{"title":"The Role of Narratives in Countering Health Misinformation: A Scoping Review of the Literature.","authors":"Zexin Ma, Rong Ma","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2453451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2453451","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given the prevalence of health misinformation, it is essential to develop interventions to correct misinformation and reduce its negative influence. Emerging research has investigated the use of narratives as both prebunking and debunking strategies, but the findings are mixed regarding their effectiveness. This systematic scoping review aimed to examine the role of narratives in countering health misinformation, drawing on evidence from 19 studies. The identified studies investigate a variety of health issues, with most employing a randomized experimental design and collecting data in the United States. The findings suggest that narratives are a promising prebunking strategy to inoculate individuals against health misinformation. However, their effectiveness in debunking health misinformation remains inconsistent. Narrative features such as emotional appeals and audiovisual elements may enhance their impact. Directions for future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004456","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}
Jae-Eun C Kim, Heather Dahlen, Daphney Dupervil, Timothy O Ihongbe, Kenneth W Moffett, Blake Hoffman, Benjamin Denison, Elissa C Kranzler, Kathleen Yu, Katherine A Margolis, Leah Hoffman
{"title":"Evaluating the Impact of the <i>\"We Can Do This\"</i> Campaign's Heavy-Up Advertising on Initial COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake.","authors":"Jae-Eun C Kim, Heather Dahlen, Daphney Dupervil, Timothy O Ihongbe, Kenneth W Moffett, Blake Hoffman, Benjamin Denison, Elissa C Kranzler, Kathleen Yu, Katherine A Margolis, Leah Hoffman","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2449713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2449713","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To address vaccine hesitancy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the \"<i>We Can Do This</i>\" COVID-19 public education campaign (the Campaign) in 2021 to promote vaccine confidence and increase vaccine uptake. The Campaign introduced a heavy-up media strategy to enhance its reach and engagement with its vaccine hesitant audience. This approach complemented the Campaign's national media strategy while delivering an additional advertising dose to select priority designated market areas (DMAs) - that is, media markets - each month. We examine the relationship between the Campaign's heavy-up strategy and initial COVID-19 vaccine uptake from August to December 2021. A stacked difference-in-differences (DID) analysis compared initial COVID-19 vaccine uptake between DMAs that received heavy-up (treatment) and DMAs that did not (control). The Campaign's short-term heavy-up advertising strategy was associated with increased initial vaccine uptake in treatment DMAs. These results provide valuable insights for public health campaign strategy and evaluation, highlighting the effectiveness of increasing campaign dose in select markets to address vaccine hesitancy and improve public health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004454","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}
Muhammad Ittefaq, Hong Tien Vu, Anh Tu Dao, Duc Vinh Tran, Cole Hansen
{"title":"Framing a Global Pandemic: Journalism Cultures and Media Coverage of COVID-19 in China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.","authors":"Muhammad Ittefaq, Hong Tien Vu, Anh Tu Dao, Duc Vinh Tran, Cole Hansen","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2450854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2450854","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using a computational approach, this study analyzes and compares news coverage of the novel coronavirus in six major newspapers (i.e. <i>China Daily</i>, <i>The Korea Times</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, <i>The Guardian</i>, and <i>The Times</i>) from four countries (i.e. the U.S. the UK, South Korea, and China) that were severely affected in the beginning of the recent pandemic. Results show similarities and differences in how these elite newspapers used major frames of COVID-19 including <i>medical</i>, <i>social</i>, and <i>containment</i> during the first months of the pandemic. <i>China Daily</i>, however, adopted an additional frame of <i>fending off</i>. Statistical test results also indicated differences in how these outlets incorporated fear appeal messages into their news content. Specifically, the Western news organizations were significantly more likely than the Asian outlets to use fear in their coverage. Findings are discussed in the context of differences in the journalism culture and media coverage of the pandemic in the four studied countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004455","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":"Social Responsibility Appeal and Cross-Lagged Effects of Perceived Norms on Mask-Wearing Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Hye Kyung Kim, Hui Min Lee, Edson C Tandoc","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2450853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2450853","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study extends the Theory of Normative Social Behavior by examining the cross-lagged effects of perceived norms on mask-wearing intention and behavior during an evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We also investigate the normative mechanisms of how social responsibility appeals improve compliance with mask-wearing behavior. A two-wave panel survey (<i>N</i> = 767) was conducted in Singapore in March and April 2020. Findings show that injunctive norms increase subsequent intention, whereas descriptive norms reduce subsequent behavior. Individuals may find it unnecessary to wear masks when they perceive many others are engaging in the action. Our result shows that this counterproductive effect could be mitigated by a greater sense of social pressure to comply, which can be reinforced by using social responsibility appeals. Our findings offer insights for theory extension and norms-based intervention strategies in pandemic contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142983359","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}
Katherine E Ridley-Merriweather, Katharine J Head, Maria Brann, Cynthia Y Wu, Daniel Adan
{"title":"\"We Don't Get Drugs Targeted for Us:\" Applying the Integrated Behavioral Model to Understand Why Black Women Chose to Participate in a Breast Cancer Clinical Trial.","authors":"Katherine E Ridley-Merriweather, Katharine J Head, Maria Brann, Cynthia Y Wu, Daniel Adan","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2024.2448701","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10410236.2024.2448701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Guided by the integrated behavioral model, the authors interviewed 14 Black breast cancer survivors (<i>N</i> = 14) who had participated in a breast cancer clinical trial. This study aimed to better understand what may motivate Black women to engage in medical research and decide to participate in medical research. Findings revealed that Black women's altruistic desires to serve others and their communities are greatly influenced by the need to leave a \"legacy\" of better treatment for other Black women. The participants mostly learned about clinical trials through communicating with friends, family, or other breast cancer patients and survivors, rather than from their physicians. Many were influenced to participate by other Black breast cancer patients they knew, suggesting that social norms messaging may help alert other Black women about the continuing disparity in clinical trial participation. Finally, the participants in this study demonstrated high levels of involvement not only in seeking out clinical trials, but also in engaging in informed and shared decision-making with their providers about participating in the trials. The findings from this work illuminate important reasons Black women chose to participate in breast cancer clinical trials. Additionally, we offer robust and valuable theoretical and practical implications for researchers, so they can work toward successfully increasing Black women's participation in clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142983441","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}
