Background Responses from the H1N1 swine flu pandemic and the recent COVID-19
coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for insight into the role of health authorities' …

Background Many people deny science and reject health recommendations despite widely
distributed facts and statistics. Didactic science and health communication is often dry, and …

With the development of mobile internet, Chinese farmers have started to access diversified
information through social media, on one hand, based on breadth of information. On the …

Background Individual behaviour changes, such as hand hygiene and physical distancing,
are required on a population scale to reduce transmission of infectious diseases such as …

Stories are known to be powerful persuasive devices. Stories can capture attention, evoke
emotion, and entrance listeners in a manner that reduces resistance to a message. Given …

This study used a 2× 2 experimental design to explore the effects of message type (non-
narrative vs. narrative information) and social media metrics (high vs. low numbers of plays) …

This study is a meta-analysis of primary studies that make a direct comparison between
narrative and statistical evidence in both health-and non-health-related communication …

Public forgiveness in tourism crisis communication is conducive to improving destination
reputation, although this connection has been ignored. To fill this research gap, this study …

Objective: To assess gaps and barriers to effective health communication during epidemics,
pandemics, and mass health emergencies. Methods: A systematic literature review was …

Objectives Low public support impedes widespread adoption of harm reduction services in
the US There are growing efforts to implement integrated programs offering harm reduction …