2000 Convention Program

NOTE: CHECK THE ON-SITE CONVENTION PROGRAM FOR ROOM NUMBERS.

3104 BUSINESS MEETING

7:00-8:00 am, Sunday, February 27

3205     TOP FOUR PAPERS IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION

8:05 - 9:25 am, Sunday, February 27

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Stephanie J. Coopman, San José State University

Patient Agendas and Relational Control in the Family Practice Clinic
Denise Wigginton Cecil, Health Communication Consultant
Mary Boyce, University of Kansas and Wesley Family Practice Residency Clinic

The Effect of Narrative Versus Statistical Appeals to Persuade African and Hispanic Americans to Donate Their Organs
Kimo Ah Yun, University of Washington
Lisa Louise Massi, California State University, Sacramento

An Assessment of Students' Perceptions Toward Sexual Assault
Top Student Debut Paper
Carmen S. Lowry, University of New Mexico

The Abrogation of Midwifery: How the Conversable Art of the Midwife was Dethroned by Modern Obstetrics
Cyd C. Ropp, University of Memphis

Respondent: Connie Conlee, California State University, Fresno

3407     SELF AND OTHER, PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS: COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION

11:30 - 12:50 pm, Sunday, February 27

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: S. Renee Gillespie, University of Colorado, Boulder

A Pilot Study Designed to Measure Patients' Self-Concept, Desire for Information and Uncertainties for a Proposed Experimental Study to Improve Overall Health Satisfaction
Bridget Sandmeier, University of the Pacific

Embodying Illness: Chronic Illness as Identity Threat
Nathan Miczo, University of Arizona

An Ethic of Care & Dialogic Approach to Communication: Toward a Holistic Construction of Self & Other in Health Care Provider-Patient Interaction
Jean Richey, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Respondent: Christina S. Beck, Ohio University

3510 WOMEN'S VOICES AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION: A CONTINUING DIALOGUE

1:00 - 2:20 pm, Sunday, February 27

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Julie Yingling, Humboldt State University

Confronting My Body: Partial Identification as a Way to Understand Medicaid Experiences
S. Renee Gillespie, University of Colorado-Boulder

Writing Breast Cancer: Personal, Political & Professional
Barbara F. Sharf, Texas A & M University

The Pregnancy Paradox: Co-creating Personal and Professional Identities
Liliana Castenada Rossman, California State University, San Marcos

The Double-Edge of Occupational Health and Safety: On Being a Female Communication Researcher in a Mostly Male Industry
Marifran Mattson, Purdue University

Telling, Re-telling and Talking about Telling: The Narrative Experience and/as Surviving Incest
Leigh Arden Ford, Western Michigan University
Robbin C. Crabtree, New Mexico State University

Each presenter will briefly discuss her current work and its promises and challenges. Then an interactive discussion among the panelists facilitated by the group moderator will ensue. Audience member participation in the dialogue is invited and encouraged.

3710     SOCIAL SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITIES

4:00 - 5:20 pm, Sunday, February 27

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Nancy Eckstein, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

This panel is intended as a lively session on relationships often ignored in our study of community, social support, and health communication.  Presenters will engage audience in a discussion on theory, directions for research and curriculum, and personal narratives.

Taking Superficial Relationships Seriously: Social Support in Service Encounters
Mara B. Adelman, Seattle University

Fleeting Moments: An Ethnographic Video on Social Support in the Service Sector
Mahela Shaw, Seattle University

4112     CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE

8:30 - 9:50 am, Monday, February 28

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Sandra Ragan, University of Oklahoma

This panel explores some of the definitional, pedagogical, theoretical and methodological issues emergent in the study of health communication.  Panelists will engage in an interactive discussion and audience members will be encouraged to participate.

Leigh Arden Ford, Western Michigan University
Marifran Mattson, Purdue University
Dan OíHair, University of Oklahoma
Barbara Sharf, Texas A & M University
Bryan Whaley, University of San Francisco
Gust A. Yep, San Francisco State University

4210     HUMOR, SUPPORT, AND CHANGE IN HEALTH CARE: COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION

10:00 - 11:20 am, Monday, February 28

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Marva L. Smith, San Diego State University

A Study of Public Opinion on Managed Health Care in the United States
Pratibha Shukla, University of New Mexico

Patient-Provider Interactions in the Hospital Human Unit: Is it Really About Humor?
Juliann C. Scholl, University of Oklahoma
Sandra L. Ragan, University of Oklahoma
Kennette Hughes, University of Oklahoma

The Features of Perceived Supportive and Nonsupportive Messages Received in the Context of the Diabetic Woman's Experience
Darlene K. Drummond, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Respondent: Bryan Whaley, University of San Francisco

4406     COMMUNICATION ABOUT OUR JOURNALS: MEET THE EDITORS

2:10 - 3:30 pm, Monday, February 28

Presented by the Health Communication, Organizational Communication, and Intercultural Communication Interest Groups

Chair: Sandra Petronio, Arizona State University

This is an interactive panel. Editors will talk briefly about their journals; the majority of time is set aside for discussion and audience questions.

Stephanie J. Coopman, San José State University, Editor-Elect, American Communication Journal
David Henry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Editor, Western Journal of Communication
Myron Lustig, San Diego State University, Editor, Communication Reports
Paul Mongeau, Miami University, Editor, Communication Studies
Jon Nussbaum, Pennsylvania State University, Editor, Journal of Communication
Dan O'Hair, University of Oklahoma, Editor, Journal of Applied Communication Research

4503     ESSENTIAL VOICES: COMMUNITY-INFORMED DESIGN OF HEALTH MESSAGES

3:40 - 5:00 pm, Monday, February 28

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Elaine Fredianelli, Ohlone College

Foundations for Message Design: Formative Evaluation and Social Marketing
Betsy J. Blosser, San Francisco State University
Alice A. Filmer, San Francisco State University
Kathleen P. Skillicorn, San Francisco State University

Inhaling Culture: Audience Perceptions of Anti-Smoking/Toking Billboards
Alice A. Filmer, San Francisco State University

An Ad to Remember: Assessing "Voicebox," An Anti-Smoking Spot
Kathleen P. Skillicorn, San Francisco State University

Labored Breathing: The Design of Anti-Smoking Spots on Emphysema
Kathleen P. Skillicorn, San Francisco State University

5105     EXAMINING HEALTH COMMUNICATION ARTIFACTS THROUGH RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

8:30 - 9:50 am, Tuesday, February 29

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Madeline M. Keaveney, California State University, Chico

A Dramatistic Analysis of a Self-Help Group: Guilt, Purification, and Redemption in Overeaters Anonymous
Amanda K. Schwerdt, California State University, Chico

Fibromyalgia: Exploration of the Accuracy and Effectiveness of the Available Support
Amy Weber, California State University, Chico

A Battle Against the Norm: A Narrative Criticism of Binge Drinking Prevention Artifacts
Rebecca Berner, California State University, Chico