Designing Health Messages: Approaches from Communication Theory and Public Health Practice

Abstract

PART ONE: THEORY-DRIVEN APPROACHES TO HEALTH MESSAGE DESIGN Motivation to Attend to Health Messages - Roxanne Louiselle Parrott Presentation of Content and Linguistic Considerations Encouraging Risk Reduction - David R Holtgrave, Barbara J Tinsley and Linda S Kay A Decision-Making Approach to Message Design Moving People to Behavior Change - Edward W Maibach and David Cotton A Staged Social Cognitive Approach to Message Design Fear Appeals in Health Promotion Campaigns - Jerold L Hale and James Price Dillard Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right? Thinking Positively - Jennifer L Monahan Using Positive Affect When Designing Health Messages Designing Messages for Behavioral Inoculation - Michael Pfau Reaching Young Audiences - Erica Weintraub Austin Developmental Considerations in Designing Health Messages Fishing for Success - Kim Witte Using the Persuasive Health Message Framework to Generate Effective Campaign Messages PART TWO: AUDIENCE-CENTERED STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH MESSAGE DESIGN Using Research to Inform Campaign Development and Message Design - Glen J Nowak and Michael J Siska Examples from the `American Responds to AIDS' Campaign Choosing Audience Segmentation Strategies and Methods for Health Communication - Michael D Slater The Gatekeeping Process - John McGrath The Right Combinations to Unlock the Gates Use of Database Marketing and Consumer-Based Health Communication in Message Design - R Craig Lefebvre et al An Example From the Office of Cancer Communication's `5 a Day for Better Health' Program PART THREE: COMBINING THEORY AND PRACTICE: ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS Supplementing Health Campaign Messages - Sharon Lee Hammond Recent Developments in Informing Patients about Their Prescription Drugs Enabling Health - Roxanne Louiselle Parrott, Mary Louise Kahl and Edward W Maibach Policy and Administrative Practices at a Crossroads