The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication brings together the current body of scholarly work in health communication. With its expansive scope, it offers an introduction for those new to this area, summarizes work for those already learned in the area, and suggests avenues for future research on the relationships between communicative processes and health/health care delivery. This second edition of the Handbook has been organized to reflect the goals of health communication: understanding to make informed decisions and to promote formal and informal systems of care linked to health and well-being. It emphasizes work in such areas as barriers to disclosure in family conversations and medical interactions, access to popular media and advertising, and individual searches online for information and support to guide decisions and behaviors with health consequences. This edition also adds an overview of methods used in health communication and the unique challenges facing health communication researchers applying traditional methods to efforts to gain reliable and valid evidence about the role of communication for health. It introduces the promise of translational research being conducted by health communication researchers from multiple disciplines to form transdisciplinary theories and teams to increase the well-being of not only humans but the systems of care within their nations. Arguably the most comprehensive scholarly resource available for study in this area, the Routledge Handbook of Health Communication serves an invaluable role and reference for students, researchers, and scholars doing work in health communication.
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This handbook summarizes the research on communicative processes as they relate to health and health care, and provides directions for future research. For scholars & professionals in health communication, public health, psychology, & related areas.
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Foreword – Barbara KorschI. IntroductionMultidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Health Communication: Where Do We Draw the Lines? Building Health Communication Theories in the 21st Century Narrative Turns Epic: Continuing Developments in Health Narrative Scholarship II. Delivery systems of formal careHow Medical Interaction Shapes and Reflects the Physician-Patient Relationship Beyond Primary Care Providers: A Discussion of Health Communication Roles and Challenges for Healthcare Professionals and OthersTelemedicine: Reviewing the Past, Looking Towards the Future Health Care Teams: Communication and EffectivenessWorking Well: Communicating Health in Organizational ContextsRelationship Building and Situational Publics: Theoretical Approaches Guiding Today’s Health Public RelationsTheory and Practice in Risk Communication: A Review of the Literature and Visions for the Future III. Health [Mis]information SourcesHealth Information Seeking Online Health Information: Conceptual Challenges and Theoretical Opportunities Developing Effective Media Campaigns for Health Promotion International Health Campaigns in Developing Countries Social Marketing: Its Meaning, Use, and Application for Health Communication Popular Media and Health: Images and EffectsAdvertising in Health Communication: Promoting Pharmaceuticals and Dietary Supplements to US Consumers IV. Mediators and Moderators of Care and UnderstandingExplaining Illness: Issues Concerning the Co-Construction of Explications Integrating Health Literacy in Health Communication Culture, Communication and Health: A Guiding Framework Social Support, Social Networks, and Health Computer Mediated Social Support: Promises and Pitfalls for Individuals Coping with Health Concerns Insights about Health from Family Communication TheoriesEveryday Interpersonal Communication and Health V. [Un]intended Outcomes of Health CommunicationThe Importance of Communication in Collaborative Decision Making: Facilitating Shared Mind and the Management of Uncertainty Provider-Patient Interaction and Related Outcomes Stress, Burnout, and Supportive Communication: A Review of Research in Health OrganizationsLifespan and End-of-Life Health Communication Stigma Communication and Health Communication and Health Disparities Our Open Sourced Research Framework for the Next Decade: National Health Communication and Health IT Objectives for 2020 VI. Methods in Health Communication Conversation Analysis and Health Communication Social Networks and Health Communication Qualitative Methods: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Daily PracticeCommunity Organizing Research Approaches Advancing Health Communication Research: Issues and Controversies in Research Design and Data Analysis Using New Technologies to Enhance Health Communication Research MethodologyVII. Overarching Issues in Health CommunicationTranslating health communication research into practice: The influence of health communication scholarship on health policy, practice, and outcomes(Re)Viewing Health Communication and Related Interdisciplinary Curricula: Past, Present, and Prospective Lens/Frames Ethical in Communication for Health Promotion in Clinical Settings and Campaigns: New Challenges and Enduring Dilemmas
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"The Handbook of Health Communication represents an extraordinary collaboration of noted scholars in health communication....I highly recommend it as a reference for all graduate students in health communication and as a graduate level textbook; no other volume reaches the bar set by this handbook's comprehensive overview and cutting-edge analysis. The Handbook of Health Communication is well worth the investment and will undoubtedly prove vastly influential in the field of health communication for years to come."—Communication Research Trends"With its expansive scope, this distinctive volume provides an introduction for those readers who are new to this area of study and brings together the current body of scholarly work in health communication."—Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and the Environment
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415883146
Publisert
2011-04-27
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
1460 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
174 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
668

Biographical note

Teresa L. Thompson is Professor of Communication at the University of Dayton, USA. She edits the journal Health Communication, and has authored or edited seven books and over 70 articles on various aspects of health communication. She is the 2009 National Communication Association/International Communication Association Health Communication Scholar of the Year.

Roxanne Parrott is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication Arts & Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, USA, with a joint appointment in Health Policy & Administration. She was the recipient of the ICA/NCA Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award in 2004.

Jon Nussbaum is a Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences and Human Development & Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is a Fellow and Past President of the International Communication Association, and former editor of the Journal of Communication. He received the 2007 Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award from ICA/NCA.