Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 2102944 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou |
| PRENOMES | Wen-Ying Sylvia |
| SOBRENOME | Chou |
| ASSINATURA | CHOU W S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National Cancer Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9140-6094 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
An Analysis of Grants Focused on Health Disparities Held by the National Cancer Institute’s Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, 2010–2024
Health communication can both reinforce and reduce adverse differences in cancer outcomes between groups. However, characteristics of cancer communication research aiming to reduce these health disparities have not been systematically assessed. Awarded research project grants in the National Cancer Institute’s Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch (NCI-HCIRB) portfolio (2010–2024; n = 159) were coded to identify disparities focus a…
Portrayal of Cancer Patients in the Era of AI
This study sought to characterize images of cancer patients generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) text-to-image tools, and assess whether images differed by cancer type or AI tool, to elucidate the potential implications of using AI-generated images in health communication. Two generative AI-based tools, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, were prompted to produce images of a “cancer patient,” “breast cancer patient,” “lung cancer patient,” and “pro…
Critical Considerations for Using Cultural Targeting and Tailoring in Health Communication Interventions
One approach to addressing observed health disparities that is frequently discussed in the literature is adapting health messages to the cultural identities of groups who experience an undue burden of disease. The extant research on the cultural tailoring and targeting (CTT) of health messages generally indicates that such adaptations are effective. However, the empirical basis for this conclusion does not provide definitive evidence that CTT is …
Mitigating Health and Science Misinformation
Literature on how to address misinformation has rapidly expanded in recent years. The aim of this scoping review was to synthesize the growing published literature on health and science misinformation mitigation interventions. English-language articles published from January 2017 to July 2022 were included. After title/abstract screening, 115 publications (148 empirical studies) met inclusion criteria and were coded for sample characteristics, to…
Public Health Communication Approaches for Building Common Ground
Changes in the information landscape and increasing polarization in society over recent decades have made it more difficult to establish common ground, which poses a profound challenge to effective health communication and public health in general. We highlight the importance of assessing health communication approaches for their potential to bring people together and reduce polarization. We outline several communication approaches that use exist…
Contributions to Research and Practice Made by the National Cancer Institute’s Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch
The Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch at the U.S. National Cancer Institute was founded in 1999 in response to increasing evidence demonstrating a link between effective health communication and improved cancer-related outcomes and in recognition of the rapid and dramatic technological changes that were transforming health communication at the turn of the 21st century. For the past 25 years, the Health Communication and Informa…
The Covid-19 Misinfodemic
Online misinformation regarding COVID-19 has undermined public health efforts to control the novel coronavirus. To date, public health organizations’ efforts to counter COVID-19 misinformation have focused on identifying and correcting false information on social media platforms. Citing extant literature in health communication and psychology, we argue that these fact-checking efforts are a necessary, but insufficient, response to health misinfor…
Qué camino tomar
Traducción oficial al español del artículo original en inglés efectuada por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. En caso de discrepancia, prevalecerá la versión original en inglés. Acceso al artículo original: Am J Public Health. 2020;110(Suppl 3):S284–S285. Doi: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305905
Aprovechar la pandemia como una oportunidad para promover los conocimientos sobre las vacunas y la resiliencia frente a la información errónea
Traducción oficial al español del artículo original en inglés efectuada por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. En caso de discrepancia, prevalecerá la versión original en inglés. Acceso al artículo original: Am J Public Health. 2020;110(Suppl 3):S284–S285. doi: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305906
Racism and Xenophobia in a Pandemic
History suggests that disease outbreaks have often been accompanied by a rise in xenophobic or racist sentiment 1,2 Such attempts at othering reflect misguided efforts to assign social meaning and responsibility to disease, even though illnesses do not recognize socially constructed categories such as race 3 Although systems exist to closely monitor and report on COVID-19 infection and death rates, we currently lack the capacity to monitor racism…
Theory utilization in current communication of cancer genetic testing research
“Well, the Message Is From the Institute of Something”
Growing evidence points to the significant amount of health misinformation on social media platforms, requiring users to assess the believability of messages and trustworthiness of message sources. This mixed methods experimental study fills this gap in research by examining social media users’ (n=53) trust assessment in simulated cancer-related messages using eye-tracking, surveys, and cognitive interviews. Posts varied by information veracity (…
Considering Emotion in Covid-19 Vaccine Communication
Long-term control of the COVID-19 pandemic hinges in part on the development and uptake of a preventive vaccine. In addition to a segment of population that refuses vaccines, the novelty of the disease and concerns over safety and efficacy of the vaccine have a sizable proportion of the U.S. indicating reluctance to getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Among various efforts to address vaccine hesitancy and foster vaccine confidence, evidence-base…
Using a Global Pandemic as a Teachable Moment to Promote Vaccine Literacy and Build Resilience to Misinformation
