General
Uncertainty
Discrimination
Providers
Media
100

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

health

100

uncertainty about about the nature of the disease, navigating the medical system, etc


medical uncertainty

100

A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, or environmental disadvantage

health disparity

100

The exchange of information and the creation of shared meaning and understanding between a healthcare provider and a patient

patient-provider communication

100

Most people go here first for health information

Internet/online

200

the study of messages that create meaning in relation to physical, mental, and social well-being

health communication

200

uncertainty about whether the illness will affect patient identity and roles, including finances and cost of care

personal uncertainty

200

Multiple social identities such as race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and disability intersect at the micro level of individual experience

intersectionality

200

charged topics, sensitive disclosures, and high stakes decisions are examples of

difficult conversations in healthcare

200

information that is inaccurate due to a lack of credible sources or misinterpretation of science

misinformation

300

The only developed nation that doesn’t provide some form of universal healthcare to all its citizen

U.S.

300

________  is when a healthcare provider explains a medical treatment to a patient before the patient agrees to it.

informed consent

300

Nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes, such as the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age

social determinants of health

300

individual patient’s experience of the health condition

illness

300

this theory says we learn social behavior by watching others

social learning theory

400

when we consider an entire person  and multiple factors that promote either health or disease.

whole person health

400

Ongoing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person

coping

400

A form of bias that occurs automatically and unintentionally, affecting judgments, behaviors, and communication

implicit bias

400

a model of health that emphasizes the physical manifestation of a disease, ignoring psychological and sociological influences

Biomedical

400

this theory posits that people develop beliefs about the world based on media because media images are consistent

cultivation theory

500

Model that demonstrates that both individual and system factors influence health

Social-Ecological Model

500

theory that posits people will try to reduce, maintain, or increase uncertainty depending on its meaning

Uncertainty Management Theory

500

the differences among social groups in their ability to generate, disseminate, and use information

communication inequalities

500

______ and ______ are two types of conversational goals an individual may have in a health care setting.

task, relational, identity

500

Purposely including health messaging in entertainment programming, with the goal of educating or persuading viewers

entertainment education

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