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2003 Convention Program
3212 TOP THREE PAPERS IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION
8:30-9:50, Sunday, February 16 Salon F (1st Floor)
Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group
Chair: Juliann C. Scholl, Texas Tech University
Health News Processing and the Shifting Undercurrent of Ego Involvement
One Time, One Exposure, One Person: Negotiating Identity and Relationships Through HIV Disclosure
Clinician-Patient Communication and Shared Decision Making During the Birthing Process: A Quantitative Analysis of Women's Birth Stories
Respondent: Scott D. Moore, California State University, Fresno
*Top Paper in Health Communication and Top Student Paper
3512 OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO INFORMATION: DIFFERENT CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF "ACCESS" TO HEALTH CARE
1:00-2:20 Sunday, February 16, Salon F (1st Floor)
Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group
Chair: Scott Moore, California State University, Fresno
Chair: Dan O'Hair, University of Oklahoma
Accessing Health Information on the Internet: Patient Evaluation of Medical Web Sites
Healthcare Rigidity and Southeast-Asian Women in America: Barriers to Health Information
Humor in the Health Care Setting: Helping Patients and Providers Gain Greater Access to Each Other
Respondent: Nancy J. Eckstein, Wheaton College
3712 ENHANCING ACCESS TO REVELANT HEALTH INFORMATION: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE PILOT PROJECTS
4:00-5:20, Sunday, February 16, Salon F (1st Floor)
Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group
The National Cancer Institute has supported four demonstration research projects in concert with the Cancer Information Service to develop and evaluate programs to increase the use of information technology and access to cancer information among underserved populations. Each of the projects used unique and innovative implementation strategies and focused on different vulnerable populations. This panel will describe these research projects, their results, and implications from these studies for both narrowing the digital divide and reducing disparities in care for underserved populations.
Chair: Gary L. Kreps, National Cancer Institute
Using a Community Partnership Organization Model to Implement a Cancer Education Program in Harlem, New York City
Developing Computer Proficiency Among Head Start Parents in New Haven, Connecticut
Testing the Feasibility and Impact of Using the Cancer Information Service to Disseminate the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support
System (CHESS) in Rural Wisconsin and Urban Detroit, Michigan
Developing the Low Literacy User Cancer Information Interface (LUCI) for Use by Senior Citizens in Rural Louisiana
3807 BUSINESS MEETING
5:30-6:30 pm, Sunday, February 16, Salon J (1st Floor)
Thanks to our program planner, we have an evening business meeting! Please join us!
4105 INTERACTIONAL ISSUES IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION: ACCESSIBILITY, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS, AND CLIENT BEHAVIOR
8:30-9:50, Monday, February 17, Salon F (1st Floor)
Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group
Chair: Anne P. Hubbell, New Mexico State University
Agenda Denial and Linguistic Accessibility at a Southwestern Hospital
Parent-Teacher Social Construction of an Autistic Child's "Progression" and "Regression": A Case Study
A Systematic Review of Research Testing Cox's "Interaction Model of Client Behavior"
Respondent: Leigh A. Ford, Western Michigan University
4201 NARRATIVE, DRAMATISTIC, AND RHETORICAL ANALYSES IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION
10:00-11:20, Monday, February 17, Salon I (1st Floor)
Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group
Chair: Leah E. Bryant, DePaul University
From Medical Doctors to Holistic Healers: Narratives of Transformation in Physician-Authored Self-Help Books
The Resurrection of "Self": A Dramatistic Analysis of the Self-Help Rhetoric of Dr. Philip C. McGraw
Words of Wisdom: An Ideological Criticism of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' (Commonly Called the "Mormon Church") Law of Health
Respondent: Lawrence R. Frey, University of Colorado at Boulder
4509 BRIDGING THEORY AND PRACTICE: COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE LEARNING AND THE STUDY OF COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH
3:40-5:00, Monday, February 17, Brighton (2nd Floor)
Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group
In the fall of 2001, San Diego State University students studying health and communication embarked on community-based service learning projects. What resulted from these partnerships were tangible projects that were created and implemented for various organizations. The scholars on this panel will present their community-based health and communication research and discuss how this new type of scholarly work helps to bridge communication theory with practice.
Chair/Respondent: Patricia Geist Martin, San Diego State University
Breast Self-Examination: Passages to a New Beginning
Encouraging the Dis-couraged: A Study of Patient Satisfaction in HIV Case Management
La Maestra Family Clinic: Helping People Find a Familiar Face in Health Care
Opening Our Eyes to Mental Illness
5207 ISSUES OF TECHNOLOGY AND MASS-MEDIATED MESSAGES IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION
10:00-11:20, Tuesday, February 18 Salon F (1st Floor)
Presented by the Health Communication Interest Group
Chair: Scott T. Paynton, Humboldt State University
Partial Nudity and Cigarettes for Little Kids: An Examination of Perceptions of Source Credibility and Implications of Ideological State Apparatuses in Anti-Consumption Advocacy Commercials
A Grounded Model of Computer Use: Innovation and Diffusion in Allied Health Care Education: A Preliminary Study
Killing Them Softly: Applying Social Learning Theory to Identify Youths at Risk of Becoming Regular Smokers in a Primarily Hispanic Population
Respondent: Laura L. Ellingson, Santa Clara University
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