Kami Silk

Biographic Data

ID77406
NAMEKami Silk
GIVEN NAMESKami
FAMILY NAMESilk
SIGNATURESILK K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Delaware
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Uncertainty Management and Curve Flattening Behaviors in the Wake of Covid-19’s First Wave

    J P Crowley, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2021

    The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak poses a substantial threat to public health. Individual efforts to engage in COVID-19 precautionary behaviors are necessary to flatten the pandemic's curve in the waiting period before a vaccine is developed. This study sought to apply the Theory of Motivated Information Management to investigate the relationships among COVID-19 illness uncertainty, information management, and actual precautionary behaviors, bo…

  • Tools for teen moms to reduce infant obesity

    Open AccessMildred A Horodynski, Kami Silk et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Clinical Trials.Gov NCT02244424, June 24, 2014

  • Consumer Trust in Information Sources

    Open AccessBrad Love, Michael Mackert et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2013References: 71

    Trust is essential to understanding public reaction to innovative issues. This research focuses on trust in information sources by explicating the construct of trust and testing a comprehensive model on several information sources about genetically modified foods. Results from a survey of 369 participants reveal the significance of projecting competence and the role of the environment in which a target public receives information. Perceptions of …

  • Key Theoretical Frameworks for Intervention

    Open AccessHolly Brophy‐herb, Holly E Brophy-Herb et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Primary Prevention2009

  • Risk Comprehension and Judgments of Statistical Evidentiary Appeals

    Open AccessRoxanne Parrott, Kami Silk et al.ARTICLEHuman Communication Research2005

    Journal Article Risk Comprehension and Judgments of Statistical Evidentiary Appeals: When a Picture is Not Worth a Thousand Words Get access Roxanne Parrott, Roxanne Parrott 1Pennsylvania State University 5Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 206 Sparks Building, University Park, PA 16802 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kami Silk, Kami Silk 2Michigan State Universit…

  • Deriving Lay Models of Uncertainty About Genes' Role in Illness Causation to Guide Communication About Human Genetics

    Open AccessRoxanne Parrott, Kami Silk et al.ARTICLEJournal of Communication2004

    Advances in clinical genetics and biotechnology increase the ability to identify individual genetic makeup through genetic services and testing. As a result, genes have become the focus of an increasing number of health messages associated with medical interaction and public communication. This research explored public perceptions (N= 858) of the role of genes in health using problematic integration (PI) theory as a framework. A Genetic Relativis…

  • African Americans' opinions about human-genetics research

    Paul Achter, Roxanne Parrott et al.ARTICLEPolitics and the Life Sciences2004Cited by: 3References: 2

    Our data suggest that most Americans trust government to act ethically in sponsoring and conducting research, including genetics research, but that African Americans are particularly likely to see government as powerfully protective in some settings yet selectively disingenuous in others