symptoms (Group 3). Specifically, this study investigates the moderating role of COVID-19 experiences in the indirect effects of HSE on PA through health IT use. Additionally, we conduct supplementary multiple comparisons of HSE across different groups. An online survey was conducted among 5,516 Chinese adults, with data analyzed using ANOVA and structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings revealed the mediating role of health IT use. Moreover, the interaction effect of HSE and adults with post-COVID symptoms (vs. adults without COVID-19 infection) on using health IT for self-regulation was significant. Differences in HSE were found across groups, with the highest level observed in Group 2.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144575359","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}
{"title":"Coping with Loss in Caregiving: Comparing the Experiences of Dementia Family Caregivers and Parents of Medically Complex Children.","authors":"R Amanda Cooper, Tricia J Burke, Jocelyn DeGroot","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2526815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2526815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Applying the dual-process model of coping with bereavement, we examined how dementia family caregivers and parents of medically complex children (MCC) experience and cope with loss on a daily basis. Integrating caregiving experiences at both ends of the lifespan revealed largely similar experiences of loss in caregiving as well as nuanced differences in grieving and coping. Using interview data from 26 dementia family caregivers and 26 MCC caregivers, the analysis revealed that both types of caregivers experience loss-orientation, restoration-orientation, and communication-based triggers that move them between the two. For dementia and MCC caregivers, loss-orientation centered on the loss of their expectations for their lives and relationships. Restoration-orientation involved reframing, perspective taking, self-growth, and finding a \"new normal.\" Loss triggers included lack of understanding from others, worsening of the medical conditions, and social comparison. Restoration triggers included social support and improvements in the patient's condition or demeanor.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144575358","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}
{"title":"Peakedness in Fear Trajectory: Mechanisms of How Gender-Specific Messages Persuade Through the Dynamic Change of Fear.","authors":"Rui Gu, Hye Kyung Kim","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2524751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2524751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The drive model posits that persuasion necessitates a rise and fall in fear, resembling an inverted-U shape trajectory. However, the determinants of various fear trajectory shapes and their differential effects on persuasion remain elusive. This study examined gender-specific graphic warning labels using a mixed-design experiment with smokers (<i>N</i> = 264) to test the effects of message targeting (matched vs. mismatched) and audience characteristic (female vs. male). Results indicated that matched messages led to sharper fear trajectories and higher anti-smoking intentions. Female smokers showed greater fear fluctuations (higher peakedness) than males, though this did not consistently translate to differences in persuasion. This research advances the drive model by exploring factors that influence fear trajectory peakedness and its role in effective persuasion.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144553360","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}
Health CommunicationPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2024.2408065
Sung-Yeon Park, Daniel M Cook, Gi Woong Yun, Max J Coppes
{"title":"Are Patient-Centered Care, Healthcare Consumerism, and Trust in Physicians Compatible?: Positioning Analysis of the Patient-Provider Relationship.","authors":"Sung-Yeon Park, Daniel M Cook, Gi Woong Yun, Max J Coppes","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2024.2408065","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10410236.2024.2408065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patient-centered care and healthcare consumerism are dominant models of the patient-provider relationship. Positioning theory was applied to examine consumers' and physicians' positions on patient-centered care and healthcare consumerism, along with their attitudes toward direct-to-consumer healthcare service advertising and trust in the medical profession. Surveys were conducted with a convenience sample of consumers and physicians respectively. Patient-centered care was the only theoretical construct that both consumers and physicians unequivocally embraced. Both groups were either ambivalent or skeptical of the other three concepts. Between the two groups, physicians exhibited a stronger endorsement of patient-centered care and more negative attitudes toward advertising than consumers. When the relationships among the theoretical constructs were examined, a negative correlation between patient-centered care and consumerism was found among consumers. Also, patient-centered care and trust were negatively correlated in both groups. Implications of these findings are discussed for strategic communication, consumer and physician education, and future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1524-1534"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345234","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}
Health CommunicationPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-09-25DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2024.2406565
Arunima Krishna, James J Cummings, Yi Grace Ji, Chris Chao Su, Rosalynn A Vasquez, Michelle A Amazeen
{"title":"Predicting Health Misperceptions: The Role of eHealth Literacy and Situational Perceptions.","authors":"Arunima Krishna, James J Cummings, Yi Grace Ji, Chris Chao Su, Rosalynn A Vasquez, Michelle A Amazeen","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2024.2406565","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10410236.2024.2406565","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study sought to understand how health misperceptions develop among individuals after exposure to misinformation messages, and how eHealth literacy and situational motivation in problem solving are associated with the negative effects of misinformation exposure. We also sought to understand the differentiated effects of misinformation exposure on the four misinformation-susceptible publics. Results from two studies revealed that situational motivation was positively associated with the formation of misperceptions after misinformation exposure as well as individuals' likelihood of amplifying the misinformation message. However, eHealth literacy does not reduce misperceptions, as had been hypothesized. In fact, eHealth literacy was not significantly associated with misperceptions or with misinformation amplification likelihood. Results also provide support for the typology of misinformation-susceptible publics as misinformation-amplifying publics were the most susceptible to misinformation messages.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1502-1514"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345240","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}