European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC)

Aims & Scope

The European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC) is a peer-reviewed open access journal for high-quality health communication research with relevance to Europe or specific European countries. The journal aims to represent the international character of health communication research given the cultural, political, economic, and academic diversity in Europe. EJHC welcomes the full breadth of health communication research. It publishes articles that relate to the following health communication issues with an emphasis on their relevance to Europe: Media issues, such as media coverage of health topics, health literacy, information seeking behaviour, usage and effects of health messages. Strategic issues, focusing on communication strategies and prevention campaigns, narrowcasting health messages, and health public relations. Health technologies issues, such as usage and effects of novel health technologies, communicative challenges related to novel technologies, e-health, telemedicine. Social and community issues, such as health-related interpersonal communication, social influence and support, and community health risk management. Patient-provider issues, such as determinants, content, and outcomes of patient-provider interactions, communication skills, or trust and disclosure in interactions. Intercultural issues, such as health communication for ethnic minorities, challenges of intercultural health communication, and cross-cultural differences in health communication issues. Methodological issues, comprising methodological innovations and challenges in current health communication research, both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Academic issues, such as self-observations and introspective studies in the field of health communication.

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