R Ahmed
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 43351 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | R Ahmed |
| NOMBRES | R |
| APELLIDO | Ahmed |
| FIRMA | AHMED R |
| AFILIACIONES | Department of Communication, University at Albany, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0381-4491 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Ignoring Afghan journalists’ trauma is not an option
The return of the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021 has had far-reaching implications not only for press freedom in the country but also for the mental well-being of journalists in Afghanistan. Even before the Taliban’s takeover, Afghanistan was consistently ranked among the most dangerous countries in the world for media workers (yet, little attention was paid to the mental health of journalists. The situation got worse after the Taliban ret…
The Role of Communication in Shaping Covid-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice and Vaccine-Related Decision-Making Among a Selected Group of Immigrants in the U.S. and Canada
Informed by the ideological health spirals model and ecological model and consideration for a holistic approach to vaccine decision-making, we conducted qualitative interviews to understand COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of a group of immigrants in the U.S. and Canada. We also examine the influence of communication on decision-making involved in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine among this group. The interview findings suggest v…
“I Learned Myself”
The health literacy of immigrants has been often viewed in a deficit model. By using structuration theory as a theoretical lens, this study aimed to uncover the health literacy development of Korean immigrants in the U.S. as an agentic behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted with Korean immigrants in the U.S. Findings reveal how the participants' experience was shaped by structural forces suc…
Covid-19 Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Vaccine-Related Decision Making among Immigrants
Immigrants are disproportionally impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and of the reported positive cases and fatalities, many are from historically disadvantaged groups that face severe health inequities and suffer from health disparities. Therefore, in the current research, using cross-sectional survey of immigrants, we conduct an exploratory investigation to examine their Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) regarding COV…
An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Mental Health Issues Among Muslim Immigrant Women in Canada
Although addressing cultural and religious practices is important in providing mental health care, little research exists on understanding mental health issues of minority groups such as Muslim immigrant women. We employed an intersectional approach to examine beliefs and attitudes toward mental health issues among Muslim immigrant women in Canada. Four focus groups (21 participants) were conducted, and 101 surveys were collected in Ottawa, Canad…
Environmental Health Attitudes, Practices, and Educational Preferences
Prenatal exposures to environmental toxicants can adversely affect fetal and child development and lead to increased risk of chronic disease. While regulatory action is essential to reduce sources of environmental toxicants, prenatal care presents an opportunity to educate, mobilize, and support prospective parents to reduce exposures to such hazards. As the first phase of an interdisciplinary research collaboration to inform the development of p…
The role of cultural competence in health care to improve communication between immigrant patients and health-care providers in Ottawa, Canada
Purpose Cultural competence has been recognized as an essential process in reducing racial and ethnic health-care disparities and improving equity in health care. Recent immigrants to Canada encounter a different and unfamiliar health-care system. This study aims to focus on examining the role of cultural competence in improving communication between immigrant patients and their health-care providers. Design/methodology/approach Using an explorat…
Maternal health posts shared on Instagram
Introduction Recent studies have found that maternal health knowledge gaps exist among Black women, especially related to postpartum complications. The prenatal period is a key time when pregnant women have direct access to evidence-based sources, such as healthcare providers, to obtain maternal health and pregnancy information. Yet, Black pregnant women are also more likely to forgo or engage in prenatal care later than their White counterparts.…
Communication Dimensions of Healthcare Engagement and Patient Health Literacy for Immigrant Populations
Health acculturation of Asian migrants in the U.S
Acculturation processes involve the development of language proficiency, cultural participation, and social relations. However, healthcare, an essential aspect of people's life, is typically left out of the purview of understanding the acculturation process in academic literature. This study fills the gap by examining the acculturation process in the domain of healthcare among Asian migrants and proposes a concept of health acculturation. Based o…
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty in an Age of Covid-19
