Kate Okker-Edging
Biographic Data
| ID | 4594394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Okker-Edging |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Okker-Edging |
| SIGNATURE | OKKER-EDGING K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5857-5291 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Trusted Messengers Felt Like They Made All the Difference”
This study examines how community-based organizations (CBOs) in a large city in the northeast United States helped to bridge potential gaps in their community members' access to and use of a communication infrastructure relevant to the COVID-19 vaccine for children. Using a purposive sampling strategy, we conducted 10 semi-structured interviews between July and September 2022 with staff members of CBOs who communicated about COVID-19 vaccination …
Barriers, facilitators, and best practices for successful vaping prevention campaigns for sexual and gender minority youth
BACKGROUND: Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) vape at higher rates than their heterosexual and/or cisgender peers. SGMY prefer SGM-specific anti-tobacco messaging; however, there have been no vaping prevention campaigns designed for SGMY. PURPOSE: Using the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework, we sought to explore specific barriers, facilitators, and best practices for health promotion for SGMY that will i…
Augmented Landscapes of Empathy
In contrast with virtual reality which often aims to isolate a user from their surroundings in order to transport them to a distant place, augmented reality (AR) was uniquely designed to (re)contextualize local landscapes and to provide expanded human experiences in situ. This critical reflection adopts a “research through design” process to examine AR’s technological and affective capabilities in the context of three community co-created AR camp…
Individual disaster communication in the Latinx community after Hurricane Harvey
This study examined how socio-cultural factors explain the relationship between hurricane exposure and frequency of individual disaster communication among Latinx individuals in Texas communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Participants included 397 Latinx residents in nine Texas counties that were most impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Through structural equation modeling, results indicated that perceived discrimination stress mediates the relatio…
Individual disaster communication in the Latinx community after Hurricane Harvey
This study examined how socio-cultural factors explain the relationship between hurricane exposure and frequency of individual disaster communication among Latinx individuals in Texas communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Participants included 397 Latinx residents in nine Texas counties that were most impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Through structural equation modeling, results indicated that perceived discrimination stress mediates the relatio…
Individual disaster communication in the Latinx community after Hurricane Harvey
This study examined how socio-cultural factors explain the relationship between hurricane exposure and frequency of individual disaster communication among Latinx individuals in Texas communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Participants included 397 Latinx residents in nine Texas counties that were most impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Through structural equation modeling, results indicated that perceived discrimination stress mediates the relatio…
Augmented Landscapes of Empathy
In contrast with virtual reality which often aims to isolate a user from their surroundings in order to transport them to a distant place, augmented reality (AR) was uniquely designed to (re)contextualize local landscapes and to provide expanded human experiences in situ. This critical reflection adopts a “research through design” process to examine AR’s technological and affective capabilities in the context of three community co-created AR camp…
“Trusted Messengers Felt Like They Made All the Difference”
This study examines how community-based organizations (CBOs) in a large city in the northeast United States helped to bridge potential gaps in their community members' access to and use of a communication infrastructure relevant to the COVID-19 vaccine for children. Using a purposive sampling strategy, we conducted 10 semi-structured interviews between July and September 2022 with staff members of CBOs who communicated about COVID-19 vaccination …
Barriers, facilitators, and best practices for successful vaping prevention campaigns for sexual and gender minority youth
BACKGROUND: Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) vape at higher rates than their heterosexual and/or cisgender peers. SGMY prefer SGM-specific anti-tobacco messaging; however, there have been no vaping prevention campaigns designed for SGMY. PURPOSE: Using the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework, we sought to explore specific barriers, facilitators, and best practices for health promotion for SGMY that will i…
Psychology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Augmented reality (1 work)