"Health Communication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The transfer of information from experts in the medical and public health fields to patients and the public. The study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions that enhance health.
| Descriptor ID |
D058015
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.143.350 N02.208
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Communication- Health Communication
- Communication, Health
- Communications, Health
- Health Communications
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Communication" by people in Profiles.
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Curtis V, Dreibelbis R, Sidibe M, Cardosi J, Sara J, Bonell C, Mwambuli K, Ghosh Moulik S, White S, Aunger R. How to set up government-led national hygiene communication campaigns to combat COVID-19: a strategic blueprint. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 08; 5(8).
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Clawson AH, Robinson LA, Berlin KS. Race, sex, and physician communication about tobacco as predictors of adolescent smoking trajectories in a primarily African American sample. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2020 Apr-Jun; 19(2):271-288.
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Byrd K, Dentz HN, Williams A, Kiprotich M, Pickering AJ, Omondi R, Kwena O, Rao G, Arnold CD, Arnold BF, Dewey KG, Colford JM, Null C, Stewart CP. A behaviour change intervention with lipid-based nutrient supplements had little impact on young child feeding indicators in rural Kenya. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 01; 15(1):e12660.
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Kim JN. Digital Networked Information Society and Public Health: Problems and Promises of Networked Health Communication of Lay Publics. Health Commun. 2018 01; 33(1):1-4.
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Richards AS, Banas JA, Magid Y. More on Inoculating Against Reactance to Persuasive Health Messages: The Paradox of Threat. Health Commun. 2017 07; 32(7):890-902.
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Gardner L, Leshner G. The Role of Narrative and Other-Referencing in Attenuating Psychological Reactance to Diabetes Self-Care Messages. Health Commun. 2016; 31(6):738-51.
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Richards AS, Banas JA. Inoculating against reactance to persuasive health messages. Health Commun. 2015; 30(5):451-60.
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Wong NC, Harvell LA, Harrison KJ. The unintended target: assessing nonsmokers' reactions to gain- and loss-framed antismoking public service announcements. J Health Commun. 2013; 18(12):1402-21.
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Hsieh E, Kramer EM. Medical interpreters as tools: dangers and challenges in the utilitarian approach to interpreters' roles and functions. Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Oct; 89(1):158-62.
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Wang LW, Miller MJ, Schmitt MR, Wen FK. Assessing readability formula differences with written health information materials: application, results, and recommendations. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2013 Sep-Oct; 9(5):503-16.