In this article, we investigate the surge in use of COVID-19-related preprints by media outlets. Journalists are a main source of reliable public health information during crises and, until recently, journalists have been reluctant to cover preprints because of the associated scientific uncertainty. Yet, uploads of COVID-19 preprints and their uptake by online media have outstripped that of preprints about any other topic. Using an innovative app…
Communication Research on Health Disparities and Coping Strategies in Covid-19 Related Crises
Weight Communication
This study aimed to investigate how health professionals (HPs) communicate about weight with their patients. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 health professionals (7 family physicians, 13 nurse practitioners, and 13 dietitians) working in multidisciplinary healthcare settings in Canada. Thematic analysis revealed four main approaches used by HPs to communicate about weight: 1) Analyzing patient perspectives, 2) focusing on overal…
Privacy Concerns Surrounding Personal Information Sharing on Health and Fitness Mobile Apps
Our Future Arrived
The world is getting into a new phase in history. For the first time, humans are verbally communicating and developing meaningful relationships with non-living objects. AI is a wormhole to open a gateway to the new world, and the COVID-19 pandemic prepared the world to transform its system to be an open system that responds to, communicates with, and utilizes the remnants coming out of the wormhole of the new world. Now, we urgently need to creat…
Communicative Development and Diffusion of Humanoid AI Robots for the Post-Pandemic Health Care System
As humanoid robot technology, anthropomorphized by artificial intelligence (AI), has rapidly advanced to introduce more human-resembling automated robots that can communicate, interact, and work like humans, we have begun to expect active interactions with Humanoid AI Robots (HAIRs) in the near future. Coupled with the HAIR technology development, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered our interest in using health care robots with many substantial advan…
Creating in-between spaces through diasporic and mainstream media consumption
Media provide essential information that can help migrants settle, build local community, and maintain transnational linkages. In this study, we extend the existing literature by undertaking a unique comparative project examining the role of both diasporic and mainstream media – including print (newspapers) and broadcast (TV and radio) – in meeting the information needs of four ethnocultural and immigrant communities in Ottawa, Canada. Our analys…
How do gender relations affect the working lives of close to community health service providers? Empirical research, a review and conceptual framework
Close-to-community (CTC) providers have been identified as a key cadre to progress universal health coverage and address inequities in health service provision due to their embedded position within communities. CTC providers both work within, and are subject to, the gender norms at community level but may also have the potential to alter them. This paper synthesises current evidence on gender and CTC providers and the services they deliver. This …
Syrian Refugee Youth Use Social Media
In this paper, we examine the role of social media in facilitating and building transcultural communication and connections for forced migrants in today's contexts of resettlement. For refugees, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and mobile technologies can help with relocation, provide the means to stay connected to family and friends, and learn about the new cultural environment. Our focus is on recently resettled Syrian refugee …
Multicultural Media Use and Immigrant Settlement
Immigrants Can Be Deadly”
By examining the role of the Canadian press in framing health and social issues of immigrants, the authors highlight the issues of power and social injustice in which immigrant health is constructed and handled by Canada’s health policies. Critical discourse analysis of 273 articles from 10 major Canadian dailies over one decade showed that pre-existing racializing discourses, which treat the immigrant body both as a disease breeder and an irresp…
Development of Scales to Assess Patients’ Perception of Physicians’ Cultural Competence in Health Care Interactions
This study describes the development of scales to measure patients’ perception of physicians’ cultural competence in health care interactions and thus contributes to promoting awareness of physician–patient intercultural interaction processes. Surveys were administrated to a total of 682 participants. Exploratory factor analyses were employed to assess emergent scales and subscales to develop reliable instruments. The first two phases were devote…
Youth exposure to smoking in the home and in cars
It is common for Canadian youth to be exposed to SHS in their homes or while in cars on a frequent basis even though the vast majority of youth do not think smoking should be allowed around children in those locations. This new evidence suggests that programs and policies designed to prevent individuals from smoking around youth in these locations should be a public health priority
The Claims of Culture
Syrian Refugee Youth Use Social Media
