CONTENTS

Volume 10, Number 2
March 2005

Vol. 10, Number 2: Contents | Editorial | Abstracts

EDITORIAL (HTML | PDF)

Communicating Risk: From Crisis to Calm
SCOTT C. RATZAN

ARTICLES  abstracts from the print version

“If We Didn't Use Humor, We'd Cry”: Humorous Coping Communication in Health Care Settings
MELISSA WANZER, MELANIE BOOTH-BUTTERFIELD, STEVE BOOTH-BUTTERFIELD

The Effect of Antismoking Advertisement Executional Characteristics on Youth Comprehension, Appraisal, Recall, and Engagement
YVONNE TERRY-MCELRATH, MELANIE WAKEFIELD, ERIN RUEL, GEORGE I. BALCH, SHERRY EMERY, GLEN SZCZYPKA, KATHERINE CLEGG-SMITH, BRIAN FLAY

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors as Portrayed in Mass Media Targeting First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples of Canada
LAURIE HOFFMAN-GOETZ, DANIELA B. FRIEDMAN, JUANNE N. CLARKE

Using Research to Inform Health Policy: Barriers and Strategies in Developing Countries
MONIQUE HENNINK and ROB STEPHENSON

Evaluating the truth® Brand
W. DOUGLAS EVANS, SIMANI PRICE, STEVEN BLAHUT

Book Review

Violence Against Women:The Health Sector Responds. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization
M. Velzeboer, M. Ellsberg, C.C. Arcas, and C. Garcia-Moreno (2003).
Reviewed by Lisa Murray-Johnson, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA