Distinguished Article in Health Communication
The Distinguished Book and Article/Chapter Awards recognize research that has made, or offers the promise of making, a significant contribution to scholarship in health communication theory, research, and/or practice. Awards are considered in two categories: (a) outstanding scholarly book; and (b) outstanding article or chapter published in a Communication (or related discipline’s) journal or edited volume. Textbooks are not eligible for the book award. To provide sufficient time for a book to be evaluated (and to have impact), books are not eligible for the award until they have been published at least 5 years.
Nomination Procedure. Nomination packets should include: (a) a brief rationale and explanation of the significance of the nominated piece to the advancement of health communication theory, research, and/or practice; (b) four copies of the nominated article (or four copies of one or more chapters from the nominated book); and (c) published reviews of the nominated work (if available). Self nominations are encouraged.
Award Procedure. The deadline for nominations is June 1 of each year. The committee makes a final decision by September 1. Award recipients are contacted and asked to attend the NCA Division meeting to receive their award. Some form of commendation is given to the award recipients (e.g., certificate, plaque, money). The chair of the committee is the Immediate Past Chair of the Division. Nomination materials should be sent to the Immediate Past Chair of the division.
2023
Dean, M. (2016). “It’s not if I get cancer, it’s when I get cancer”: BRCA-positive patients’(un) certain health experiences regarding hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk. Social Science & Medicine, 163, 21-27.
2022
Haverfield, M. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2016). Parent’s alcoholism severity and family topic avoidance about alcohol as predictors of perceived stigma among adult children of alcoholics: Implications for emotional and psychological resilience. Health Communication, 31(5), 606-616.
2021
Goldsmith, D. J., & Domann-Scholz, K. (2013). The meanings of “open communication” among couples coping with a cardiac event. Journal of Communication, 63, 266-286.
2020
Head, K. J., Noar, S. M., Iannarino, N. T., & Harrington, N. G. (2013). Efficacy of text messaging-based interventions for health promotion: a meta-analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 97, 41-48.
2019
Basu, A. (2011). HIV/AIDS and subaltern autonomous rationality: A call to recenter health communication in marginalized sex worker spaces. Communication Monographs, 78(3), 391-408.
2018
Smith, R. A. (2007). Language of the lost: An explication of stigma communication. Communication Theory, 17(4), 462-485.
2017
Sharf, B. F., Martin, P. G., Cosgriff-Hernández, K. K., & Moore, J. (2012). Trailblazing healthcare: Institutionalizing and integrating complementary medicine. Patient Education and Counseling, 89(3), 434-438.
2016
Keeley, M. P. (2004). Final conversations: Survivors’ memorable messages concerning religious faith and spirituality. Health Communication, 16, 87-104.
2015
Wakefield, M. A., Durkin, S., Spittal, M. J., Siahpush, M., Scollo, M., Simpson, J. A., Chapman, S., White, V., & Hill, D. (2008). Impact of tobacco control policies and mass media campaigns on monthly adult smoking prevalence. American Journal of Public Health, 98(8), 1443-1450.
2014
Dillard, J., & Shen, L. (2005). On the nature of reactance and its role in persuasive health communication. Communication Monographs, 72, 144-168.
2013
No award given
2012
Southwell, B. G., & Yzer, M. C. (2007). The roles of interpersonal communication in mass media campaigns. In C. Beck (Ed.), Communication Yearbook, 31, 420-462.
2011
Afifi, W., & Weiner, J. (2010). Seeking information about sexual health: Applying the theory of motivated information management. Human Communication Research, 32(1), 35-57.
2010
Lapinski, M. K., & Rimal, R. (2005). An explication of social norms. Communication Theory, 15, 127-147.
2009
Wittenberg-Lyles, E., Goldsmith, J., Sanchez-Reilly, S., & Ragan, S. L. (2008). Communicating a terminal prognosis in a palliative care setting: Deficiencies in current communication training protocols. Social Science & Medicine, 66, 2356-65.
2008
O’Keefe, D. J., & Jensen, J. D. (2007). The relative persuasiveness of gain-framed and loss-framed messages for encouraging disease prevention behaviors: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Health Communication, 12, 623-644.