Racism, self-rated general health status, and health-related quality of life among Black and Asian Americans.

Race is a consequential sociocultural cue in healthcare contexts. Racism is associated with health disparities. Extant research shows significant health inequities between white and Black people.

Underlying Mechanisms of Brand Feedback's Mixed Effects in E-Commerce: Roles of Perceived Controllability, Stability, and Brand Trust.

The study ( = 879) investigated underlying mechanisms of the effects of brand feedback (a business' written response) to negative electronic word of mouth (eWOM) messages (e.g., online product reviews) using the theoretical framework of the attribution theory.

Effective online COVID-19 messages? A thematic analysis of major senior living community websites in the United States.

Due to seniors being at high risk of severe COVID-19, senior living communities became most impacted settings from COVID-19. This study investigated how senior living communities managed COVID-19 by looking at situational factors in their responses to COVID-19 on their websites. The study found that COVID-19 information had the least presence on the websites.

YouTube Video as Health Literacy Tool: A Test of Body Image Campaign Effectiveness.

This study examined the effectiveness of four media campaigns about disordered eating behaviors. It investigated possible factors that affected females' perceived effectiveness of four campaign videos. Results indicated that health campaign about a celebrity's struggle with extreme thinness proved to be the least effective of four campaign videos, whereas the video presenting solid facts about the dangers of extreme dieting was perceived as the most effective campaign.

The Evaluations of Swine Flu Magnitudes in TV News: A Comparative Analysis of Paired Influenza Pandemics.

This study examined how major TV news networks covered two flu pandemics in 1976 and 2009 in terms of news frames, mortality exemplars, mortality subject attributes, vaccination, evaluation approaches, and news sources. Results showed that the first pandemic was frequently framed with the medical/scientific and political/legal issues, while the second pandemic was emphasized with the health risk issue in TV news. Both flu pandemics were regularly reported with mortality exemplars, but the focus in the first pandemic was on the flu virus threat and vaccination side effects, while the vaccination shortage was frequently revealed in the second outbreak.