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Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Population & Family Health Science
Department of Health Behavior & Society
Department of International Health


Overview

The Health Communication program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH) trains students in the research, practice, and policy dimensions of strategic health communication in both US domestic and international contexts. Interdisciplinary masters and doctoral studies focus on communication around a wide range of topics including: family planning, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, mother and child health, infectious disease prevention, hygiene and environmental health, and other family health issues and related behaviors.  Research and instruction examine a wide range of communication channels (interpersonal communication, community mobilization, and mass and interactive media) and levels of analysis (policy level, service delivery systems, communities, families and individuals). Special emphasis is given to population-based projects and campaigns. The world is the laboratory, with opportunities to apply theories and methods to health communication programs worldwide and through several internationally recognized Centers and Institutes, including the Center for Communication Programs.

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Principal Faculty in the Interdepartmental Health Communication Program

Jane T. Bertrand
PhD Univ of Chicago (Reproductive health, program evaluation)

Dina Borzekowski
EdD Harvard (Children, media & health, interactive media)

Mark Boulay
PhD Johns Hopkins (Communication campaigns, social networks)

Andrea Gielen
ScD Johns Hopkins (Health education, injury prevention, domestic violence)

D. Lawrence Kincaid
PhD Michigan State (Convergence, social influence, methodology)

Carl A. Latkin
PhD Johns Hopkins (Social networks, AIDS prevention)

Rajiv N. Rimal
PhD Stanford (Social influence, persuasion) 

Debra Roter
DrPH Johns Hopkins (Doctor-patient communication, genetic counseling)

Katherine Clegg Smith
PhD Univ of Nottingham (Media advocacy, agenda setting, qualitative methods)

J. Douglas Storey
PhD Stanford (Campaign theory & design, narrative communication)

Carol Underwood
PhD Johns Hopkins (Sociology & health, gender)

Lawrence Wissow
MD Duke (Doctor-patient communication, mental health, child health) 

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Core Courses
(Descriptions at http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/courses/)
 

o       Contemporary Issues in Health Communication

o       Introduction to Persuasive Communication: Theories & Practice

o       Children, Media & Health

o       Health Communication Programs I & II

o       Fundamentals of Program Evaluation

o       Research Seminar in Health Communication

o       Concepts in Qualitative Research for Social & Behavioral Sciences

o       Communication Network Analysis in Public Health Programs

o       Graduate Seminar in Health Communication

o       Applied Experience in Health Communication

o       Advanced Data Analysis for Program Evaluation I & II (New-no syllabus yet)

 

Selected electives

o       Social & Behavioral Aspects of Public Health

o       Fundamentals of Health Education and Health Promotion

o       Introduction to Genetic Counseling

o       Psychosocial Factors in Health & Illness

o       Interpersonal Influence in Medical Care

o       Foundations of Behavior Change Interventions in Developing Countries

o       History of International Health & Development

o       Health Information Systems

o       Food, Culture & Nutrition

o       Mass Media for Health Promotion in Native Communities

o       Seminar in Health & Human Rights

o       Introduction to Health Policy

o       Issues in Health Advocacy

o       Role of Government in Health Policy

o       Informatics in Public Health

o       Health Across the Life Span: Frameworks, Contexts & Measurements

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Summary of Department Research Completed or in Process

Abdel-Tawab, N., Roter DL. (2002). The relevance of client-centered communication to family planning settings in developing countries: lessons from the Egyptian experience. Social Science & Medicine. 54: 1347-1368.

Bertrand J. (2004). Diffusion of Innovations and HIV/AIDS. Journal of Health Communication. 9: 1-9.

Bertrand, Jane T., Sandra Guerra de Salazar, Lidia Mazariegos, Ventura Salanic, Janet Rice, and Christine Kolars Sow. (1999). "Promoting Birth Spacing among the Maya-Quiché of Guatemala." International Family Planning Perspectives. 25(4):161-67.

Borzekowski DG, Robinson TN.  (2005). The remote, the mouse, and the #2 pencil: Media and academic achievement among 3rd grade students. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 159: 607-613.

Borzekowski, Dina L.G., Rickert, Vaughn I. (2001). Adolescent cybersurfing for health information: A new resource that crosses barriers. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 155: 813-817.