Vaccination against infectious disease has been recognized as one of the Ten Greatest Public Health Achievements of the 20th century, given the substantial impact immunizations have had globally across a range of diseases, including polio, influenza, pneumonia, measles, mumps, rubella, viral hepatitis, pertussis, and oncogenic human papillomarvirus 1 Populationlevel vaccination programs have resulted in significant declines of new cases of diseas…
A Prologue to the Special Issue
Where We Go From Here
Misinformation as a Misunderstood Challenge to Public Health
Discussing prognosis and treatment goals with patients with advanced cancer
BACKGROUND: The National Academy of Medicine recommends that cancer patients be knowledgeable of their prognosis to enable them to make informed treatment decisions, but research suggests few patients receive this information. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study describes oncologists' language during discussions of prognosis and treatment goals in clinical interactions with African American patients diagnosed with cancer. DESIGN: We analysed transc…
Patient–physician communication about early stage prostate cancer
BACKGROUND: We know little about patient-physician communication during visits to discuss diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE: To examine the overall visit structure and how patients and physicians transition between communication activities during visits in which patients received new prostate cancer diagnoses. PARTICIPANTS: Forty veterans and 18 urologists at one VA medical centre. METHODS: We coded 40 transcripts to identify …
Predictors of eHealth Usage
BACKGROUND: Recent eHealth developments have elevated the importance of assessing the extent to which technology has empowered patients and improved health, particularly among the most vulnerable populations. With noted disparities across racial and social groups in chronic health outcomes, such as cancer, obesity, and diabetes, it is essential that researchers examine any differences in the implementation, uptake, and impact of eHealth strategie…
Web 2.0 for Health Promotion
As Web 2.0 and social media make the communication landscape increasingly participatory, empirical evidence is needed regarding their impact on and utility for health promotion. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, we searched 4 medical and social science databases for literature (2004–present) on the intersection of Web 2.0 and health. A total of 514 unique publications matched our criteria. We…
Social Media Use in the United States
BACKGROUND: Given the rapid changes in the communication landscape brought about by participative Internet use and social media, it is important to develop a better understanding of these technologies and their impact on health communication. The first step in this effort is to identify the characteristics of current social media users. Up-to-date reporting of current social media use will help monitor the growth of social media and inform health…
Web 2.0 for Health Promotion
As Web 2.0 and social media make the communication landscape increasingly participatory, empirical evidence is needed regarding their impact on and utility for health promotion. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, we searched 4 medical and social science databases for literature (2004–present) on the intersection of Web 2.0 and health. A total of 514 unique publications matched our criteria. We…
Racism and Xenophobia in a Pandemic
History suggests that disease outbreaks have often been accompanied by a rise in xenophobic or racist sentiment 1,2 Such attempts at othering reflect misguided efforts to assign social meaning and responsibility to disease, even though illnesses do not recognize socially constructed categories such as race 3 Although systems exist to closely monitor and report on COVID-19 infection and death rates, we currently lack the capacity to monitor racism…
Where We Go From Here
Social Media Use in the United States
BACKGROUND: Given the rapid changes in the communication landscape brought about by participative Internet use and social media, it is important to develop a better understanding of these technologies and their impact on health communication. The first step in this effort is to identify the characteristics of current social media users. Up-to-date reporting of current social media use will help monitor the growth of social media and inform health…
Web 2.0 for Health Promotion
As Web 2.0 and social media make the communication landscape increasingly participatory, empirical evidence is needed regarding their impact on and utility for health promotion. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, we searched 4 medical and social science databases for literature (2004–present) on the intersection of Web 2.0 and health. A total of 514 unique publications matched our criteria. We…
Predictors of eHealth Usage
BACKGROUND: Recent eHealth developments have elevated the importance of assessing the extent to which technology has empowered patients and improved health, particularly among the most vulnerable populations. With noted disparities across racial and social groups in chronic health outcomes, such as cancer, obesity, and diabetes, it is essential that researchers examine any differences in the implementation, uptake, and impact of eHealth strategie…
Patient–physician communication about early stage prostate cancer
BACKGROUND: We know little about patient-physician communication during visits to discuss diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE: To examine the overall visit structure and how patients and physicians transition between communication activities during visits in which patients received new prostate cancer diagnoses. PARTICIPANTS: Forty veterans and 18 urologists at one VA medical centre. METHODS: We coded 40 transcripts to identify …
Discussing prognosis and treatment goals with patients with advanced cancer
BACKGROUND: The National Academy of Medicine recommends that cancer patients be knowledgeable of their prognosis to enable them to make informed treatment decisions, but research suggests few patients receive this information. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study describes oncologists' language during discussions of prognosis and treatment goals in clinical interactions with African American patients diagnosed with cancer. DESIGN: We analysed transc…
Misinformation as a Misunderstood Challenge to Public Health
“Well, the Message Is From the Institute of Something”
Growing evidence points to the significant amount of health misinformation on social media platforms, requiring users to assess the believability of messages and trustworthiness of message sources. This mixed methods experimental study fills this gap in research by examining social media users’ (n=53) trust assessment in simulated cancer-related messages using eye-tracking, surveys, and cognitive interviews. Posts varied by information veracity (…
