Emergent Health Communication Scholarship from and about African American, Latino/a/x, and American Indian/Alaskan Native Peoples

Angela Cooke-Jackson’s expertise is in Health Communication and Behavioral Science. She uses community-based participatory research and health literacy to help communities curate and design innovative, practical applications for sustainable change. She is also the co-director of the Intimate Communication Lab (www.intimatecommlab.org). She envisions her research at the nexus of culture, health disparities, and marginalized populations.

Introduction: Emergent Health Communication Scholarship from and about African American, Latino/a/x, and American Indian/Alaskan Native Peoples 1. Beyond Personal Experiences: Examining Mediated Vicarious Experiences as an Antecedent of Medical Mistrust 2. Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to Enhance Participation of Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Clinical Trials: A 10-Year Systematic Review 3. The Effect of an Entertainment-Education Intervention on Reproductive Health of Young Women of Color 4. A Theoretically Based Analysis of Twitter Conversations about Trauma and Mental Health: Examining Responses to Storylines on the Television Show Queen Sugar 5. “After Philando, I Had to Take a Sick Day to Recover”: Psychological Distress, Trauma and Police Brutality in the Black Community 6. A Subjective Culture Approach to Cancer Prevention: Rural Black and White Adults’ Perceptions of Using Virtual Health Assistants to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening 7. African American Women’s Maternal Healthcare Experiences: A Critical Race Theory Perspective 8. Individually Tailoring Messages to Promote African American Men’s Health 9. The Influence of Memorable Message Receipt on Dietary and Exercise Behavior among Self-Identified Black Women 10. Count Me Out: Perceptions of Black Patients Who are on Dialysis but Who are Not on a Transplant Waitlist 11. In Our Sacred Voice: An Exploration of Tribal and Community Leader Perceptions as Health Communicators of Disease Prevention among American Indians in the Plains 12. A Comparative Analysis of Health News in Indigenous and Mainstream Media 13. Family Connections and the Latino Health Paradox: Exploring the Mediating Role of Loneliness in the Relationships Between the Latina/o Cultural Value of Familism and Health 14. A Pilot Study of Latinx Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescent Patients’ Goal Prioritizations in Patient-Provider Sexual Orientation and Health Disclosures 15. When Engagement Leads to Action: Understanding the Impact of Cancer (Mis)information among Latino/a Facebook Users 16. Construyendo Conexiones Para Los Niños: Environmental Justice, Reproductive Feminicidio, and Coalitional Possibility in the Borderlands