Health Communication Research

Patient Education and CounselingPublished 1 January 1997

Pauliiana Aarva, Willy de Haes, Adriaan Visser

DOI10.1016/s0738-3991(96)00975-5

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Citations63

SJR quartileQ1

SJR score1.24

SNIP1.37

TL;DR

This special issue on health communication research presents nine studies on the effectiveness of health education and promotion, consumer awareness of health mass media campaigns, health counseling by primary health care personnel, cues to action in the process of changing lifestyle, perception of anti-smoking advertisement and reactions facing threat of nuclear accidents.

Abstract

In this special issue on health communication research, nine studies are presented on the following subjects: effectiveness of health education and promotion, an instrument for reviewing the effectiveness of health education and promotion, consumer awareness of health mass media campaigns, health counseling by primary health care personnel, cues to action in the process of changing lifestyle, perception of anti-smoking advertisement, reactions facing threat of nuclear accidents, the role of medical journalists, and the results of a multi-media course on urinary incontinency. The main focus is an effectiveness analysis, audiences studies and communication analysis in the broad field of health communication research. Several methodological issues are raised. Applications in the field of clinical health promotion, and patient education and counseling are stressed.

Keywords

Psychology

Patient Education and CounselingEffectiveness of health education and health promotion: meta-analyses of effect studies and determinants of effectiveness

166 Citations1997Gerjo Kok, H.W. van den Borne +1 more

The potential effectiveness of interventions in practice may be increased by systematic development of adoption and implementation strategies, including the creation of 'linkage systems' between intervention developers and representatives of the target and user systems.

Patient Education and CounselingCues to action in the process of chaning lifestyle

64 Citations1997Lucette Kirsten Meillier, Anker Brink Lund +1 more

This research has been carried out in order to evaluate cues to action in health behavior among 40-year-old men and finds that experiences and social influence due to the health behavior in question seem to initiate changes in confidence, attitude and thereby motivation to change.

Patient Education and CounselingThe process and methods of health counseling by primary health care personnel in Finland: a national survey

29 Citations1997Jukka Laitakari, Seppo Miilunpalo +1 more

A need for further in-service education for Finnish health center professionals on health education methods as well as a need for the restructuring of the care system to allow better opportunities for the full realization of the process of health counseling.

Patient Education and CounselingAlly, advocate, analyst, agenda-setter? Positions and perceptions of Swedish medical journalists

17 Citations1997David Finer, Göran Tomson +1 more

In a survey of 110 Swedish medical journalists about medicinal drugs, risk perceptions and professional concerns, fact-giving, stimulating, and critical functions were rated as the most important journalist role attributes, followed by advocacy of patient interests and of public health goals.

Patient Education and CounselingEffects of a multi-media course on urinary incontinence

17 Citations1997Aukjen H. Niewijk, Wies Weijts

Teleac, a Dutch broadcasting company for adult education, has offered people who suffer from urinary incontinence 'a training therapy' on a distance that consists of exercise of the lower pelvic muscles, bladder training, relaxation exercises, and advice on posture.

Patient Education and CounselingAn instrument for reviewing the effectiveness of health education and health promotion

17 Citations1997Wilma G. van Driel, Jolanda Keijsers

The Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, in cooperation with TNO Prevention and Health, has developed a review instrument which enables a standardized analysis of health education/health promotion effect studies to be conducted.

Patient Education and CounselingFinnish reactions facing the threat of nuclear accidents in Russian nuclear power plants

11 Citations1997Liisa Eränen

This study examined the reactions of Finnish people to an incident at a Russian nuclear power plant and found that most people did not take any protective activities.

Patient Education and CounselingHow to measure consumer awareness of mass-media campaigns for public health purposes

6 Citations1997Mette Peetz-Schou

The purpose of the paper is to open a discussion of how to measure awareness based on practical experience rather than describing how it ought to be done based on the literature.