{"title":"Reflections and key learnings on the <i>Science of Trust</i>.","authors":"Renata Schiavo, Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2281731","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2281731","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":"16 4","pages":"315-319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138811566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Donald Koban, Lorien C Abroms, Melissa Napolitano, Samuel Simmens, David A Broniatowski
{"title":"Trust in public health institutions moderates the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine discussion groups on Facebook.","authors":"Donald Koban, Lorien C Abroms, Melissa Napolitano, Samuel Simmens, David A Broniatowski","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2283308","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2283308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Distrust and partisan identity are theorized to undermine health communications. We examined the role of these factors on the efficacy of discussion groups intended to promote vaccine uptake.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We analyzed survey data from unvaccinated Facebook users (N = 371) living in the US between January and April 2022. Participants were randomly assigned to Facebook discussion groups (intervention) or referred to Facebook's COVID-19 Information Center (control). We used Analysis of Covariance to test if the intervention was more effective at changing vaccination intentions and beliefs compared to the control in subgroups based on participants' partisan identity, political views, and information trust views.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found a significant interaction between the intervention and trust in public health institutions (PHIs) for improving intentions to vaccinate (<i>P</i> = .04), intentions to encourage others to vaccinate (<i>P</i> = .03), and vaccine confidence beliefs (<i>P</i> = .01). Among participants who trusted PHIs, those in the intervention had higher posttest intentions to vaccinate (<i>P</i> = .008) and intentions to encourage others to vaccinate (<i>P</i> = .002) compared to the control. Among non-conservatives, participants in the intervention had higher posttest intentions to vaccinate (<i>P</i> = .048). The intervention was more effective at improving intentions to encourage others to vaccinate within the subgroups of Republicans (<i>P</i> = .03), conservatives (<i>P</i> = .02), and participants who distrusted government (<i>P</i> = .02).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Facebook discussion groups were more effective for people who trusted PHIs and non-conservatives. Health communicators may need to segment health messaging and develop strategies around trust views.</p>","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":"16 4","pages":"375-384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138811567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transforming systems mistrust and poor communication to improve behavioural health care uptake among youth on probation.","authors":"Corianna E Sichel, Katherine S Elkington","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2253620","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2253620","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":" ","pages":"347-349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10841382/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10173365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons learned on building trust during a global pandemic: looking at future directions.","authors":"Naureen Naqvi, Arundhati Saikia","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2274198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2023.2274198","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71414489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Gregory E Erhabor, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski
{"title":"Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency.","authors":"Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Gregory E Erhabor, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2276979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2023.2276979","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54231476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrating the 15<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the <i>Journal</i>!","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2272436","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2272436","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":"16 3","pages":"i"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50163115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weight management practices of health center providers in the United States.","authors":"Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Xiao Chen, Weihao Zhou, Hank Hoang, Alek Sripipatana","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2189378","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2189378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We examined weight management counseling practices of Health Resources and Services Administration-funded health center (HC) providers for patients with overweight (POW) and obesity (POB) status, focusing on weight-related conditions, risk factors, and health care utilization.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of HC patients and multilevel generalized structural equation logistic regression models to assess the association of provider counseling practices for POW and POB and by three obesity classes. Dependent variables included being told by the HC provider that weight was a problem, receiving a diet or exercise recommendation, referral to a nutritionist, or receiving weight loss prescriptions. Independent variables included weight-related conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, risk factors such as smoking, and health service utilization such as five or more primary care visits.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All POB classes had higher odds of receiving all five counseling interventions than POW. Patients with diabetes and high cholesterol had higher odds of diet recommendations (OR = 1.8) and nutritionist referrals (OR = 2.3), while patients with cardiovascular disease had higher odds of nutritionist referral (OR = 2.0) and receiving weight loss prescriptions (OR = 2.6). Respondents with POB class III and diabetes had higher odds of receiving exercise recommendations (OR = 3.4), while POB class 1 and had hypertension had lower odds of nutritionist referral (OR = 0.3).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Variations in HC primary care providers' weight management counseling practices between POW and POB present missed opportunities for consistent practice and early intervention. Assessing providers' counseling practices for patients with comorbid conditions is essential to the successful management of the obesity crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":" ","pages":"304-313"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9147997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth J Adams, Samantha Schroth, Trisha Kaundinya
