“Playing Hooky” Health Messages: Apprehension, Impression Management, and Deception
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DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1266578
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study investigates playing hooky in higher education classrooms and associates this behavior with students’ communicative dispositions, instructor perceptions, and language use. We define “playing hooky” as students skipping class and explaining their absence… read more here.
Keywords: communication; health; study; health messages ... See more keywords
An exploration of appearance and health messages present in pregnancy magazines
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DOI: 10.1177/1359105316639435
Abstract: This study explored appearance-related images and messages present in pregnancy magazines (e.g. Fit Pregnancy, Pregnancy & Newborn, and Pregnancy Magazine). A substantial portion of advertisements and articles promoted appearance-related products or products for postpartum weight… read more here.
Keywords: pregnancy; pregnancy magazines; present pregnancy; messages present ... See more keywords
An exploration of migrant women’s perceptions of public health messages to reduce stillbirth in the UK: a qualitative study
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DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-03879-2
Abstract: Background Stillbirth is a global public health priority. Within the United Kingdom, perinatal mortality disproportionately impacts Black, Asian and minority ethnic women, and in particular migrant women. Although the explanation for this remains unclear, it… read more here.
Keywords: migrant women; public health; health messages; health ... See more keywords
Public health messages on arboviruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti in Brazil
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11339-x
Abstract: The outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil in 2015 followed the arrival of chikungunya in 2014 and a long history of dengue circulation. Vital to the response to these outbreaks of mosquito-borne pathogens has been… read more here.
Keywords: public health; mosquito borne; potential effectiveness; behaviour change ... See more keywords
Development of a rating scale for measuring resistance to persuasive health messages
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DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.22-00059
Abstract: Background Pretesting is the key to understanding how the intended audience will react to the message. Resistant reactions affect message processing or can lead to undesirable boomerang effects. The objective of this study was to… read more here.
Keywords: health messages; scale; rating scale; scale measuring ... See more keywords
Influence of newborn health messages on care-seeking practices and community health behaviors among participants in the Zambia Chlorhexidine Application Trial
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198176
Abstract: Background Identifying and understanding traditional perceptions that influence newborn care practices and care-seeking behavior are crucial to developing sustainable interventions to improve neonatal health. The Zambia Chlorhexidine Application Trial (ZamCAT), a large-scale cluster randomized trial,… read more here.
Keywords: community; application; health messages; health ... See more keywords
Public health messages about COVID-19 prevention in multilingual Taiwan
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DOI: 10.1515/multi-2020-0092
Abstract: Abstract In this paper, I explore multilingual preventative public health messages against the spread of COVID-19 in Taiwan between January and April 2020. Based on empirical data, the symbolic and substantive content of multilingual top-down… read more here.
Keywords: messages covid; health; health messages; taiwan ... See more keywords
Public Health Messages and Weight-Related Beliefs: Implications for Well-Being and Stigma
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02806
Abstract: Across two studies, we examined the double-edged sword hypothesis, which outlines effects of weight-related beliefs and public health messages on physical and mental health. The double-edged sword hypothesis proposes that growth mindsets and messages (weight… read more here.
Keywords: well stigma; related beliefs; weight related; public health ... See more keywords
Superlatives, clickbaits, appeals to authority, poor grammar, or boldface: Is editorial style related to the credibility of online health messages?
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.940903
Abstract: Adolescents, as active online searchers, have easy access to health information. Much health information they encounter online is of poor quality and even contains potentially harmful health information. The ability to identify the quality of… read more here.
Keywords: health; health messages; credibility; online health ... See more keywords
Engaging faith communities in public health messaging in response to COVID-19: Lessons learnt from the pandemic in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.916062
Abstract: Purpose To understand challenges faced by faith leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in engaging with current public health strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic; to explain why long-standing collaborations between government, faith-based health… read more here.
Keywords: health; health messages; public health; democratic republic ... See more keywords
Effect of Health Messages on Alcohol Attitudes and Intentions in a Sample of 16–17-Year-Old Underage Drinkers
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14101183
Abstract: Background: Responsible drinking messages (RDMs) are a key component of many education-based interventions for reducing alcohol harms. The evidence base for the effectiveness of RDMs is extremely limited, with some recent research suggesting iatrogenic effects… read more here.
Keywords: attitudes intentions; rdms; health messages; health ... See more keywords