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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
Heather J. Ward, University of Wisconsin-Madison*

One Time, One Exposure, One Person: Negotiating Identity and Relationships Through HIV Disclosure
Marcia Koch, San Diego State University

Clinician-Patient Communication and Shared Decision Making During the Birthing Process: A Quantitative Analysis of Women's Birth Stories
Carma L. Bylund, University of Iowa

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
Leah E. Bryant, DePaul University
Naomi Lacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Healthcare Rigidity and Southeast-Asian Women in America: Barriers to Health Information
Mikaela Marlow, DePaul University
Donald R. Martin, DePaul University

Humor in the Health Care Setting: Helping Patients and Providers Gain Greater Access to Each Other
Juliann C. Scholl, Texas Tech University

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
Rosemarie Perocchia, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Developing Computer Proficiency Among Head Start Parents in New Haven, Connecticut
Peter Salovey, Yale University

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
David Gustafson, University of Wisconsin

Developing the Low Literacy User Cancer Information Interface (LUCI) for Use by Senior Citizens in Rural Louisiana
Wayne Wilbright, Louisiana State University

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
Tamar Ginossar, University of New Mexico

Parent-Teacher Social Construction of an Autistic Child's "Progression" and "Regression": A Case Study
Shannon D. Waltrip-Sequeira, San Jose State University
Stephanie J. Coopman, San Jose State University

A Systematic Review of Research Testing Cox's "Interaction Model of Client Behavior"
Elayne J. Shapiro, University of Portland
Barbara Mae Gayle, University of Portland

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
Laura L. Ellingson, Santa Clara University

The Resurrection of "Self": A Dramatistic Analysis of the Self-Help Rhetoric of Dr. Philip C. McGraw
Emily Ronnow, California State University, Chico

Words of Wisdom: An Ideological Criticism of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' (Commonly Called the "Mormon Church") Law of Health
Mark Wasden, California State University, Chico

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
Kristen Cannon, San Diego State University

Encouraging the Dis-couraged: A Study of Patient Satisfaction in HIV Case Management
Marcia Koch, San Diego State University

La Maestra Family Clinic: Helping People Find a Familiar Face in Health Care
Salina Monreal, San Diego State University

Opening Our Eyes to Mental Illness
Leah R. Singer, San Diego State University

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
Joshua Atkinson, University of Missouri-Columbia

A Grounded Model of Computer Use: Innovation and Diffusion in Allied Health Care Education: A Preliminary Study
John T. Parsons, Arizona State University

Killing Them Softly: Applying Social Learning Theory to Identify Youths at Risk of Becoming Regular Smokers in a Primarily Hispanic Population
Anne P. Hubbell, New Mexico State University
Sharen C. Pau, New Mexico State University

Respondent: Laura L. Ellingson, Santa Clara University