Name: Effective Health Risk Messages By Kim Witte
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Effective Health Risk Messages: A Step-By-Step Guide by Kim Witte

Winner of the Distinguished Book Award by the Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2001

Effective Health Risk Messages provides step-by-step instructions for developing theoretically based campaigns that work. Readers will learn about message development theories, formative and summative evaluation, and even basic research designs for evaluating your campaign. Worksheets are provided at the end of each chapter to provide readers with hands-on, practical experiences in developing effective health risk messages. This book is suitable for practitioners, researchers, and students alike, and can act as a stand-alone text or supplementary text for persuasion, public health, advertising, and marketing classes.

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While library shelves are spilling over with books and manuals on designing effective campaign messages, few are as theoretically grounded and user friendly (a rare combination) as Effective Health Risk Messages: A Step-by-Step Guide... -- Arvind Singhal * Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives *

1. What Are Health Risk Messages? Health Risk Messages Defined What's a Theory? The Components of a Fear Appeal Explicit versus Implicit Messages The Use of Culturally Based Colloquialisms Types of Threats Summary 2. History of Health Risk Messages: Fear Appeal Theories from 1953 to 1991 Fear-as-Acquired Drive Model The Parallel Process Model Protection Motivation Theory Summary Definitions 3. Putting It All Together The Overall Model The Depiction of the Model Comparisons with Other Models Research on the EPPM 4. Useful Concepts from Other Theories The Health Belief Model The Theory of Reasoned Action Social-Cognitive Theory Elaboration Likelihood Model Stages of Change Model Social Marketing Summary 5. Starting Out the Right Way: Formative Research Setting Goals and Objectives: The Campaign Plan Formative Research The Persuasive Health Message (PHM) Framework Putting Transients and Constants Together Gathering Information for the Persuasive Health Message Framework Categorizing Audience Beliefs: A Chart to Guide Message Development Conclusion 6. The Risk Behavior Diagnosis Scale The Origin of the RBD Scale Theoretical Basis for Expanding the EPPM The RBD Scale Tailored Health Risk Messages Some Additional Guidelines Conclusion 7. Out of the Tower and Into the Field Using the RBD at a Campus Health Clinic: Background Conclusion 8. Data Collection Types of Evaluation Gathering Data for the Evaluation Data Collection Methods Reliability and Validity Sample Size Summary 9. Data Analysis Analyzing Data Conclusion 10. Getting the Message Out A Plan of Action Message of Dissemination Issues Specific Channels Summary Conclusion Appendix Glossary Worksheets References Suggested Readings Index About the Authors

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CIN0761915095G

ISBN 13

9780761915096

ISBN 10

0761915095

Title

Effective Health Risk Messages: A Step-By-Step Guide by Kim Witte

Author

Kim Witte

Condition

Used - Good

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Paperback

Publisher

SAGE Publications Inc

Year published

2001-06-22

Number of pages

224

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