Communication Archives

10.23.2018 Smartphone with texts cautioning against sexting

Teen Sexting

Teenagers are using technology to explore their sexuality. However, older laws created specifically to address child pornography can be used to prosecute teen sexting.

Fellow Erin Polka

10.10.2018 a statue of a hand pointing at something

Health Equity

Fieldnotes, Good Guys, and the Culture of HIV Care

Conversations between patients and providers that treat patients as unique individuals can help providers develop care plans to better match their patients' lives.

Guest Authors Gemmae M. Fix, Barbara G. Bokhour

10.02.2018 a round circular object with a blue circle and a blue circle with a needle

Contraception Deception by Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Crisis pregnancy centers are known for their anti-abortion work, but some also focus on preventing women from accessing contraceptives.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

09.26.2018 Reporter's Notebook

How Journalists Cover Cyberbullying and Suicide

News coverage associating cyberbullying with suicide alerts schools and families to the risks of technology use. However, repeated and overly simplistic news coverage of suicide may have serious consequences.

Guest Author Rachel Young

06.29.2018 Map of the US showing number of abortion restrictions by state

Pseudoscience and Abortion Policy

Twenty-nine states, home to 88 million women, have implemented at least two abortion restrictions not backed by scientific evidence.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

06.27.2018 Boy with a soccer ball at twilight

Marketing Mental Health

How can mental health interventions reach more vulnerable children? Leave jargon at the door and make findings more user-friendly to patients and clinicians.

Guest Author Robert Friedberg

06.20.2018 a diagram of a graph

HIV from Silverware? Fork No!

Even though accurate information has been widely available for over three decades, misperceptions about HIV transmission persist.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

03.13.2018 a close-up of words

Health Equity

A Writing Teacher’s Take on the Seven Words Controversy

Public health, scientific, and academic writing are plagued by jargon and words that are so overused they become meaningless. PHP’s Associate Editor, Jennifer Beard offers a new spin on the recent “seven words” controversy.

Editor Jennifer Beard

03.07.2018 Shari Rudavsky

Shari Rudavsky

PHP sat down with Shari Rudavsky, health and medicine reporter for the Indianapolis Star, where she has reported on Indiana’s important public health issues, including the recent HIV outbreak and the opioid crisis.

Guest Author Jacqueline Rocheleau

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