Considering Emotion in Covid-19 Vaccine Communication
Long-term control of the COVID-19 pandemic hinges in part on the development and uptake of a preventive vaccine. In addition to a segment of population that refuses vaccines, the novelty of the disease and concerns over safety and efficacy of the vaccine have a sizable proportion of the U.S. indicating reluctance to getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Among various efforts to address vaccine hesitancy and foster vaccine confidence, evidence-base…
Using a Global Pandemic as a Teachable Moment to Promote Vaccine Literacy and Build Resilience to Misinformation
Vaccination against infectious disease has been recognized as one of the Ten Greatest Public Health Achievements of the 20th century, given the substantial impact immunizations have had globally across a range of diseases, including polio, influenza, pneumonia, measles, mumps, rubella, viral hepatitis, pertussis, and oncogenic human papillomarvirus 1 Populationlevel vaccination programs have resulted in significant declines of new cases of diseas…
A Prologue to the Special Issue
Where We Go From Here
The Covid-19 Misinfodemic
Online misinformation regarding COVID-19 has undermined public health efforts to control the novel coronavirus. To date, public health organizations’ efforts to counter COVID-19 misinformation have focused on identifying and correcting false information on social media platforms. Citing extant literature in health communication and psychology, we argue that these fact-checking efforts are a necessary, but insufficient, response to health misinfor…
Qué camino tomar
Traducción oficial al español del artículo original en inglés efectuada por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. En caso de discrepancia, prevalecerá la versión original en inglés. Acceso al artículo original: Am J Public Health. 2020;110(Suppl 3):S284–S285. Doi: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305905
Aprovechar la pandemia como una oportunidad para promover los conocimientos sobre las vacunas y la resiliencia frente a la información errónea
Traducción oficial al español del artículo original en inglés efectuada por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. En caso de discrepancia, prevalecerá la versión original en inglés. Acceso al artículo original: Am J Public Health. 2020;110(Suppl 3):S284–S285. doi: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305906
Racism and Xenophobia in a Pandemic
History suggests that disease outbreaks have often been accompanied by a rise in xenophobic or racist sentiment 1,2 Such attempts at othering reflect misguided efforts to assign social meaning and responsibility to disease, even though illnesses do not recognize socially constructed categories such as race 3 Although systems exist to closely monitor and report on COVID-19 infection and death rates, we currently lack the capacity to monitor racism…
Theory utilization in current communication of cancer genetic testing research
Contributions to Research and Practice Made by the National Cancer Institute’s Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch
The Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch at the U.S. National Cancer Institute was founded in 1999 in response to increasing evidence demonstrating a link between effective health communication and improved cancer-related outcomes and in recognition of the rapid and dramatic technological changes that were transforming health communication at the turn of the 21st century. For the past 25 years, the Health Communication and Informa…
Critical Considerations for Using Cultural Targeting and Tailoring in Health Communication Interventions
One approach to addressing observed health disparities that is frequently discussed in the literature is adapting health messages to the cultural identities of groups who experience an undue burden of disease. The extant research on the cultural tailoring and targeting (CTT) of health messages generally indicates that such adaptations are effective. However, the empirical basis for this conclusion does not provide definitive evidence that CTT is …
Mitigating Health and Science Misinformation
Literature on how to address misinformation has rapidly expanded in recent years. The aim of this scoping review was to synthesize the growing published literature on health and science misinformation mitigation interventions. English-language articles published from January 2017 to July 2022 were included. After title/abstract screening, 115 publications (148 empirical studies) met inclusion criteria and were coded for sample characteristics, to…
Public Health Communication Approaches for Building Common Ground
Changes in the information landscape and increasing polarization in society over recent decades have made it more difficult to establish common ground, which poses a profound challenge to effective health communication and public health in general. We highlight the importance of assessing health communication approaches for their potential to bring people together and reduce polarization. We outline several communication approaches that use exist…
An Analysis of Grants Focused on Health Disparities Held by the National Cancer Institute’s Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, 2010–2024
Health communication can both reinforce and reduce adverse differences in cancer outcomes between groups. However, characteristics of cancer communication research aiming to reduce these health disparities have not been systematically assessed. Awarded research project grants in the National Cancer Institute’s Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch (NCI-HCIRB) portfolio (2010–2024; n = 159) were coded to identify disparities focus a…
Portrayal of Cancer Patients in the Era of AI
This study sought to characterize images of cancer patients generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) text-to-image tools, and assess whether images differed by cancer type or AI tool, to elucidate the potential implications of using AI-generated images in health communication. Two generative AI-based tools, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, were prompted to produce images of a “cancer patient,” “breast cancer patient,” “lung cancer patient,” and “pro…
Medicine (14 obras) · Psychology (13 obras) · Political science (12 obras) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (10 obras) · Computer Science (9 obras) · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (8 obras) · Environmental health (7 obras) · Health communication (7 obras) · Public health (7 obras) · Internet privacy (6 obras)