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International Perspectives
Volume 20, 2015 - Issue 7
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Reducing Communication Apprehension for New Patients Through Information Found Within Physicians’ Biographies

Evan K. PerraultDepartment of Communication and Journalism, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kami J. SilkDepartment of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Pages 743-750 | Published online: 05 May 2015

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Evan K. Perrault. (2020) The Utility of Healthcare Providers’ Online Biographies for First-Time Patients: A Year-Long Study within a Clinical Setting. Health Communication 35:10, pages 1283-1288.
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Madison Murphy & Keith Weber. (2019) Confirmation of the Ability of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension-24 (PRCA-24) to Predict Behavioral Indicators of Social Interaction. Communication Research Reports 36:5, pages 393-403.
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Elizabeth A. Hintz, Anda M. Hirceaga & Evan K. Perrault. (2019) Factors influencing patients’ choice of a physiotherapist: a study within the Swiss insurance premium-funded system. European Journal of Physiotherapy 21:4, pages 204-209.
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Heather J. Carmack & Rukhsana Ahmed. (2019) Students’ Perceptions of Provider Cultural Competence and Communication with Providers: Predictors of University Health Center Patient Satisfaction. Journal of Health Communication 24:9, pages 719-727.
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Evan K. Perrault. (2018) Improving student knowledge and perceptions of primary care providers at campus health centers. Journal of American College Health 66:8, pages 813-816.
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Carie S. Tucker King, Kristin Marie Bivens, Erin Pumroy, Susan Rauch & Amy Koerber. (2018) IRB Problems and Solutions in Health Communication Research. Health Communication 33:7, pages 907-916.
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Evan K. Perrault. (2018) Campus Health Centers’ Lack of Information Regarding Providers: A Content Analysis of Division-I Campus Health Centers’ Provider Websites. Health Communication 33:7, pages 860-866.
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Evan K. Perrault. (2018) Adding Multimedia Cues to Medical Providers’ Online Biographies: Do Pictures, Video, and B-Roll Matter?. Journal of Health Communication 23:5, pages 462-469.
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Evan K. Perrault & Kami J. Silk. (2016) The Uncertainty Reducing Capabilities of Primary Care Physicians’ Video Biographies for Choosing a New Doctor: Is a Video Worth More Than Two Hundred Words?. Health Communication 31:12, pages 1472-1481.
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Evan K. Perrault. (2016) Patients’ preferences for family medicine physicians’ video biographies. Health Marketing Quarterly 33:4, pages 342-352.
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Siyue Li & Kexin Wang. (2022) Sharing Online Health Information With Physicians: Understanding the Associations Among Patient Characteristics, Directness of Sharing, and Physician-Patient Relationship. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
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Evan K. Perrault, Jessie A. Barton & Prince Adu Gyamfi. (2021) The Missed Opportunity of Primary Care Providers’ Online Biographies: a Content Analysis of US Health Systems in 2020. Journal of General Internal Medicine 36:10, pages 3052-3057.
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Heather J. Carmack & Jocelyn M. DeGroot. (2018) Communication Apprehension About Death, Religious Group Affiliation, and Religiosity: Predictors of Organ and Body Donation Decisions. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 81:4, pages 627-647.
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Evan K Perrault & Grace M Hildenbrand. (2020) The Buffering Effect of Health Care Provider Video Biographies When Viewed in Combination With Negative Reviews: “You Can’t Fake Nice”. Journal of Medical Internet Research 22:4, pages e16635.
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Bob Price. (2020) Optimising professional communication with patients. Nursing Standard 35:2, pages 43-50.
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Samantha Nazione, Evan K. Perrault & David M. Keating. (2019) Finding Common Ground: Can Provider-Patient Race Concordance and Self-disclosure Bolster Patient Trust, Perceptions, and Intentions?. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 6:5, pages 962-972.
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Kevin Wombacher, Nancy Grant Harrington, Allison M. Scott, Donald W. Helme & Catherine Martin. (2019) Communication apprehension mediates the effects of past experience discussing substance use on child and adolescent psychiatrists’ self-efficacy. Patient Education and Counseling 102:4, pages 651-655.
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Arpan V. Prabhu, Christopher Kim, Eison De Guzman, Eric Zhao, Evan Madill, Jonathan Cohen, David R. Hansberry, Nitin Agarwal, Dwight E. Heron & Sushil Beriwal. (2017) Reputation Management and Content Control: An Analysis of Radiation Oncologists' Digital Identities. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 99:5, pages 1083-1091.
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Evan K Perrault. (2017) Helping patients reduce anxiety and choose new physicians through improved provider biographies. Health Education Journal 76:6, pages 695-706.
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