Reducing Health Disparities

Contents: Mohan J. Dutta/Gary L. Kreps: Reducing Health Disparities: Communication Interventions - Ashley P. Duggan/Ylisabyth S. Bradshaw: Shifting Communication Challenges to Education and Reflective Practice: Communication to Reduce Disparities Toward Patients With Disabilities - Elaine Hsieh: Health Literacy and Patient Empowerment: The Role of Medical Interpreters in Bilingual Health Communication - Melinda R. Weathers/Gina Castle Bell: Assessing Health Disparities Through Communication Competence, Social Support, and Coping Among Hispanic Lay Caregivers for Loved Ones With Alzheimer's Disease - Christina Jones/Mohan J. Dutta: Culture-Centered Constructions Among Health Providers in Rural Indiana: Setting Agendas for Interventions - Tamar Ginossar: Promoting Women Leadership as a Strategy for Reducing Health and Digital Disparities in Latino/a Immigrant Communities - Patrick J. Dillon/Ambar Basu: Preventing HIV/AIDS Through a Culture-Centered Health Campaign: The Sonagachi HIV/AIDS Intervention Program - Nurit Guttman/Anat Jaffe/Seffefe Aycheh: Challenges and Dilemmas in Developing Health Communication Programs for Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel: The Tene Briut Health Promotion Organization - Elisia L. Cohen/Robin C. Vanderpool/Rick Crosby/Seth M. Noar/Wallace Bates/Tom Collins/Katharine J. Head/Margaret McGladrey/Baretta Casey: 1-2-3 Pap: A Campaign to Prevent Cervical Cancer in Eastern Kentucky - Torill Bull/Maurice B. Mittelmark/Peter Sanbian Gmatieyindu: Vulnerable Old Women of Northern Ghana at Risk of Being Ostracized for Witchcraft: How Wise Village Leadership Brings Them Back From the Brink - Robin Kelly/Al Hannans/Gary L. Kreps: A Case Study of the Community Liaison Pilot Program: A Culturally Oriented, Participatory Pilot Health Education and Communication Program to Decrease Disparities in Minority HIV Vaccine Trial Participation - Gary L. Kreps/Melinda M. Villagran/Janey Trowbridge/Paula Baldwin/Yolanda Barbier/Amy Chang/Jung-mi Jun/Megan

Mohan J. Dutta (PhD, University of Minnesota) is Professor and Head of the Department of Communications and New Media and Founding Director of the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research Evaluation at the National University of Singapore. He has been awarded the Lewis Donohew Award for research excellence in health communication and the University Scholar Award for research productivity from Purdue University.
Gary L. Kreps (PhD, University of Southern California) is a University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at George Mason University where he directs the Center for Health and Risk Communication. His research, reported in more than 350 books and articles, has received broad recognition, including the ICA/NCA Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award and the ECA Centennial Health Communication Scholar Award.