Health Communication Theory (eBook)

Teresa L. Thompson is Professor Emerita of Communication at the University of Dayton, Ohio. She has been the Editor of the journal Health Communication for more than 33 years, and has edited the Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Sage Encyclopedia of Health Communication. Dr. Thompson is esteemed for both her contributions to the field and for her proficiency in coordinating the work of other scholars and editorial staff. Peter J. Schulz is Professor at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, where he is Director of the Institute of Communication and Health. Together with Paul Cobley, London, he is Editor of the Series Handbooks of Communication Science (HoCS, 42 volumes, Berlin: DeGruyter & Mouton). Since 2017 he is also Honorary Professor at ANU (Australian National University, Canberra).

Part I: Perspectives on the Field of Health Communication

Ch. 1: Basics of Health Communication Theory

Teresa Thompson and James D. Robinson

Ch. 2: Segmenting Priority Audiences Employing Individual Difference Variables to Improve Health Promotion Efforts

Brian Quick, Tobias Reynolds-Tylus, Salah H. Al-Ghaithi, and Michael Mackert

Ch. 3: When Theory and Methods Intertwine

Jill Yamasaki

Part II: Perspectives on Dyads and Groups

Ch. 4: Interpersonal Health Communication Theories

Maria Brann, Jennifer Bute, Maureen Keeley, Sandra Petronio, Rachyl Pines, and Bernadette Watson

Ch. 5: Families Interacting in the Health Care Context

Maureen Keeley and Hannah Jones

Ch. 6: Theoretical Frameworks of Provider-Patient Interaction

Peter J. Schulz and Shaohai Jiang

Part III: Perspectives on Influence Processes

Ch. 7: Information-Processing and Cognitive Theories

Monique Mitchell Turner, Youjin Jang, and Shawn Turner

Ch. 8: Theories of Affective Impact

Robin Nabi

Ch. 9: Theories of Behavior

Marco Yzer and Rebekah Nagler

Ch. 10: Theories of Message Effects

James Robinson, Yan Tian, and Jeanine Warisse-Turner

Part IV: Perspectives on Organisations and Society

Ch. 11: Social Psychological Influences on Health Communication: An Examination of Four Theories

Yanqin Liu and Anthony Roberto

Ch. 12: Theories of Public Relations

Arunima Krishna

Ch. 13: Theories of Uncertainty

Austin S. Babrow, Marianne S. Matthias, Sarah M. Parsloe, and Anne M. Stone

Ch. 14: Cultural Theories of Health Communication

Evelyn Ho and Barbara Sharf

Ch. 15: Effects of Digital Media Technology on Health Communication

Shyam Sundar and Maria D. Molinar

Part V: Perspectives on the Future

Ch. 16: Directions in Health Communication Theory

Dannielle Kelley and Brian Southwell