Borzekowski, DG, Rickert, VI. (2001). Adolescents, the Internet, and Health: Issues of Access and Content. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 22: 49-59.

Borzekowski DG, Robinson TN.  (2001).  The 30-second effect: An experiment revealing the impact of television commercials on food preferences of preschoolers.  Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 101: 42-46.

Boulay M, Storey JD, Sood S. (2002). Indirect Exposure to a Family Planning Mass Media Campaign in Nepal. Journal of Health Communication, 7(5): 379-399.

Boulay M, Valente TW. (In Press). The Selection of Family Planning Discussion Partners in Nepal. Journal of Health Communication.

Boulay M, Valente TW. (1999). The Relationship of Social Affiliation and Interpersonal Discussion to Family Planning Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice. International Family Planning Perspectives, 25(3): 112-118, 138.

Gunther AC, Storey JD. (2003). The Influence of Presumed Influence. Journal of Communication, 53(2): 199-215.

Hall JA, Horgan TG, Stein TS, Roter DL. (2002). Liking in the Physician-Patient Relationship. Patient Education and Counseling, 48: 69-77.

Hall JA, Roter DL. (2002). Do patients talk differently to male and female physicians? A meta-analytic review. Patient Education and Counseling, 48: 217-224.

Jacobson T, Storey JD. (2004). Development Communication and Participation: Applying Habermas to a Case Study of Population Programs in Nepal. Communication Theory, 14(2): 99-121.

Kincaid DL. (2004). From innovation to social norms: Bounded Normative Influence. Journal of Health Communication, 9(Suppl 1): 37-57.

Kincaid DL. (2002). Drama, emotion and cultural convergence. Communication Theory, 12(2): 136-52.

Kincaid DL, Do MP. (In Press). Impact of an Entertainment-Education Television Drama on Health Knowledge and Behavior in Bangladesh: An Application of Propensity Score Matching. Journal of Health Communication.

Kincaid DL. (2000). Mass media, ideation, and behavior: a longitudinal analysis of contraceptive change in the Philippines. Communication Research, 27(6): 723-63.

Kincaid DL. (2000). Social networks, ideation, and contraceptive behavior in Bangladesh: a longitudinal analysis. Social Science & Medicine . 50(2): 215-31.

Lapinski M, Rimal RN. (In Press). An explication of social norms. Communication Theory.

McQuestion, M, Storey, JD, & Schoemaker, J. (In review). Modeling endogenous social effects on contraceptive use in Indonesia. Demography.

Murray-Johnson L., Witte K., Boulay M, Figueroa ME, Storey JD & Tweedie I. (2002). "Using health education theories to explain behavior change: A cross-country analysis." International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 20, 323-345.

Rimal RN, Lapinski M, Cook R, Real K. (in Press). Moving toward a theory of normative influences: How perceived benefits and similarity moderate the impact of descriptive norms on behaviors. Journal of Health Communication.

Rimal RN, Morrison D. (In Press). A uniqueness to personal threat (UPT) hypothesis: How Similarity Affects Perceptions of Susceptibility and Severity in Risk Assessment. Health Communication.

Rimal RN, Real K. (In Press). How behaviors are influenced by perceived norms: A test of the theory of normative social behavior. Communication Research.

Roter DL, Larson S. (2002). The Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS): Utility and Flexibility for Analysis of Medical Interactions. Patient Education and Counseling, 46;243-251.

Roter D. (2002). Three blind men and an elephant: Reflections on meeting the challenges of patient diversity in primary care practice. Family Medicine, 34 (5): 390-394.

Roter DL, Hall JA, Aoki Y. (2002). Physician gender effects in medical communication: A meta-analytic review. Journal of the American Medical Association, 288:756-764.

Sala F, Krupat E, Roter D. (2002). Satisfaction and the use of humor by physicians and patients. Psychology and Health, 17 (3), 269-280.

Santiso-Galvez R, Bertrand J. (2004). The Delayed Contraceptive Revolution in Guatemala. Human Organization, 63(1): 57-67.

Smith K, Wakefield M. (In Press) Newspaper coverage of youth and tobacco: implications for public health. Health Communication.