In this paper, we examine the role of social media in facilitating and building transcultural communication and connections for forced migrants in today's contexts of resettlement. For refugees, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and mobile technologies can help with relocation, provide the means to stay connected to family and friends, and learn about the new cultural environment. Our focus is on recently resettled Syrian refugee …
Multicultural Media Use and Immigrant Settlement
The Claims of Culture
Youth exposure to smoking in the home and in cars
It is common for Canadian youth to be exposed to SHS in their homes or while in cars on a frequent basis even though the vast majority of youth do not think smoking should be allowed around children in those locations. This new evidence suggests that programs and policies designed to prevent individuals from smoking around youth in these locations should be a public health priority
Development of Scales to Assess Patients’ Perception of Physicians’ Cultural Competence in Health Care Interactions
This study describes the development of scales to measure patients’ perception of physicians’ cultural competence in health care interactions and thus contributes to promoting awareness of physician–patient intercultural interaction processes. Surveys were administrated to a total of 682 participants. Exploratory factor analyses were employed to assess emergent scales and subscales to develop reliable instruments. The first two phases were devote…
Immigrants Can Be Deadly”
By examining the role of the Canadian press in framing health and social issues of immigrants, the authors highlight the issues of power and social injustice in which immigrant health is constructed and handled by Canada’s health policies. Critical discourse analysis of 273 articles from 10 major Canadian dailies over one decade showed that pre-existing racializing discourses, which treat the immigrant body both as a disease breeder and an irresp…
Multicultural Media Use and Immigrant Settlement
How do gender relations affect the working lives of close to community health service providers? Empirical research, a review and conceptual framework
Close-to-community (CTC) providers have been identified as a key cadre to progress universal health coverage and address inequities in health service provision due to their embedded position within communities. CTC providers both work within, and are subject to, the gender norms at community level but may also have the potential to alter them. This paper synthesises current evidence on gender and CTC providers and the services they deliver. This …
Syrian Refugee Youth Use Social Media
In this paper, we examine the role of social media in facilitating and building transcultural communication and connections for forced migrants in today's contexts of resettlement. For refugees, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and mobile technologies can help with relocation, provide the means to stay connected to family and friends, and learn about the new cultural environment. Our focus is on recently resettled Syrian refugee …
Creating in-between spaces through diasporic and mainstream media consumption
Media provide essential information that can help migrants settle, build local community, and maintain transnational linkages. In this study, we extend the existing literature by undertaking a unique comparative project examining the role of both diasporic and mainstream media – including print (newspapers) and broadcast (TV and radio) – in meeting the information needs of four ethnocultural and immigrant communities in Ottawa, Canada. Our analys…
Privacy Concerns Surrounding Personal Information Sharing on Health and Fitness Mobile Apps
Our Future Arrived
The world is getting into a new phase in history. For the first time, humans are verbally communicating and developing meaningful relationships with non-living objects. AI is a wormhole to open a gateway to the new world, and the COVID-19 pandemic prepared the world to transform its system to be an open system that responds to, communicates with, and utilizes the remnants coming out of the wormhole of the new world. Now, we urgently need to creat…
Communicative Development and Diffusion of Humanoid AI Robots for the Post-Pandemic Health Care System
As humanoid robot technology, anthropomorphized by artificial intelligence (AI), has rapidly advanced to introduce more human-resembling automated robots that can communicate, interact, and work like humans, we have begun to expect active interactions with Humanoid AI Robots (HAIRs) in the near future. Coupled with the HAIR technology development, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered our interest in using health care robots with many substantial advan…
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty in an Age of Covid-19
In this article, we investigate the surge in use of COVID-19-related preprints by media outlets. Journalists are a main source of reliable public health information during crises and, until recently, journalists have been reluctant to cover preprints because of the associated scientific uncertainty. Yet, uploads of COVID-19 preprints and their uptake by online media have outstripped that of preprints about any other topic. Using an innovative app…
Communication Research on Health Disparities and Coping Strategies in Covid-19 Related Crises
Weight Communication
