Public Health

A Place at the Table: A Communication Model for Addressing Food Insecurity

Highlights a Raleigh, NC nonprofit with a pay-what-you-can model cafe that is addressing local food insecurity. Examines the power of fostering a sense of community and dignity to build a more equitable community at the grassroots level.

Puppets, Vaccines, and Public Health: Harnessing Theater to Combat Misinformation in Albania

Explores how creative arts (like puppetry) can be used to convey critical health messages, particularly young audiences. Offers valuable guidance for communicators seeking to develop innovative strategies for advancing public health goals.

It’s Good for Me: The Role of Moral Development in Health Advertising Effectiveness

Learn how moral development plays a role in designing effective health messages, emphasizing societal values and principles for adolescents.

Conversing or Diffusing Information: An Examination of Public Health Twitter Chats

Analyze the dialogic engagement in CDC-hosted public health Twitter chats and the implications for using social media in public interest communications.

More Than a “Bad Apple”: Applying an Ethics of Care Perspective to a Collective Crisis

Uncover how an ethics of care approach can reshape organizational responses in cases of abuse, as seen in the Larry Nassar case.

Impression Management After Image-Threatening Events: A Case Study of JUUL’s Online Messaging

Discover how JUUL used impression management to reshape their image amidst the youth e-cigarette epidemic through website and Twitter content analysis.

Electronic Cigarette Companies’ Twitter Messages: Public Interest (Mis)communication

Examine e-cigarette companies' message strategies on Twitter and their engagement with potential customers in light of new FDA regulations on sales and distribution.

Calling Doctor Google? Technology Adoption and Health Information Seeking among Low-income African-American Older Adults

Explore the complex relationship between technology adoption, health information seeking, and the unique challenges faced by low-income African American older adults.