Weight stigma and obesity‐related policies: a systematic review of the state of the literature

B Hill, H Bergmeier, AC Incollingo Rodriguez… - Obesity …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Weight stigma is an important issue colliding with obesity‐related policies; both have
population health and social impacts. Our aim was to conduct a systematic review of the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of communicating health disparities using social comparison framing: A comprehensive review

J Liu, J Niederdeppe - Social Science & Medicine, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Communicating health disparities in mass and social media has typically taken the form of
comparing disease risks and outcomes between two or more social groups, a strategy …

Comparison conditions in research on persuasive message effects: Aligning evidence and claims about persuasiveness

DJ O'Keefe - Communication Methods and Measures, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
In persuasion message effects research, two kinds of research design are common. One
compares the persuasiveness of two different advocacy messages on the same topic. The …

You mad? Using anger appeals to promote activism intentions and policy support in the context of sugary drink marketing to kids

C Skurka - Health Communication, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
One proposed solution to address childhood obesity is to limit children's exposure to
advertising for sugar-sweetened beverages. Might persuasive appeals be able to channel …

Effectively communicating about HIV and other health disparities: findings from a literature review and future directions

S Peinado, K Treiman, JD Uhrig, JC Taylor… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Despite significant progress in the prevention and treatment of HIV, disparities in rates of
infection remain among key groups in the United States, including blacks and African …

Dialogue on difference: Fat liberation in communication

ED Basinger, A Arroyo, MB Asbury, R Fox… - Communication …, 2025‏ - Taylor & Francis
Anti-fatness dominates scholarly and interpersonal conversations about bodies, including
those in the Communication discipline. In this Dialogue on Difference, a panel of scholars …

Who is Willing to Learn About Inequality? Predictors of Choice Exposure to Messaging About Racial Disparities in Air Pollution Effects Among Black and White US …

CLC Troy, C Skurka, HH Joo… - Health …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Widespread public awareness is needed to address health disparities and push for effective
and equitable solutions. However, in a high choice media environment, this can only be …

[PDF][PDF] Strategic Communication at the Intersection of Health, the Environment, and Inequality: The Case of Public Messaging from the Environmental Defense Fund

C Skurka, C Troy, H Joo, R Romero-Canyas‏ - instituteforpr.org
In the US, air pollution has the most adverse health impacts on Black communities. As a
result, environmental advocacy groups like the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have …

A content analysis of newspaper coverage of maternal mortality from 2010-2019

A Delaney, GN Singleton - Communication Research Reports, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Pregnancy-related death, the death of a woman during or within one year after pregnancy, is
between three and four times more likely to occur in Black women than White women. To …

[HTML][HTML] PRJ Vol. 17 Issue 3 Article 7

C Skurka, C Troy, H Joo, R Romero-Canyas‏ - instituteforpr.org
In the US, air pollution has the most adverse health impacts on Black communities. As a
result, environmental advocacy groups like the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have …