This study aimed to investigate how health professionals (HPs) communicate about weight with their patients. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 health professionals (7 family physicians, 13 nurse practitioners, and 13 dietitians) working in multidisciplinary healthcare settings in Canada. Thematic analysis revealed four main approaches used by HPs to communicate about weight: 1) Analyzing patient perspectives, 2) focusing on overal…
Maternal health posts shared on Instagram
Introduction Recent studies have found that maternal health knowledge gaps exist among Black women, especially related to postpartum complications. The prenatal period is a key time when pregnant women have direct access to evidence-based sources, such as healthcare providers, to obtain maternal health and pregnancy information. Yet, Black pregnant women are also more likely to forgo or engage in prenatal care later than their White counterparts.…
Communication Dimensions of Healthcare Engagement and Patient Health Literacy for Immigrant Populations
Health acculturation of Asian migrants in the U.S
Acculturation processes involve the development of language proficiency, cultural participation, and social relations. However, healthcare, an essential aspect of people's life, is typically left out of the purview of understanding the acculturation process in academic literature. This study fills the gap by examining the acculturation process in the domain of healthcare among Asian migrants and proposes a concept of health acculturation. Based o…
An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Mental Health Issues Among Muslim Immigrant Women in Canada
Although addressing cultural and religious practices is important in providing mental health care, little research exists on understanding mental health issues of minority groups such as Muslim immigrant women. We employed an intersectional approach to examine beliefs and attitudes toward mental health issues among Muslim immigrant women in Canada. Four focus groups (21 participants) were conducted, and 101 surveys were collected in Ottawa, Canad…
Environmental Health Attitudes, Practices, and Educational Preferences
Prenatal exposures to environmental toxicants can adversely affect fetal and child development and lead to increased risk of chronic disease. While regulatory action is essential to reduce sources of environmental toxicants, prenatal care presents an opportunity to educate, mobilize, and support prospective parents to reduce exposures to such hazards. As the first phase of an interdisciplinary research collaboration to inform the development of p…
The role of cultural competence in health care to improve communication between immigrant patients and health-care providers in Ottawa, Canada
Purpose Cultural competence has been recognized as an essential process in reducing racial and ethnic health-care disparities and improving equity in health care. Recent immigrants to Canada encounter a different and unfamiliar health-care system. This study aims to focus on examining the role of cultural competence in improving communication between immigrant patients and their health-care providers. Design/methodology/approach Using an explorat…
“I Learned Myself”
The health literacy of immigrants has been often viewed in a deficit model. By using structuration theory as a theoretical lens, this study aimed to uncover the health literacy development of Korean immigrants in the U.S. as an agentic behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted with Korean immigrants in the U.S. Findings reveal how the participants' experience was shaped by structural forces suc…
Covid-19 Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Vaccine-Related Decision Making among Immigrants
Immigrants are disproportionally impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and of the reported positive cases and fatalities, many are from historically disadvantaged groups that face severe health inequities and suffer from health disparities. Therefore, in the current research, using cross-sectional survey of immigrants, we conduct an exploratory investigation to examine their Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) regarding COV…
Ignoring Afghan journalists’ trauma is not an option
The return of the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021 has had far-reaching implications not only for press freedom in the country but also for the mental well-being of journalists in Afghanistan. Even before the Taliban’s takeover, Afghanistan was consistently ranked among the most dangerous countries in the world for media workers (yet, little attention was paid to the mental health of journalists. The situation got worse after the Taliban ret…
The Role of Communication in Shaping Covid-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice and Vaccine-Related Decision-Making Among a Selected Group of Immigrants in the U.S. and Canada
Informed by the ideological health spirals model and ecological model and consideration for a holistic approach to vaccine decision-making, we conducted qualitative interviews to understand COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of a group of immigrants in the U.S. and Canada. We also examine the influence of communication on decision-making involved in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine among this group. The interview findings suggest v…
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