Smith K, Wakefield M. (2005) Textual analysis of Tobacco Editorials: How are key media gatekeepers framing the issues? American Journal of Health Promotion, 19(5): 361-368.

Smith K, Durrant R, Wakefield M, Terry-McElrath Y. (2005) ‘Media Advocacy in the Global Tobacco Environment: A comparative analysis of one year’s press coverage of tobacco issues in the U.S. and Australia.’ Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 7(2): 289-300.

Smith K, Wakefield M, Nichter M (2003) Press coverage of public expenditure of Master Settlement Agreement funds: how are non-tobacco control expenditures represented? Tobacco Control, 12: 257 – 263.

Schoemaker J, Storey JD. (In Press). Effects of expanding satellite television broadcasting on health communication campaigns: the case of Jordan. Journal of Communication for Development & Social Change.

Storey JD, Kenney L (In Review). Cross-cultural perceptions of community leadership and participation in health improvement efforts in Indonesia. Journal of Health Communication.

Storey JD. (2002). “A Discursive Perspective on Development Theory and Practice: Reconceptualizing the Role of Donor Agencies,” in K.G. Wilkins (Ed.). Redeveloping Communication for Social Change, New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 103-118.

Storey JD, Boulay M, Karki Y, Heckert K, Karmacharya DM. (1999). “Impact of the Integrated Radio Communication Project in Nepal, 1994-1997.” Journal of Health Communication, 4, 271-294.

Storey JD. (1999). ”Popular Culture, Discourse, and Development: Rethinking Entertainment-Education from a Participatory Perspective,” in T. Jacobson and J. Servaes (Eds.). Theoretical Approaches to Participatory Communication. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, pp. 337-358.

Storey JD, Jacobson T. (2004). "Entertainment Education and Participation: Applying Habermas to a Case Study of a Population Program in Nepal", in Cody, M., Singhal, A., Sabido, M. & Rogers, E. (Eds.), Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research, and Practice, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 417-434.

Stover J, Bertrand JT, Shelton J. (2000). "Empirically-based Factors for Calculating Couple-Years of Protection," Evaluation Review, 24(1):3-46.

Terry-McElrath Y, Wakefield M, Ruel E, Balch G, Emery S, Szczypka G, Clegg Smith K, Flay B. (In Press) The Effect of Anti-Smoking Advertisement Executional Characteristics on Youth Comprehension, Appraisal, Recall and Engagement. Journal of Health Communication.

Toffolon-Weiss M, Bertrand JT, Terrell SS. (1999). "The Results Framework - An Innovative Tool for Program Planning and Evaluation." Evaluation Review, 23(3):336-359.

Underwood CR, Hachond H, Serlemitsos E, Bharath U. (In press). Reducing the risk of HIV transmission among adolescents in Zambia: Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of viewing a risk-reduction media campaign. Journal of Adolescent Health.

Underwood CR. (2000). Islamic Precepts and Family Planning: The Perceptions Of Jordanian Religious Leaders and Their Constituents. International Family Planning Perspectives, 26(3): 110-7, 136.

Wakefield M, Balch G, Terry-McElrath Y, Szczypka G, Emery S, Flay B, Clegg Smith K. (In Press) Youth Responses to Anti-Smoking Advertisements from Tobacco Control Agencies, Tobacco Companies and Pharmaceutical Companies. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Wissow LS, Roter D, Larson S, Wang MC, Hwang WT, Johnson R (2002). Mechanisms behind the failure of longitudinal primary care to promote disclosure and discussion of psychosocial issues. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescence, 156(7): 685-692.

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For more information, please contact:

Dr. Dina Borzekowski
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dept of Population & Family Health Science
615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
E-Mail:  dborzeko@jhsph.edu
Phone: (410) 502-8977
Fax:  (410)
410-955-2303

Websites

Johns Hopkins University  http://www.jhu.edu/
Bloomberg School of Public Health  http://www.jhsph.edu/
Department of Population & Family Health Science  http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/PFHS/
Department of Health Behavior & Society  http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/BH/
Department of International Health  http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/
Center for Communication Programs (http://www.jhuccp.org)
 

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