Search Results - "Vos, Sarah C."

Adaptation and study protocol of the evidence-based Make Better Choices (MBC2) multiple diet and activity change intervention for a rural Appalachian population by Schoenberg, Nancy E, Sherman, Deanna, Pfammatter, Angela Fidler, Roberts, Michelle K, Chih, Ming-Yuan, Vos, Sarah C, Spring, Bonnie

“…Rural Appalachian residents experience among the highest prevalence of chronic disease, premature mortality, and decreased life expectancy in the nation…”
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Feasibility and efficacy of a novel audiovisual tool to increase colorectal cancer screening among rural Appalachian Kentucky adults by Kruse-Diehr, Aaron J, Cegelka, Derek, Holtsclaw, Elizabeth, Edward, Jean S, Vos, Sarah C, Karrer, Melissa, Bathje, Katie, Rogers, Melinda, Russell, Elaine, Knight, Jennifer Redmond

“…Residents of Appalachian regions in Kentucky experience increased colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality. While population-based screening methods,…”
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Social Media Messages in an Emerging Health Crisis: Tweeting Bird Flu by Vos, Sarah C., Buckner, Marjorie M.

“…Limited research has examined the messages produced about health-related crises on social media platforms and whether these messages contain content that would…”
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Retweeting Risk Communication: The Role of Threat and Efficacy by Vos, Sarah C., Sutton, Jeannette, Yu, Yue, Renshaw, Scott Leo, Olson, Michele K., Gibson, C. Ben, Butts, Carter T.

“…Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook provide risk communicators with the opportunity to quickly reach their constituents at the time of an emerging…”
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Willingness to click: Risk information seeking during imminent threats by Sutton, Jeannette, Woods, Chelsea, Vos, Sarah C.

“…Short messaging systems have the potential to deliver targeted messages to individuals needing critical safety information. However, their limited content may…”
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Build community before the storm: The National Weather Service's social media engagement by Olson, Michele K., Sutton, Jeannette, Vos, Sarah C., Prestley, Robert, Renshaw, Scott L., Butts, Carter T.

“…The current study examines crisis communication on social media by observing how twelve National Weather Service (NWS) offices use Twitter to facilitate…”
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Practitioners Assess Achievements and Challenges of Nonfatal Injury Surveillance by Costich, Julia F., Vos, Sarah C., Quesinberry, Dana B.

“…Injury surveillance relies on data coded for administrative rather than epidemiological accuracy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…”
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Threat and Efficacy in Television News: Reporting on an Emerging Infectious Disease by Olson, Michele K., Vos, Sarah C., Sutton, Jeannette

“…During an emerging infectious disease outbreak, television news becomes an important channel for communicating threat and efficacy information. In this study,…”
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Community engagement through social media: A promising low‐cost strategy for rural recruitment? by Vos, Sarah C., Adatorwovor, Reuben, Roberts, Michelle K., Sherman, Deanna Lee, Bonds, Delaney, Dunfee, Madeline N., Spring, Bonnie, Schoenberg, Nancy E.

“…Purpose For the same reasons that rural telehealth has shown promise for enhancing the provision of care in underserved environments, social media recruitment…”
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Machines, Monsters, and Coffin Corners: Broadcast Meteorologists’ Use of Figurative and Intense Language during Hurricane Harvey by Prestley, Robert, Olson, Michele K., Vos, Sarah C., Sutton, Jeannette

“…During impactful weather events, television broadcast meteorologists act as high-profile risk communicators by interpreting complex weather information for…”
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Celebrity Cancer on Twitter: Mapping a Novel Opportunity for Cancer Prevention by Vos, Sarah C., Sutton, Jeannette, Gibson, C. Ben, Butts, Carter T.

“…Social media platforms have the potential to facilitate the dissemination of cancer prevention and control messages following celebrity cancer diagnoses…”
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Lung Cancer Messages on Twitter: Content Analysis and Evaluation by Sutton, Jeannette, Vos, Sarah C., Olson, Michele K., Woods, Chelsea, Cohen, Elisia, Gibson, C. Ben, Phillips, Nolan Edward, Studts, Jamie L., Eberth, Jan M., Butts, Carter T.

“…The aim of this project was to describe and evaluate the levels of lung cancer communication across the cancer prevention and control continuum for content…”
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Getting the Word Out, Rain or Shine: The Impact of Message Features and Hazard Context on Message Passing Online by Sutton, Jeannette, Renshaw, Scott L., Vos, Sarah C., Olson, Michele K., Prestley, Robert, Gibson, C. Ben, Butts, Carter T.

“…Networked social media provide governmental organizations, such as the National Weather Service (NWS), the opportunity to communicate directly with…”
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Beyond Simple Inoculation: Examining the Persuasive Value of Inoculation for Audiences with Initially Neutral or Opposing Attitudes by Ivanov, Bobi, Rains, Stephen A., Geegan, Sarah A., Vos, Sarah C., Haarstad, Nigel D., Parker, Kimberly A.

“…It is well established that-among individuals who hold an attitude toward a topic-inoculation messages can help promote resistance to counterattitudinal…”
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Constructing the Uncertainty of Due Dates by Vos, Sarah C., Anthony, Kathryn E., O'Hair, H. Dan

“…By its nature, the date that a baby is predicted to be born, or the due date, is uncertain. How women construct the uncertainty of their due dates may have…”
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Designing Effective Tsunami Messages: Examining the Role of Short Messages and Fear in Warning Response by Sutton, Jeannette, Vos, Sarah C., Wood, Michele M., Turner, Monique

“…Although tsunamis have the potential to be extremely destructive, relatively little research on tsunami messaging has taken place. Discovering whether tsunami…”
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Practitioners Assess Achievements and Challenges of Nonfatal Injury Surveillance by Costich, Julia F., Vos, Sarah C., Quesinberry, Dana B.

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In Focus: Kentucky's Virginia Carter by Vos, Sarah C

“…Carter went on to study fine arts at Louisiana State University and then pursued MAs in art history and anthropology and a PhD in anthropology at the…”
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