Health Communication, Language, and Social Action across the Life Span (Paperback, 1st)

List of Figures ? List of Tables ? Editor Information ? About the Contributors ? Jon F. Nussbaum: Introduction: Health Communication, Language, and Social Action across the Life Span ? Margaret Jane Pitts: Positive Communication as Social Action: Compassion and Communication Savoring ? Jake Harwood/R. Amanda Cooper: Humanization as Positive Communication: (De)Humanization, Personhood, and Dementia ? Julien C. Mirivel/Bailey M. Oliver-Blackburn: How Positive Communication Creates Peak Communication Moments: A Qualitative Study of Adults’ Peak Experiences ? Carla L. Fisher: Interpersonal Communication as Central to Health across the Lifespan: A Family- Centered Approach to Psychosocial Oncology Care ? Kevin B. Wright/Mollie R. Canzona: Influence of Topic Avoidance, Willingness to Communicate about Health, and Social Support on Health Issues across the Life Span: Theoretical Underpinnings and Two Applied Studies ? Gemme Campbell-Salome: Family Health Legacies: Inherited Familial Health Risks and Patterns of Communication ? Craig Fowler: Word by Word, Not Brick by Brick: Building Spaces for Successful Aging through Social Interaction and Communication ? Patricia E. Gettings: Comparing Baby Boomer Women’s and Men’s Sensemaking about the Transition to Retirement ? Lindsey B. Anderson/Victoria McDermott: The Portrayal of Aging Spaces from a Public Relations Perspective ? Janice L. Krieger/Aantaki Raisa: Communication, Community, and Co- design: Using Precision Messages to Enhance Health Equity ? Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly/Kazi Haneeya Wahed: Rooted in "Places and Spaces": Sensemaking about Identity, Culture, and Health in the Rural Midwest ? Amber K. Worthington/Britteny M. Howell/Dale M. Golden/Allex Mahanna: Creating a Student- Led Healthy Aging Program for Diverse Older Adults in Alaska ? Rosellen M. Rosich/Steven J. Harris/Maria C. Crouch: An Alaska Native Integrated Lifecycle, Ecological, and Cultural Approach to Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease, Caregiving, and Social Determinants of Health ? Tzu-Chiao Chen/Sara L. Buckingham/Shannon Kuhn/Amana Mbise/Nyabony Gat/Sofia Sytniak: Culturally Informed Health Promotion Campaigns in Alaska: Findings from "Untapped Talents" ? Mary Lee Hummert: Epilogue: A Road Map for Health Communication Research That Makes a Difference ? Index.