Health Communication Special Interest Group Panels 2005

Kansas City, MO

#1002  Thursday 9:30-10:45-McShan B

HEALTH CARE INTERACTIONS:  AT THE HEART OF QUALITY CAREGIVING

Sponsor:  Health Communication

Chair:   Dan Wilbur, Purdue University

 

Participants:

“The Influence of Medical Orientation on Perceived Physician Credibility.” Maria Brann,  West Virginia University

 

“Health Care Team Communication: A Case Study Approach to Enhancing Communication and Quality Care.” Donna R. Pawlowski, Creighton University, Katie Rieff, Creighton University

 

“Identity, Facework, and the Promotion of Oral Rehydration Therapy.” Nathan Miczo, Western Illinois University

 

Respondent:  Sandra Metts, Illinois State University      

#1207  Thursday 12:30-1:45-Moten A

HEALTH COMMUNICATION ISSUES IN LONG-TERM CARE FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS

Sponsor:  Health Communication & Interpersonal and Small Group Communication

Chair:  Linda B. Dickmeyer, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse

 

Participants:

“Alzheimer's Patients and their Family Caregivers in Long-Term Care Relationships.” Lynda Dee Dixon, Bowling Green State University“The Function of Humor in Long-Term Care Relationships.” Lance R. Lippert, Illinois State University

 

“Caregivers’ Perspectives in Long-Term Care of Stoke Survivors.” Donna R. Pawlowski, Creighton University

 

"Improving Quality of Care Through Newer Communication Technologies." Nichole Egbert, Kent State University

 

#1405  Thursday 3:30-4:45-Turner A

NARRATIVES, HEALTH, AND HEALING: COMMUNICATION THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE

Sponsor:  Health Communication

Chair:  Jim Query, University of Houston

 

Panelists:

Phyllis M. Japp, University of Nebraska Lincoln

 

Erika L. Kirby, Creighton University

 

Lynn M. Harter, Ohio University

 

Larry Frey, University of Colorado Boulder

 

Jayne Morgan-Witte, University of Northern Iowa

 

Participants on this panel will discuss how narrative formats are among the cultural resources available for the social construction of wellness and illness. In particular, panelists engage narrative form and structure as constitutive of complex and sophisticated knowledge of individual agents and the socio-cultural and political contexts in which agents dwell and within which stories are constructed, shared, and revised.

 

#2202  Friday 9:30-10:45-McShan B

“THEN AGAIN, EVERYONE’S DIFFERENT”: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFICACY OF A BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FROM SMALL GROUP, INTERPERSONAL, AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION PERSPECTIVES

Sponsor: Interpersonal and Small Group Communication & Health Communication

 

Presenters:

Joann Keyton, University of Kansas

 

Adrianne Kunkel, University of Kansas

 

Michael Robert Dennis, University of Kansas

 

Donna Neuner*, Facilitator of Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Support Group, Lawrence,  Kansas

 

Respondent:  Nichole Egbert, Kent State University

 

This panel embraces this year’s conference theme, “Communication: At the Heart of Everything” by examining the communicative aspects of a breast cancer support group from three theoretical perspectives (group processes, appraisal theory and coping, problematic integration of probabilistic and evaluative assessments) and eliciting the reactions to findings of the support group’s facilitator.  We especially invite those with interests in group interaction, social support, and health communication as well as those with personal ties to breast (or other) cancer experiences to join in discussion, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the overall support of cancer survivors.

#2504  Friday 2:30-3:45-Young B

LITERACY IS AT THE HEART OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION:  A DISCUSSION ABOUT HEALTH LITERACY

Sponsor:  Health Communication

Facilitators:  Abby L. Gold, North Dakota State University, Eileen S. Gilchrist, University of Oklahoma

 

Participants:

Robert A. Schwab, MD, Chief of Emergency Services and Residency Program Director at Truman Medical Center, Kansas City; Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

 

Brenda R. Pfannenstiel, MALS, MA, Consumer Health Information Librarian, Kreamer Family Resource Center, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics

 

Nanci A. Burchell, BS, CNMT, FSNMTS, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Safety Officer, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics; President, Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section

 

Nichole Egbert Scheibelhoffer, Assistant Professor, Kent State University, School of Communication Studies

Explaining complex health concepts and medically related information in an understandable, straightforward manner can be challenging for caregivers and frustrating for consumers. In this roundtable, health professionals will discuss their experiences working with the concept of health literacy, and a scholar in the field of health communication will describe a health literacy project. The conversation will bring together practitioners and researchers as we discover common points of interest in health communication. Learn about new developments in health literacy, worthwhile projects, and gain insights into research and grant development.  

 

#2602  Friday 4:00-5:15-Young A

TOP PAPER PANEL:  HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Sponsor:  Health Communication

Chair:   Dacia Charlesworth, Robert Morris University 

 

Participants:

“Thou Shall Not Eat: Exploring a Rhetoric of Difference in Pro-Anorexia.” Heather J. Carmack, Ohio University*

 

“Homelessness and Health: Exploring Health Care Through the Eyes of the Homeless.”

