... purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Media Communication Stigma Public health Obesity Research indicates that those with obesity are at a greater...

...Seteamlak Adane Masresha; Gedefaw Diress Alen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the magnitude of parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues and its association with gender and premarital sexual practice among school adolescents of Woldia town...

...Cheryl Somers; Emily Avendt; Amber Sepsey Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the content and approach of parent-adolescent communication about sexuality were associated with three adolescent sexuality variables (sexual attitudes, combination of all behaviors and advanced behaviors...

... stigma in multiple stakeholders. The use of more positive terms such as person with a SUD or person in recovery is suggested to reduce stigma. Originality/value The use of digital Delphi groups to solicit feedback from multiple stakeholder groups from the substance use community is innovative...

... correlated with expertise satisfaction, overall satisfaction, and communication satisfaction. Originality/value This study advances existing research by examining various ways in which residents verbally encourage patient compliance and the relationship between these messages and patient satisfaction...

...Abubakar Manu; Agnes M. Kotoh; Rexford Kofi Oduro Asante; Augustine Ankomah Purpose Available studies on parent-child communication about sexual and reproductive health in Ghana have largely focused on assessing communication frequency, barriers, and who communicates with whom within the family...

...Laura McGinn; Nicole Stone; Roger Ingham; Andrew Bengry-Howell Purpose Despite general recognition of the benefits of talking openly about sexuality with children, parents encounter and/or create barriers to such communication. One of the key barriers is a desire to protect childhood innocence...

... behavior because individuals look at a particular behavior, getting vaccinated, and think how others would interpret their behavior (Reno et al., 1993). One way to discover the injunctive norms for a particular behavior is through communication with peers (Borsari and Carey, 2003). In a focus...

...Juliane Domigan; Tavis J. Glassman; Jeff Miller; Heather Hug; Aaron J. Diehr Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to assess a health communication campaign designed to reduce distracted driving among college students within the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Utilizing central...

... to classroom teaching has been employed to enhance communication and increase accessibility of students to real-world practices and expertise. Whilst students perceive this to be of value, some have reservations regarding the possibility of faculty members spying or infringing on their “virtual” social...

...Ugochukwu Uchenna Onyeonoro; Joseph Ngozi Chukwu; Charles C. Nwafor; Anthony O. Meka; Daniel C. Oshi Purpose – In 2007, Nigeria commenced a nationwide behavioural change communication (BCC) intervention to increase uptake of tuberculosis (TB) care services. The purpose of this paper...

... in their communication during the consultation. In an attempt to learn more about how general practitioners' (GPs') communication can help patients to express their worries, the paper also aims to explore the relationship between physicians' communication and patients' articulation of concerns and worries during...

... interruptions. These findings provide support for situated identity theory. High correlations were found between residents and patients on all three categories of interruptions, providing unequivocal support for communication accommodation theory. Patient satisfaction was negatively correlated with residents...

...Han Z. Li; Atie van den Brink‐Muinen; Heidi‐Ingrid Maaroos; Heli Tähepõld Purpose This paper aims to investigate doctor‐patient communication in consultations of newly qualified general practitioners (GPs) in a newly reorganised health care system and differences in consultation characteristics...

... of both providers and ACs plays a role in medical communication and its cognitive and affective consequences. These findings warrant greater attention to nonverbal dynamics in future research and interventions. Originality/value No similar studies have investigated the role of nonverbal sensitivity...

...Han Z. Li; Lidia Del Piccolo; Maria Angela Mazzi; Silvia Scardoni; Martina Gobbi; Christa Zimmermann Purpose The prupose of this paper is to present the development of the Verona Patient‐Centred Communication Evaluation (VR‐COPE) scale, together with its psychometric properties. The nine item...

... with the screening programme. Originality/value Covers all aspects of women's attitudes towards satisfactory or unsatisfactory availability of external information in the matter of screening for cervical cancer in the UK. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Cancer Communication Information...

...Glenn Laverack; Dao Huy Dap This paper provides a description of the present structure and main channels of information, education and communication in Vietnam: the mass media; face‐to‐face communication; print materials; and opportunistic activities. These communication channels have traditionally...