{"title":"Student-driven disability advocacy and education within the health professions: pilot survey results from a single-day virtual conference.","authors":"Elizabeth J Adams, Samantha Schroth, Trisha Kaundinya","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2208836","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2208836","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Health professional programs can promote equitable healthcare delivery but few programs include disability in these efforts. Limited opportunities exist for health professional students to engage with disability education within the classroom or beyond. The Disability Advocacy Coalition in Medicine (DAC Med) is a national interprofessional student-led organization which hosted a virtual conference for health professional students in October 2021. We describe the impact of this single-day virtual conference on learning and the current state of disability education across health professional programs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study utilized a 17-item post-conference survey. A 5-point Likert scale-based survey was distributed to conference registrants. Survey parameters included background in disability advocacy, curricular exposure to disability, and impact of the conference.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-four conference attendees completed the survey. Participants were enrolled in audiology, genetic counseling, medical, medical scientist, nursing, prosthetics and orthotics, public health, and 'other' health programs. Most participants (58.3%) reported not having a strong background in disability advocacy before the conference, with 26.1% indicating they learned about ableism in their program's curriculum. Almost all students (91.6%) attended the conference to learn how to be a better advocate for patients and peers with disabilities, and 95.8% reported that the conference provided this knowledge. Eighty-eight percent of participants agreed that they acquired additional resources to better care for patients with disabilities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Few health professional students learn about disability in their curriculum. Single-day virtual, interactive conferences are effective in providing advocacy resources and empowering students to employ them.</p>","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":" ","pages":"255-259"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9397950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing message fatigue for encouraging COVID-19 vaccination.","authors":"Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Hiroko Okada, Takahiro Kiuchi","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2207246","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2207246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, health communication researchers and practitioners should be aware of the unintended effects of message fatigue. Message fatigue is a motivational state caused by repeated and prolonged exposure to similar health-related messages that induces resistance to health behaviors. Messages encouraging COVID-19 vaccination tend to focus on scientific evidence and efficacy information. However, prolonged exposure to similarly framed repeated pro-COVID-19 vaccination messages may cause message fatigue, generate psychological reactance, and lead to ineffective persuasive outcomes. Scholars of message fatigue argue that health communication practitioners should select a less common frame to reduce fatigue responses and increase favorable attitudes toward message recommendations. Entering the second year since COVID-19 vaccination has begun, to reduce message fatigue, future pro-COVID-19 vaccination communication should increase the diversity of messages different than the frequently used types. This opinion piece proposes alternative dissemination of cognitive, affective, narrative, and non-narrative pro-COVID-19 vaccination messages.</p>","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":" ","pages":"298-303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9478839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communicating about the social determinants of health: development of a local brand.","authors":"A Susana Ramírez, Kiely Houston, Clancey Bateman, Zabrina Campos-Melendez, Erendira Estrada, Kathleen Grassi, Eliana Greenberg, Katie Johnson, Stephanie Nathan, Raquel Perez-Zuniga","doi":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2192579","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17538068.2023.2192579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Successful comprehensive population-based approaches to chronic disease prevention leverage mass media to amplify messages and support a culture of health. We report on a community-engaged formative evaluation to segment audiences and identify major themes to guide campaign message development for a transformative health communication campaign.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Four key phases of campaign development: (I) Formative evaluation to identify priorities, guiding themes, and audience segments (interviews/focus groups with residents, <i>N </i>= 85; representatives of community-based partner organizations, <i>N </i>= 10); (II) Brand development (focus groups and closed-ended surveys; <i>N </i>= 56); (III) Message testing approaches to verbal and visual appeals (<i>N </i>= 50 resident intercept interviews); (IV) Workshop (<i>N </i>= 26 participants representing 15 organizations).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Residents were engaged throughout campaign development and the resulting campaign materials, including the campaign name and visual aesthetic (logo, color schemes, overall look and feel) reflect the diversity of the community and were accepted and valued by diverse groups in the community. Campaign materials featuring photos of county residents were created in English, Spanish, and Hmong. Plain language messages on social determinants of health resonate with residents. The county was described as a sort of idyllic environment burdened by inequality and structural challenges. Residents demonstrated enthusiasm for the campaign and provided specific suggestions for content (education about disease risks, prevention, management; information about accessing resources; testimonials from similar people) and tone.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Communication to support a policy, systems, and environmental change approach to chronic disease prevention must carefully match messages with appropriate audiences. We discuss challenges in such messaging and effectiveness across multiple, diverse audiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":38052,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Communication in Healthcare","volume":" ","pages":"231-238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10514231/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9262201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}