Ambar Basu, Purdue University, Jessica Elton, Purdue University, Meredith Cantrell, Purdue University, Mohan J. Dutta-Bergman, Purdue University

 

“Communicating Nurse Professionalism: A Qualitative Analysis of Healthcare Team

Interactions.” Julie Apker, Western Michigan University, Kathleen M. Propp, Western Michigan University, Wendy S. Zabava Ford, Western Michigan University

 

“Toward the Heart of Blood Donation Campaigns: A Developed Model of Blood Donation and Role of Celebrities.” Bumsub Jin, Kansas State University

 

Respondent:     Lynn M. Harter, Ohio University

 

*Top Ranked Paper & Top Student Paper in Health Communication

#3201  Saturday 8:45-10:00-McShan A

RESEARCHERS COLLABORATE WITH PARTICIPANTS:  CAREGIVERS OF LOVED ONES WITH ALZHEIMER’S SHARE THEIR STORIES AS COMMUNICATION REVEALS THE HEART OF LONELY JOURNEYS

Sponsor: Health Communication

 

Facilitators:

Lynda Dixon, Bowling Green State University

 

Cheri Hampton-Farmer, Bowling Green State University

 

Felicia Sanders, Bowling Green State University

 

Chair: Nichole Egbert - Kent State University

 

As researchers in Health Communication, we seek to improve the interactions and communicative practices in health situations. Research conducted by these panel members asked research participants to collaborate in research by sharing ways in which quality of life for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s could be enhanced. The panel members will discuss and engage the audience in discussing the need for and recruiting strategies for sensitive health topics, methods of data collection to gain relevant information, and using findings to effect change.

#3401  Saturday 11:45-1:00-McShan A
STUDENTS VOICES IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Sponsor:  Health Communication

Chair:   Maria Brann, West Virginia University  

 

Participants:

“Multivocal Objectives for Reducing the Negative Effects of Hazardous Drinking in Collegiate Populations.” Matthew Thatcher, University of Iowa, Maureen Orwa, University of Iowa

 

“Generational Communication About Food Acculturation in New Americans.” Abby L. Gold, North Dakota State University

 

“Medical Fears: The Influences of Perceived Social Support, Physician Credibility, and Touch Avoidance on Various Patient Phobias.” Alan K. Goodboy, West Virginia  University

 

“At the Heart of a Good Death: Hospice Care Referrals.” Eileen S. Gilchrist, University of Oklahoma

 

Respondent:     Maria Brann, West Virginia University             

#3506  Saturday 1:15-2:30-Turner B

A CONVERSATION HONORING THE PERSONHOOD, MENTORSHIP, AND SCHOLARSHIP OF EVERETT M. ROGERS

Sponsor:  Health Communication

Chair:  Lance R. Lippert, Illinois State University

 

Participants:

William J. Brown, Regent University

 

Muhiuddin Haider, George Washington University

 

Gary L. Kreps, George Mason University

 

Pratibha Shukla, University of North Texas

 

Avinash Thombre, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

 

This panel will focus on the many contributions of Everett M. Rogers to communication. The participants will discuss Dr. Rogers’ work with development and social change through academic research and publications, consulting and training, and mentoring of graduate students. The panelists will particularly focus on their relationships and work with Dr. Rogers as well as the direction they see his scholarship and research heading. Anyone who knew Dr. Rogers or his work is welcome to join in this tribute.

#3601  Saturday 2:45-4:00-McShan A

BUILDING BETTER HEALTH MESSAGES:   AT THE HEART OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Sponsor:  Health Communication

Chair:   Jeff Kuznekoff, Illinois State University 

 

Participants:

“Thinking about Designing an Internet-Based Campaign to Educate Adolescents in Rural Areas about Sexually Related Knowledge.” Hung-yi Lu, University of Kentucky

 

“Dialogue and Culture:  Health Communication for the Marginalized.” Ambar Basu, Purdue  University, Mohan J. Dutta-Bergman, Purdue University

 

“Communicating Worldviews:  Interrelationships of Spirituality, Culture, and Health Behavior.” Nichole Egbert, Kent State University

 

“Messaging Model for Health Communication Campaigns:  Toward a Social Marketing Framework Grounded in Communication Theory and Research.” Ambar Basu, Purdue University, Marifran Mattson, Purdue University

 

Respondent:     Linda Dixon, Bowling Green State University

#3707  Saturday 4:15-5:15-Moten A

HCIG BUSINESS MEETING

#4001  Sunday 8:00-9:15-McShan A

CULTURE AND HEALTH:  NEGOTIATING THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL

Sponsor:  Health Communication

Chair:   Mohan Dutta-Bergman, Purdue University       

 

Participants:

“Culture in a Global Health Communication Framework.” Ambar Basu, Purdue University

“Performing Resistance to Neoliberal Public Health Programs:  Globalization, Culture, and the Promise of a New World.” Alexa Dare, University of Denver

 

“NGOs Against Drug Patents:  Reflections and Recommendations.” Rebecca de Souza, Purdue University

 

“Discourse and Health:  Towards an Understanding of Disease.” Jessica Elton, Purdue University

 

Respondent:  Mohan Dutta-Bergman, Purdue University