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2001 Convention Program

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


PRACTICE MEETS POWER & CULTURE IN DEFINING HEALTH CARE ISSUES

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

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Leigh Ford, Western Michigan University

"Health Communication and AIDS Among Poor Women in Developing Countries: I"
Thomas Steinfatt, University of Miami

"Tragic Versus Comic Framing of Collegiate Binge Drinking: Analysis and Implications for Intervention"
Tom Workman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

"When Worldviews Collide: Differing Attitudes, Differing Practices of Memphis Obstetricians and Midwives"
Cyd C. Ropp, California Polytechnic State University

"The Power to Define Ourselves: The Disability Movement Storms the Internet"
Stephanie Coopman, San José State University


ANALYZING THE PRACTICE OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION: RHETORIC AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION ARTIFACTS

11:30-12:50 pm, Sunday, February 25

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

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

"Perpetuating the Patriarchy: A Rhetorical Criticism of the Butte County Womanıs Newspaper"
Brenda J. Hayes, California State University, Chico

"Egg Donation and the Surrogate Mother Web Sites: An Analysis of Persuasive Strategies"
Makiko Ishikawa, California State University, Chico

"Laser Eye Surgery: Are We Seeing Everything? An Ideological and Production Analysis of Ophthalmologists' Laser Eye Surgery Information Packets"
Amber Iwasiuk, California State University, Chico

Respondent: Julie Yingling, Humboldt State University


POLITICS, POWER, AND PRACTICE IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS

1:00-2:20 pm, Sunday, February 25

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Stephanie Coopman, San José State University

"The Significant Others: The Informal Power of Nurses for Promoting Patient Care"
Scott T. Paynton, Humboldt State University

"Great Expectations: ER's Depiction of Birth"
Cyd C. Ropp, California Polytechnic State University

"The Business of Breathing: Asthmatic Medicaid Patients as Consumers and Products"
S. Renee Gillespie, University of Colorado, Boulder


TOP FOUR PAPERS IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION

4:00-5:20 pm, Sunday, February 25

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Scott Paynton, Humboldt State University

"The Influence of Physician Sex and Regard on Patient Compliance and Satisfaction"
Carrie J. Cropley, California State University, Fullerton

"Context and Communication Practices: Place Images in a Public Health Clinic in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region"
Angela F. Brumley-Shelton, University of Kentucky
Leigh Arden Ford, Western Michigan University

"Hospital Advertising: Do Patients Rate Hospital Advertising as a Source of Influence for Selecting Hospitals?"
Karen Myers, University of New Mexico

"When the Courage to Ask Meets the Power to Please: Viagra and the Discourse of Sexual Normalcy"
Matthew H. Barton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Phyllis M. Japp, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Respondent: Christie Beck, Ohio University


BUSINESS MEETING

5:30-6:30 pm, Sunday, February 25

Don't miss it! Support the Health Communication Interest Group and attend the annual business meeting.


COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION: SOCIAL EFFECTS ON HEALTH DECISIONS

8:30-9:50 am, Monday, February 26

Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group

Chair: Marifran Mattson, Purdue University

"Psychosocial Characteristics and Sex Differences Among College Smokers and Nonsmokers"
Nathan Miczo, University of Arizona
Chris Segrin, University of Arizona

"The Days of the God-Like Doctors Are Over." Information Seeking and Experiences with Physicians of Cancer Patients, Their Families and Friends"
Tamara Ginossar, University of New Mexico

"Smart Sportswear for the Active Man: A Metaphorical Criticism on an AIDS Prevention Poster"
Britta H. Limary, University of New Mexico

Respondent: Bryan Whaley, University of San Francisco


COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION: CONSTRUCTING VIEWS OF HEALTH

8:30-9:50 am, Tuesday, February 27

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

Chair: Liliana Rossmann, California State University, San Marcos

"The Social Construction of Health: A Discursive Approach"
Pratibha Shukla, University of New Mexico

"The Positive and Negative AIDS Couple: Communicating Discoveries and Recoveries Within Two Worlds"
Marcia Koch, San Diego State University

"Do Wheelchair-bound People Feel Immediacy?"
Carrie E. Benedict, University of Montana

Respondent: Juliann C. Scholl, University of Nebraska-Lincoln