Health Communication Science Digest | Gateway to Health Communication | CDC

Health Communication Science Digest | Gateway to Health Communication | CDC

Health Communication Science Digest - June 2020 (VOL. 11, ISSUE 6e)

COVID-19 Journals continue to publish coronavirus-related communication research. Included in this Digest are papers involving designing globally scalable prevention animation (Adam et al.), an assessment of internet information searches triggered by news of local cases (Bento et al.), and how health-related behaviors coevolve with social connections for sharing health information and discussing concerns (Lim and Nakazato). Three articles assess trends over social media, including two studies of Google use (Hu et al.; Jacobson et al.). Lwin et al. provide an analysis of global Twitter trends.

Message Design This month, the Digest contains multiple articles that examine various aspects of message design. Two articles examine different aspects of message framing (Jun et al., Park et al.). In addition, Schulz and Hartung test the Protection Motivation Theory under a different context, Lazard et al. investigate the use of design cues for accessing readers’ heuristics, and Rohde et al. offer suggestions for e-cigarette warning messages. Finally, Scherr et al. present a framework for pilot testing video narratives.

	Health Information Seeking This month’s Digest also includes three manuscripts that focus on health information seeking. Bach and Wenz discuss health-related internet and mobile device use, while Freeman et al. examine the role of trust in adolescents seeking online health information. The influence of social capital in health-information seeking is the subject of another paper (Lee et al.).

And More! A few other topics round out this month’s Digest. Campbell and Rudan author two separate articles on public engagement. In other articles, Hayashi et al. assess interpersonal diffusion of health information, Fazeli et al. address the relationship between health literacy and missed HIV clinic visits, and Henderson et al. report on a social marketing campaign that addresses mental health stigma. Finally, an article reports on the decade-long evolution of social media posts on the HPV vaccine (Luisi), while another presents the results from a systematic review of the use among adults of health-related smart phone apps (Szinay et al.).