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Health Communication Template

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About the Health Communication format

Health Communication is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Media Influence and Health, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Health Communication 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inMedia Influence and Health Behavioral Health and Interventions Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Misinformation and Its Impacts Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
ISSN1041-0236
Citation impact (2-yr)2.38
h-index128
i10-index2,309
Total citations113,668
Top institutions publishing herePennsylvania State University
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Health Communication per year

150
2014
118
2015
314
2016
203
2017
186
2018
208
2019
263
2020
263
2021
208
2022
279
2023
259
2024
234
2025

Citation impact of Health Communication by publication year

6.2K
2014
4K
2015
8.7K
2016
7K
2017
5.6K
2018
5.4K
2019
8.6K
2020
5.4K
2021
2.9K
2022
2.1K
2023
1.1K
2024
298
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Health Communication

The Health Belief Model as an Explanatory Framework in Communication Research: Exploring Parallel, Serial, and Moderated Mediation

Christina Jones, Jakob D. Jensen, Courtney L. Scherr et al. · 10 Jul 2014

The Health Belief Model (HBM) posits that messages will achieve optimal behavior change if they successfully target perceived barriers, benefits, self-efficacy, and threat. While the model seems to be an ideal explanatory framework for communication research, theoretical limitations have limited its use in the field. Notably, variable ordering is currently undefined in the HBM. Thus,…

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See Something, Say Something: Correction of Global Health Misinformation on Social Media

Leticia Bode, Emily K. Vraga · 16 Jun 2017

Social media are often criticized for being a conduit for misinformation on global health issues, but may also serve as a corrective to false information. To investigate this possibility, an experiment was conducted exposing users to a simulated Facebook News Feed featuring misinformation and different correction mechanisms (one in which news stories featuring correct information…

Considering Emotion in COVID-19 Vaccine Communication: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Fostering Vaccine Confidence

Wen‐Ying Sylvia Chou, Alexandra Budenz · 30 Oct 2020

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…

Primary Sources of Health Information: Comparisons in the Domain of Health Attitudes, Health Cognitions, and Health Behaviors

Mohan J. Dutta · 1 Jul 2004

The recent growth in consumer autonomy in health care accompanied by the surge in the use of new media for health information gathering has led to an increasing scholarly interest in understanding the consumer health information search construct. This article explores consumer health information seeking in the realm of the primary sources of health information…

Communication of Social Support in Computer-Mediated Groups for People With Disabilities

Dawn O. Braithwaite, Vincent R. Waldron, Jerry Finn · 1 Apr 1999

This study documented the types and extent of social support messages exchanged by persons with disabilities who participated in a computer-based support group. A modified version of Cutrona & Suhr's (1992) social support category system was used to code 1,472 support messages. The largest percentage of these messages offered emotional and informational support, whereas network…

Health Communication template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Health Communication format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Health Communication template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Health Communication use?
Health Communication uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Health Communication 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Health Communication?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Health Communication document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Health Communication template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Health Communication format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Health Communication?
Health Communication is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Health Communication template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Health Communication PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Health Communication template (the interact class) that is ready to submit to Taylor & Francis, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Health Communication template cost?
You can start writing in the Health Communication template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Health Communication PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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