Communication - Practical Health Psychology

2026-01-262026-02-09Behavioural theory, Communication, Interventions, Public Health

Supporting health workers in addressing vaccine hesitancy

By Dawn Holford, University of Bristol, UK, Linda Karlsson, University of Turku, Finland, Frederike Taubert, Erfurt University, Germany, Emma C. Anderson, University of Bristol, UK, Virginia C. Gould, University of Bristol, UK Correcting misconceptions about vaccination Vaccination is one of […]

2025-02-212025-11-04Communication, Interventions, Physical activity

모든 의료 상담을 건강 행동 변화의 기회로: 의료 환경에서 신체 활동 촉진 전략

By Amanda Daley, Loughborough University, UK 영국과 아일랜드에서는 “Making Every Contact Count (MECC) initiative”를 통해 의료 전문가와 환자 사이에 매일 이루어지는 수천 건의 상담을 건강한 행동 변화를 촉진하는 기회로 활용하고자 합니다. 구체적으로, MECC initiative는 의료진이 일상적인 진료 과정에서 자연스럽게 발생하는 […]

2024-05-242025-11-04Communication

Understanding what influences organ donation

By Dr Lee Shepherd, Northumbria University, UK and Professor Ronan E. O’Carroll, University of Stirling, UK and Professor Eamonn Ferguson, University of Nottingham, UK There are numerous stories of how deceased organ transplantation has offered a lifeline for people. Indeed, […]

2023-03-222025-11-04Communication

Effective risk communication is about more than behaviour change: let’s talk about personal risk appraisals

By Victoria Woof and David French, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester, UK Traditionally in medicine and health psychology, healthcare professionals have provided patients with their personalised disease risks with the aim of preventing disease. Where risk communication […]

2022-08-252025-11-04Communication

Lost (and found) in translation: Effective communication with patients

By Zuzana Dankulincova, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Slovakia While most researchers are aware that disseminating study results is part of their ethical responsibility to research participants (and wish for their research findings to have clear, practical implications), the transition from […]

2021-11-252025-11-04Assessment, Communication, Illness representation, Stress and Coping

Helping patients manage their condition: Illness representations matter

By Yael Benyamini, Tel Aviv University, Israel and Evangelos C. Karademas, University of Crete, Greece Anna and Mary are both healthy 45-year-old women, living in a large European city. Each of them knows several people who have contracted COVID-19 and […]