Pennsylvania Women's Campaign Communication

Abortion and Womens Mental Health

First, the methodological difficulties of these studies, especially due to confusing factors, not always easy to control adequately, such as the heterogeneity of women’s groups evaluated in regards to age, race, social status and religious beliefs; the presence of psychological changes or lack thereof, prior to the abortion of; the desire or lack thereof for the pregnancy; whether a woman can r...

Culture and Campaign Communication: Toward a Normative Theory

This paper is an attempt toward a normative theory of culture and campaign communication, which (1) explicates the functional interdependence between culture and campaign communication; (2) analyzes the relationship between culture and campaign communication within the framework of collectivist and individualist cultures (Triandis, 1988, 1995); and (3) discusses the implications of a normative ...

Obama's wired campaign: lessons for public health communication.

For those who still question the value of new media in public health campaigns, the election of Barack Obama as the 44 president of the United States can be instructive. Obama’s campaign strategy has been heralded for its impressive ability to reach, engage, and inspire supporters. The high level of public involvement was evident in the record numbers of people who volunteered, donated money, a...

Niaid Womens Health Research (fy 2015-2016)

Challenges to womens reproductive health: maternal mortality