Health Communication, Language, and Social Action across the Life Span

Amber K. Worthington is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Carla L. Fisher is Professor of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida. Janice L. Krieger is Professor of Quantitative Health Sciences at Mayo Clinic, Florida. Craig Fowler is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. Margaret J. Pitts is Associate Professor of Communication and Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate College at the University of Arizona. Jon F. Nussbaum is Liberal Arts Professor Emeritus of Communication Arts and Sciences & Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University. The other editors all earned their Ph.D.’s at Penn State under Jon’s supervision.

List of Figures – List of Tables – Editor Information – About the Contributors – Jon F. Nussbaum: Introduction: Health Communication, Language, and Social Action across the Life Span – Margaret Jane Pitts: Positive Communication as Social Action: Compassion and Communication Savoring – Jake Harwood/R. Amanda Cooper: Humanization as Positive Communication: (De)Humanization, Personhood, and Dementia – Julien C. Mirivel/Bailey M. Oliver-Blackburn: How Positive Communication Creates Peak Communication Moments: A Qualitative Study of Adults’ Peak Experiences – Carla L. Fisher: Interpersonal Communication as Central to Health across the Lifespan: A Family- Centered Approach to Psychosocial Oncology Care – Kevin B. Wright/Mollie R. Canzona: Influence of Topic Avoidance, Willingness to Communicate about Health, and Social Support on Health Issues across the Life Span: Theoretical Underpinnings and Two Applied Studies – Gemme Campbell-Salome: Family Health Legacies: Inherited Familial Health Risks and Patterns of Communication – Craig Fowler: Word by Word, Not Brick by Brick: Building Spaces for Successful Aging through Social Interaction and Communication – Patricia E. Gettings: Comparing Baby Boomer Women’s and Men’s Sensemaking about the Transition to Retirement – Lindsey B. Anderson/Victoria McDermott: The Portrayal of Aging Spaces from a Public Relations Perspective – Janice L. Krieger/Aantaki Raisa: Communication, Community, and Co- design: Using Precision Messages to Enhance Health Equity – Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly/Kazi Haneeya Wahed: Rooted in "Places and Spaces": Sensemaking about Identity, Culture, and Health in the Rural Midwest – Amber K. Worthington/Britteny M. Howell/Dale M. Golden/Allex Mahanna: Creating a Student- Led Healthy Aging Program for Diverse Older Adults in Alaska – Rosellen M. Rosich/Steven J. Harris/Maria C. Crouch: An Alaska Native Integrated Lifecycle, Ecological, and Cultural Approach to Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease, Caregiving, and Social Determinants of Health – Tzu-Chiao Chen/Sara L. Buckingham/Shannon Kuhn/Amana Mbise/Nyabony Gat/Sofia Sytniak: Culturally Informed Health Promotion Campaigns in Alaska: Findings from "Untapped Talents" – Mary Lee Hummert: Epilogue: A Road Map for Health Communication Research That Makes a Difference – Index.