CONTENTS

Volume 8, Number 4
July-August 2003

Vol. 8, Num. 4: Contents | Editorial | Up Front | Abstracts

EDITORIAL (HTML | PDF)

Putting SARS in Perspective: A Communication Challenge
SCOTT C. RATZAN

UP FRONT (HTML | PDF)

Vital Data

Prescriptions

ARTICLES  abstracts from the print version

Articles Media and Marijuana: A Longitudinal Analysis of News Media Effects on Adolescents' Marijuana Use and Related Outcomes, 1977-1999
Ph.D. JO ELLEN STRYKER

Health Related Content in Prime-Time Television Programming
CAROL BYRD-BREDBENNER, MARY FINCKENOR, DARLENE GRASSO

Stigmatizing Smokers: Public Sentiment Toward Cigarette Smoking and Its Relationship to Smoking Behaviors
SEI-HILL KIM, James Shanahan

Stroke Knowledge and Barriers to Stroke Prevention Among African Americans: Implications for Health Communication
CHARLOTTE A. PRATT, LOUISA HA, STEVEN R. LEVINE, CORNELIUS B. PRATT

Order from Chaos: Organizational Aspects of Information, Education, and Communication (a Case Study from Mali)
KRISS BARKER