Ann Neville Miller, Venkata Naga Sreelalitapriya Duvuuri, Maazen Khan, Olivia Rauls, Angela Yen, Mariah George, Majdulina Hamed, Akhila Damarla, Kristin Marino, Andrew Todd
{"title":"The Relationship of Patient Ethnicity/Race to Physician-Patient Communication: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.","authors":"Ann Neville Miller, Venkata Naga Sreelalitapriya Duvuuri, Maazen Khan, Olivia Rauls, Angela Yen, Mariah George, Majdulina Hamed, Akhila Damarla, Kristin Marino, Andrew Todd","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2024.2444342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2444342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Some scholars have suggested that social and cultural barriers between physicians and patients might contribute to health disparities. The purpose of this review was to determine the state of evidence regarding how physician communication patterns differ by patient ethnicity. Seventy-nine studies employing a range of methodologies were identified. Results were mixed, with about three-quarters of analyses finding no differences in physician communication by ethnicity, and a small number of analyses finding that Black and Hispanic patients experienced better physician communication than White patients. About one-fifth of analyses reported that Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native patients had poorer experiences of physician communication than White patients. This was the case both for studies that operationalized patient-provider communication as behavior (what physicians did, measured via content analysis), and those that operationalized it as judgment (how patients interpreted that behavior, measured via survey or focus group interview). Methodological limitations in the corpus of the literature make it difficult to determine which contexts and characteristics lead patients from minoritized groups to have better, equivalent, or worse experiences than White patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970443","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}
Renee E Magnan, Linda D Cameron, Allison A Temourian, Robin L Rubey, Anna V Song
{"title":"Cognitive and Affective Responses to the U.S. FDA E-Cigarette Addiction Warning and Advertisements among Young Adults in California: Product Design, Imagery, and Use.","authors":"Renee E Magnan, Linda D Cameron, Allison A Temourian, Robin L Rubey, Anna V Song","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2449726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2449726","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study tested contextual features (product design, imagery, and use) of e-cigarette advertisements on responses to the mandated U.S. FDA addiction text warning. In a within-subjects experimental design, young adults (aged 18-24) living in California were categorized into those who use e-cigarettes (<i>n</i> = 149), use cigarettes (<i>n</i> = 66), and dual use (<i>n</i> = 204). They provided affective and cognitive responses to the addiction warning and e-cigarette products in advertisements. Cognitive and affective responses overall were moderately strong, and this pattern was generally consistent across product design and imagery. Those who use cigarettes (versus dual use) reported stronger feelings that they learned new information and lower perceptions that e-cigarettes help reduce cigarette consumption. Those who smoke also reported greater worry, discouragement, and perceived health benefits associated with e-cigarettes and lower perception of harmfulness of e-cigarettes than those who dual use, and evaluated the warning lowest on eliciting encouragement to use and feeling e-cigarettes are a healthy alternative to smoking. Few differences emerged between those who use e-cigarettes and dual use or smoke. The varied response patterns by the use group underline the regulatory challenges of developing strong e-cigarette warnings to deter e-cigarette use.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970442","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":"Gender Differences in the Association between Pornography Use and Sexual Satisfaction: Further Meta-Analytic Evidence.","authors":"Paul J Wright, Robert S Tokunaga","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2025.2450421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2450421","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual satisfaction has been identified by public health experts as essential for sexual health, overall health, and well-being. The first meta-analysis of the association between pornography use and sexual satisfaction found a statistically significant negative correlation among men but not among women (i.e. men who consumed pornography more often were less sexually satisfied, while women's sexual satisfaction was not significantly related to their pornography use). A recent meta-analysis reported the opposite pattern of results. This brief report attempted to replicate this recent meta-analysis. Only one study from the original meta-analysis overlapped with the corpus of studies utilized for the recent meta-analysis. Despite this differential base of studies, the present reanalysis of the recent meta-analysis' data points confirmed the findings of the original meta-analysis. Pornography use is significantly and negatively related to men's, but not women's, sexual satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142978202","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}
Charlotte Schrimpff, Elena Link, Tanja Fisse, Eva Baumann, Christoph Klimmt
{"title":"Mental Models of Smart Implant Technology: A Topic Modeling Approach to the Role of Initial Information and Labeling.","authors":"Charlotte Schrimpff, Elena Link, Tanja Fisse, Eva Baumann, Christoph Klimmt","doi":"10.1080/10410236.2024.2447548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2447548","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Public understanding of medical innovations such as smart technology is decisive for its acceptance and implementation. Thus, it is important to understand what visions people develop of a technology based on initial information such as the label. We chose smart implants as an example and conducted qualitative interviews with 47 former implant patients to record their mental models after exposing them to the idea of smart implants through a vignette. Their answers were analyzed using LDA topic modeling. We derived five topics describing people's mental models considering the technology's functionalities, (dis)advantages as well as potential benefits and risks. The topics revealed that our respondents have often associated the idea of smart implants with artificial intelligence, which is a misconception regarding the introduced conceptualization. Thus, special attention has to be paid to the technology's labeling in communication efforts to ensure adequate understanding.</p>","PeriodicalId":12889,"journal":{"name":"Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142947803","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}