Specialized Communication Research

 

Climate Change Communication

Guston, D. H. (2001). Boundary organizations in environmental policy and science: An introduction. Science, Technology & Human Values, 26(4), pp. 399-408. 

Lindenfeld, L.A., Hall, D., McGreavy, B., Silka, L., & Hart, D. (2012). Creating a place for communication research in sustainability science. Environmental Communication, 6(1), pp. 23-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2011.640702

McGreavy, B., Gottschalk Druschke, C., Sprain, L., Thompson, J. L., & Lindenfeld, L.A., (2016). Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 15(3), pp. 261-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2016.1181018

Noblet, C., Lindenfeld, L. & Anderson, M.W. (2013). Environmental worldviews: A point of common contact, or barrier? Sustainability, 5(11), pp. 4825-4842. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5114825

Smith, H.M. & Lindenfeld, L.A. (2014). Integrating media studies of climate change into transdisciplinary research. Which direction should we be heading? Environmental Communication, 8(2), pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2014.906479

Suldovsky, B., McGreavy, B. & Lindenfeld, L. (2017) Science communication and stakeholder expertise: Insights from sustainability science. Environmental Communication, 11(5), pp. 587-592. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2017.1308408

 

Health Communication

Brown, R. F., & Bylund, C. L. (2008). Communication skills training: Describing a new conceptual model. Academic Medicine, 83(1), pp. 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0b013e31815c631e

Deveugele, M. (2015). Communication training: Skills and beyond. Patient Education and Counseling, 98(10), pp. 1287-1291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2015.08.011

Fu, B. (2019). Common ground: Frameworks for teaching improvisational ability in medical education. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 31(3), pp. 342-355. https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2018.1537880

Gao, L., Peranson, J., Nyhof-Young, J., Kapoor, E., & Rezmovitz, J. (2019). The role of “improv” in health professional learning: A scoping review. Medical Teacher, 41(5), pp. 561-568. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1505033

Hathaway, J.R., Tarini, B.A., Banerjee, S., Smolkin, C.O., Koos, J.A., & Pati, S. (2022). Healthcare team communication training in the United States: A scoping review. Health Communication, 38(9), pp. 1821-1846. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2036439.

Kreps, G. L. (2014). Evaluating health communication programs to enhance health care and health promotion. Journal of Health Communication, 19(12), pp. 1449-1459. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2014.954080

Mehta, A., Fu, B., Chou, E., Mitchell, S., & Fessell, D. (2021) Improv: Transforming physicians and medicine. Medical Science Educator, 31(1), pp. 263-266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01174-x

Muldoon, K. M. (2022). IMPROVing communication about diversity, equity, and inclusion in health professions education. The Anatomical Record, 305(4), pp. 1000-1018. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24864

Norgaard, B., Ammentorp, J., Kyvik, K., & Kofoed, P. (2012). Communication skills training increases self-efficacy of health care professionals. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 32(2), pp. 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1002/chp.21131

Pati, S., Cleek, E.N., Bojsza, E., & Miller, P.P. (2022). Strategies to meet the urgent need for connection in health care. Academic Medicine, 97(3), pp. 321-322. http://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000004548

Pati, S., Lindenfeld, L., Gropack, S., & Paz, H. (2024). Meeting the need for human connection in our health care workforce. Academic Medicine, 99(4), pp. 347-348. http://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000005624 

Preis, H., Bojsza, E., Lindenfeld, L., Gan, T.J., & Pati, S. (2022).  Process evaluation of a medical improvisation program for healthcare communication training. Journal of Communication in Healthcare. 15(4), 260-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2021.2012750

Preis, H., Bojsza, E., Lindenfeld, L., & Pati, S. (2021). Medical improvisation improves communication skills among healthcare professionals. Communication Center Journal 7(1), pp. 95-107.

Preis, H., Dobias, M., Cohen, K., Bojsza, E., Whitney, C., & Pati, S. (2022). A mixed-methods program evaluation of the Alda Healthcare Experience: A program to improve healthcare team communication. BMC Medical Education, 22(1). https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-022-03972-w

Real, K. & Buckner, M. (2014). Interprofessional communication: Health care teams and medical interpreters. In N. Harrington (Ed.) Handbook of health and communication studies. London: Routledge.

Rosenbaum, M. E., & Silverman, J. D.  (2013). Training for effective communication in healthcare settings. In L. R. Martin & R. DiMatteo (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Health Communication, Behavior Change, and Treatment Adherence. Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28130

Rux, S. (2020). Utilizing improvisation as a strategy to promote interprofessional collaboration within healthcare teams. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 34(5), pp. 234-236. https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000541 

Watson, K., & Fu, B. (2016). Medical improv: A novel approach to teaching communication and professionalism skills. Annals of Internal Medicine, 165(8), pp. 591-592. https://doi.org/10.7326/M15-2239

Whitney, C., Bojsza, E., Besch, S., Preis, H., Zheng, S., & Pati, S. (2024). ADAPTing to participant distress: A protocol for applied improvisation in healthcare. Medical Education, 59(7), pp. 750-756. http://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15602

 

Science and Health Literacy

Cho, H., Cannon, J., Lopez, R., & Li, W. (2022). Social media literacy: A conceptual framework. New Media & Society, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211068530

Cooper, C. M.,* Rosen, T.,* Kim, H.,* Eaton, N., Cohn, E., Drahota, A., Moskowitz, L., the UCAS Consortium, Lerner, M. D., & Kerns, C. M. (2023). Predictors of expert providers’ familiarity with intervention practices for school- and transition-age youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 27(2), pp. 331-343. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221100787

Justvig S., Li, J., Caravella, G., Chen, M., Wang, H., Benz-Scott, L., & Pati, S. (2016). Improving adherence to care recommendations using a community health worker intervention with the pediatric medical home. Journal of Community Health, 42(3), pp. 444-452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-016-0275-6

Kerns, C.M., Moskowitz, L., Rosen, T., Drahota, A., Wainer, A., Josephson, A., Soorya, L., Cohn, E., Chacko, A., & Lerner, M.D. (2019). A multi-site, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study describing "usual care" intervention practices for school- to transition-age youth with autism. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 48(1), 247–268. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2017.1410826 

Pati, S., Mohamad, Z., Cnaan, A., Kavanagh, J., & Shea, J. A. (2010). Influence of maternal health literacy on child participation in social welfare programs: The Philadelphia experience. American Journal of Public Health, 100(9), pp. 1662-1665. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2009.172742

Pati, S., Feemster, K. A., Mohamad, Z., Fiks, A., Grundmeier, R., & Cnaan, A. (2011). Maternal health literacy and late initiation of immunizations among an inner-city birth cohort. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 15(3), pp. 386-394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-010-0580-0

Pati, S., Siewert, E., Wong, A. T., Bhatt, S. K., Calixte, R. E., & Cnaan, A. (2014). The influence of maternal health literacy and child’s age on participation in social welfare programs. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 18(5), pp. 1176-1189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-013-1348-0

Pati, S., Ladowski, K.L., Wong, A.T,, Huang, J., & Yang, J. (2015). An enriched medical home intervention using community health workers improves adherence to immunization schedules. Vaccine 33(46), pp. 6257-6263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.070

Pati, S., Kavanagh, J., Wong, A., Bhatt, S.K., Noonan, K.G., & Cnaan, A. (2012). Reading level of Medicaid renewal applications. Academic Pediatrics 12(4), 297-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2012.04.008