Journal of Health Communication​

The leading journal covering the full breadth of a field that focuses on the communication of health information globally.

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About JHC

Global in scope, the Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives seeks to advance a synergistic relationship between research and practical information. With a focus on promoting the health literacy of the individual, caregiver, provider, community, and those in the health policy, the journal presents research, progress in areas of technology and public health, ethics, politics and policy, and the application of health communication principles. The journal is selective with the highest quality social scientific research including qualitative and quantitative studies.

Articles feature research on:

  • Developments in the field of health communication;
  • New media, m-health and interactive health communication;
  • Health Literacy;
  • Social marketing;
  • Global Health;
  • Shared decision making and ethics;
  • Interpersonal and mass media communication;
  • Advances in health diplomacy, psychology, government, policy and education;
  • Government, civil society and multi-stakeholder initiatives;
  • Public Private partnerships and
  • Public Health campaigns.

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Editorial Board

All articles in the Journal undergo rigorous screening, based on both editorial and double anonymized peer review.

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Scott C. Ratzan

Editor-in-Chief
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, USA

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Gert-Jan de Bruijn

Senior Editor
University of Antwerp, Belgium

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Rebecca K. Ivic

Senior Editor
University of Alabama, USA

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Parul Jain

Senior Editor
Ohio University, USA

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Hyekyung “Kay” Kim

Senior Editor
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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Lourdes Martinez

Senior Editor San Diego State University, USA

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Sara Rubinelli

Senior Editor
University of Lucerne, Switzerland

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Heidi Vandebosch

Senior Editor
University of Antwerp, Belgium

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Kenneth Rabin

Special Projects
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, USA

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Ruth Parker

Senior Editor, Health Literacy & the Arts Emory University, USA

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Melissa Mendelson

Managing Editor
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, USA

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Editorial Review Board

Linda Aldoory – University of Maryland, USA
Nancy Atkinson – Westat, USA
Erica Weintraub Austin – Washington State University, USA
Thomas E. Backer – California State University Northridge, USA
Christopher E. Beaudoin – Boston University, USA
Christina S. Beck – School of Communication Studies at Ohio University, USA
Jay M. Bernhardt – Emerson College, USA
Dina Borzekowski – University of Maryland School of Public Health, USA
Carma Bylund – University of Florida, USA
Nick Carcioppolo – University of Miami
Hyunyi Cho – The Ohio State University, USA
Maria Leonora Comello – University of North Carolina, USA
Ashley Duggan – Boston College, USA
Nichole Egbert – Kent State University, USA
Thomas Hugh Feeley – State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Elizabeth Avery Foster – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Nicholas Freudenberg – CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, USA
Jeanne P. Goldberg – Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy, USA
Mengfei Guan – University of Oklahoma, USA
Muhiuddin Haider – University of Maryland, USA
Larry Hershfield – University of Toronto, Canada
Robert Hornik – Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Jakob D. Jensen – University of Utah, USA
Andy J. King – University of Utah, USA
Gary Kreps – George Mason University, USA
Janice Krieger – University of Florida, USA
Heidi J. Larson – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Jeffrey V. Lazarus – University of Barcelona, Spain
Chul-joo “CJ” Lee – Seoul National University, South Korea
Jeong Kyu Lee – National University of Singapore, Singapore
Moon J. Lee – Syracuse University, USA
Michael L. Levy – University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, USA

Holly A. Massett – National Institute on Aging, USA
Christopher McKinley – Montclair State University, USA
Donald Morisky – University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, USA
Sheila T. Murphy – Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, USA
Xiaoli Nan – University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Jeff Niederdeppe – Cornell University, USA
Seth M. Noar – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Rafael Obregón – UNICEF, USA
P. Christopher Palmedo – CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, USA
J. Gregory Payne – Emerson College, USA
John C. Pollock – The College of New Jersey, USA
Brian L. Quick – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Amelie Ramirez – University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
Ronald E. Rice – University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Neha Sachdev – American Medical Association, USA
Youngju Shin – The George Washington University, USA
David A. Shore – Harvard University, USA
Kami Silk – University of Delaware, USA
Eugene Sivadas – San Francisco State University, USA
Michael Slater – Ohio State University, USA
Sandi W. Smith – Michigan State University, USA
Suruchi Sood – Johns Hopkins University, USA
L. Suzanne Suggs – University of Lugano, Switzerland
Esi Thompson – Indiana University, USA
Thomas W. Valente – University of Southern California, USA
Julie E. Volkman – Bryant University and University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA
Nathan Walter – Northwestern University, USA
Jessica Willoughby – Washington State University, USA
Jie Xu – Villanova University, USA
Janet Yang – University at Buffalo, USA
Myoungsoon You – Seoul National University, South Korea

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