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Effective Health Communication in the Management of Chronic Conditions: Theoretical Considerations for a Multicultural Framework

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Sample Chronic lifestyle-related conditions, such as ischemic heart disease, smoking-related conditions, high blood pressure, stroke, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, and cancer, are at critically high levels worldwide (Dean, 2009a, 2009b). These conditions are associated with substantial socia...

But in the End, It Wasn't Enough

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Abstract Sport contract negotiations can be the beginning or end of one’s professional career. What happens to a player who loses one opportunity to play professional ball only to find out that his chances of ever really getting back in the game start to disappear?  , basic_html

The Opinion of One Can Persuade a Group: A Case of Minority Influence

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Sample When one thinks of persuasion in groups, some visible cases come to mind: The Jonestown Massacre, the space shuttle Challenger disaster, and the O. J. Simpson criminal trial. In each of these cases, members of a group were persuaded by arguments and pressure from others to change either th...

Social Media Crisis in the Global Age: Lessons from the Siemens "Refrigerator Gate" in China

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Abstract In September 2011, a Chinese blogger, Luo Yonghao, posted a complaint on Weibo (China’s equivalent of Twitter) about a Siemens refrigerator door being difficult to close. Siemens underestimated the groundswell a single “tweet” could generate and failed to respond. This quickly evolved in...

OpenStax: American Government

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"American Government 2e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the...