The Journal of Health Communication is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, published bimonthly. It presents the latest development in the field of health communication including research in risk communication, health literacy, social marketing, communication (from interpersonal to mass media), psychology, government, policy-making, and health education around the world.
The looming uncertainty and dangers of climate change can be paralyzing and debilitating, but a new study from the University of Oregon suggests that such gloom is not wholly harmful.
Jul 1, 2024
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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Americans were more hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine than were white Americans. As the pandemic went on, however, the disparity in vaccination rates between Black and white adults ...
May 30, 2024
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Radio ads with an emotional appeal—featuring personal stories of either a happy organ transplant recipient or a sad patient languishing on the waiting list—increase non-donor listeners' support for organ donation and ...
Apr 17, 2024
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The largest U.S. and U.K. news sites are continuing to stigmatize people's weight with the images they use, suggests a new peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Health Communication.
Dec 14, 2023
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Most voters (57%) in 22 states in the American Heartland say they won't get the new COVID-19 vaccine this year. This finding from 12 traditional Midwestern states and 10 surrounding ones was significantly higher than the ...
Dec 6, 2023
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Sexual health, diet and exercise are the three topics that steal the show when it comes to popular health-related videos on TikTok. Unfortunately, there's little else in terms of engaging health-related content on the video ...
Jul 26, 2023
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After three popular primetime medical dramas included storylines about health harms from using e-cigarettes, hundreds of people took to Twitter to comment—including some who said they planned to quit vaping because of what ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Trust in information given out by the government on cancer fell sharply among the Black population—by almost half—during the COVID-19 pandemic, findings of a national U.S. study have shown.
Mar 16, 2023
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The primetime television drama "This Is Us" drew millions of viewers to a compelling narrative about Alzheimer's disease and family caregiving—and viewers thought it helped reduce stigma around dementia and motivate family ...
Sep 1, 2022
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Emphasizing individual rather than community health risks from COVID-19, appeared to create more vaccine acceptance among participants in a study led by Washington State University researcher Porismita Borah.
Aug 24, 2021
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