Correspondence between preference for and efficacy of behavioral interventions: A systematic review.

Understanding of the correspondence between intervention preference and efficacy is limited. We systematically reviewed 112 articles (457 cases) evaluating efficacy of and preference for behavioral interventions. We analyzed the percentage of cases for whom interventions were preferred and efficacious across broad (e.

"I'm committed, not addicted.": College students' identity and communication about vaping.

Objective: Vaping is a relatively new phenomenon, and trends in social vaping behaviors are developing. The current study describes and explains how communication surrounding vaping shapes different aspects of a college student's identity.

Participants: Twenty-seven male and female college students at a large Midwestern university were recruited to participate in five focus groups.

Exploring Stigma Communication About Urinary Tract Infections in the United States.

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) have steadily increased in prevalence and severity among women in the United States and can lead to serious complications if left untreated. Yet, women are often reluctant to discuss such infections due to potential stigmatization. Indeed, UTI treatment and prevention often involves communication with intimate partners and physicians, and this communication can require stigma management.

Uncertainty Management Strategies in Communication About Urinary Tract Infections.

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common bacterial infection, and yet the etiology, treatment, and prevention of UTIs are often clouded by uncertainty. UTIs can cause severe pain and may lead to serious infection, but communication about UTIs can help individuals manage this condition and avoid recurring UTIs. Grounded in uncertainty management theory (UMT), this study explored how individuals with female anatomy manage uncertainty surrounding UTIs.

"Can I Hit Our JUUL?": The Norms of Vaping and Dating among Emerging Adults.

The growing popularity of vaping devices is of major concern for public health practitioners, and personal relationships have the potential to either increase or decrease the use of vaping devices. The escalation of romantic relationships, in particular, can have implications for the use of vaping devices. The current study seeks to understand how emerging adults negotiate communication about the use of vaping devices while initiating and escalating romantic relationships.

"This Is Not the Hill to Die on. Even if We Literally Could Die on This Hill": Examining Communication Ecologies of Uncertainty and Family Communication About COVID-19.

As information about the public health risks surrounding COVID-19 continues to shift over time, families communicate to navigate this ongoing uncertainty. For example, families must interpret inconsistent media and public health messages about COVID-19, which may in turn have implications for health risk behavior. Adding to this complexity, household structures and routines are adapting in response to COVID-19.

"It's Always among Us. I Can't Act Like It's Not.": Women College Students' Perceptions of Physicians' Implicit Bias.

Physicians have an opportunity to provide accurate and timely information about sexual behavior to individuals in their care. However, many young people, and in particular college women, are reticent to talk to their physicians about sexual behavior. One explanation for this reticence may be the fact that physicians' implicit bias has the potential to denigrate communication between physicians and patients.

"Starting that Conversation Is Even Harder than Having It": Female Patients' Perceptions of Physicians' Communication Competence in Communication about Sexual Behavior.

Female college students demonstrate a persistent lack of knowledge about safe sexual practices and engage in sexual behavior that puts them at risk for sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy. Physicians have an opportunity to provide accurate and timely information about safe sexual behavior to individuals in their care. However, many young people, and in particular young women, are reticent to talk to their physicians about sexual behavior because they typically consider the information to be private.

(Mis)perceptions of HIV and HPV among female college students: a qualitative study.

Unlabelled: Background This study aims to investigate college women's misperceptions about the human papillomavirus virus (HPV) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Methods: Twenty college women from an urban, Midwestern university in the United States were recruited to participate in interviews exploring their beliefs about HIV and HPV. In-depth interviews were conducted and analysed via interpretive methods.

The Conscientious Use of Images Illustrating Diversity in Medical Education Marketing.

An institution's marketing materials are an important part of presenting its culture. In 2018, communication professionals in the Office of Faculty Affairs, Professional Development, and Diversity at the Indiana University School of Medicine recognized after reviewing the literature that using images illustrating diversity in marketing materials may have unintended negative consequences and could potentially reflect poorly on the institution. Representations of diversity that are discordant with the actual demographics of an institution can create distrust among faculty, students, and staff who discover an institution is not as diverse or supportive of diversity as their marketing materials suggest.

Understanding Sorority Women's Privacy Management About Condom Use.

Sorority women are at risk for engaging in unsafe sexual behavior. Fortunately, the positive influence of peer communication about condom use can mitigate the risk these women face. To better understand this communication, this article investigates sorority women's communication about condom use through focus groups, using the lens of the theory of Communication Privacy Management.

Medical Students' Implicit Bias and the Communication of Norms in Medical Education.

Issue: Medical educators should consider how institutional norms influence medical students' perceptions of implicit bias. Understanding normative structures in medical education can shed light on why this influence is associated with students' resistance to implicit bias.

Evidence: Extant research across diverse fields of study uncovers and theorizes layers of norms and normative systems and how they are related to ethical behavior.

Investigating Initial Disclosures and Reactions to Unexpected, Positive HPV Diagnosis.

Initial disclosures of health conditions are critical communication moments. Existing research focuses on disclosers; integrating confidants into studies of initial disclosures is needed. Guided by the disclosure decision-making model (DD-MM; Greene, 2009), this study examined what diagnosed persons and confidants may say when faced with unexpected test results and unexpected disclosures, respectively.

Fostering students' reflection about bias in healthcare: cognitive dissonance and the role of personal and normative standards.

Background: To reduce cognitive dissonance about one's beliefs or behavior, individuals may compare their behavior to personal and/or normative standards. The details of this reflection process are unclear.

Aims: We examined how medical students compare their behavior or beliefs to standards in discussions about implicit bias, and explored if and how different reflective pathways (preserving vs.

A standards-based, peer-reviewed teaching award to enhance a medical school's teaching environment and inform the promotions process.

The authors provide the rationale, design, and description of a unique teaching award that has enhanced Baylor College of Medicine's teaching environment and become highly valued by the promotions and tenure (P&T) committee in determining a faculty member's readiness for promotion. This award is self-nominating and standards based. The primary purpose for development of the award was to provide the Baylor community and the P&T committee a method to understand and value the scholarship of teaching to the same degree that they understand and value the scholarship of discovery.