Reducing Health Disparities: Communication Interventions (Paperback)

Contents: Mohan J. Dutta/Gary L. Kreps: Reducing Health Disparities: Communication Interventions ? Ashley P. Duggan/Ylisabyth S. Bradshaw: Shifting Communication Challenges to Education and Reflective Practice: Communication to Reduce Disparities Toward Patients With Disabilities ? Elaine Hsieh: Health Literacy and Patient Empowerment: The Role of Medical Interpreters in Bilingual Health Communication ? Melinda R. Weathers/Gina Castle Bell: Assessing Health Disparities Through Communication Competence, Social Support, and Coping Among Hispanic Lay Caregivers for Loved Ones With Alzheimer’s Disease ? Christina Jones/Mohan J. Dutta: Culture-Centered Constructions Among Health Providers in Rural Indiana: Setting Agendas for Interventions ? Tamar Ginossar: Promoting Women Leadership as a Strategy for Reducing Health and Digital Disparities in Latino/a Immigrant Communities ? Patrick J. Dillon/Ambar Basu: Preventing HIV/AIDS Through a Culture-Centered Health Campaign: The Sonagachi HIV/AIDS Intervention Program ? Nurit Guttman/Anat Jaffe/Seffefe Aycheh: Challenges and Dilemmas in Developing Health Communication Programs for Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel: The Tene Briut Health Promotion Organization ? Elisia L. Cohen/Robin C. Vanderpool/Rick Crosby/Seth M. Noar/Wallace Bates/Tom Collins/Katharine J. Head/Margaret McGladrey/Baretta Casey: 1-2-3 Pap: A Campaign to Prevent Cervical Cancer in Eastern Kentucky ? Torill Bull/Maurice B. Mittelmark/Peter Sanbian Gmatieyindu: Vulnerable Old Women of Northern Ghana at Risk of Being Ostracized for Witchcraft: How Wise Village Leadership Brings Them Back From the Brink ? Robin Kelly/Al Hannans/Gary L. Kreps: A Case Study of the Community Liaison Pilot Program: A Culturally Oriented, Participatory Pilot Health Education and Communication Program to Decrease Disparities in Minority HIV Vaccine Trial Participation ? Gary L. Kreps/Melinda M. Villagran/Janey Trowbridge/Paula Baldwin/Yolanda Barbier/Amy Chang/Jung-mi Jun/Megan Tucker/Autumn Saxton-Ross/Sieglinde Friedman: Evaluation of the Influence of an Urban Community Park Revitalization on African American Youth Physical Activity ? Muhiuddin Haider/Nicole I. Wanty: Reducing Health Disparities Using Health-Communication Interventions and Community Engagement ? Deborah S. Ballard-Reisch/Rick McNary/Pamela O'Neal/Ashley Archiopoli/Bobby Rozzell/Melissa Granville/Alyssa Ballard-Reisch: Numana Feeds Haiti: A Case Study of a Grassroots, Community-Based Social Movement to ≪Save the Starving≫ ? Elisia L. Cohen/Charlene A. Caburnay/Jon Stemmle/Maria Len-Rios/Tim Poor/Barbara Powe/Susie Rath/Erin Robinson/Katharine Semenkovich/Glen T. Cameron/Douglas A. Luke/Matthew W. Kreuter: The Ozioma News Service: Targeting Cancer Communication to African American Communities ? Kathryn Greene/Smita C. Banerjee: Reducing Smoking Disparities for Hispanic Adolescents: Empowerment Through Media Literacy ? Sarah Diamond/Leslie Snyder/Jean J. Schensul: Preventing Substance Use Among Multiethnic Urban Teens Using Education Entertainment, Social Marketing, and Peer Content ? Ann Neville Miller/Julie Gathoni Muraya/Ann Muthoni-Thuo/Leonard Mjomba: The Importance of Formative Research in Mass-Media Campaigns Addressing Health Disparities: Two Kenyan Case Studies ? David B. Buller/W. Gill Woodall: 5 a Day, the Rio Grande Way: Internet Intervention and Health Inequities in the Upper Rio Grande Valley ? Kevin B. Wright: Comprehensive Care Center and Computer-Mediated Support Group Approaches to Targeting Health Disparities: Two Case Studies ? Fiona McTavish/Helene McDowell/David Gustafson: How e-Health Systems Can Help the Medically Underserved ? Rebecca de Souza: The Business of Doing Interventions: A