Health-relevant communications can be framed in terms of the benefits (gains) or costs (losses)
associated with a particular behavior, and the framing of such persuasive messages …

Despite growing interest in stage theories of health behavior, there is considerable confusion
in the literature concerning the essential characteristics of stage theories and the manner …

An estimated 99 million Americans live with a chronic illness. Meeting the needs of this
population is one of the major challenges facing the US health care system today and in the future…

Viremia titers in serial plasma samples from 168 children with acute dengue virus infection
who were enrolled in a prospective study at 2 hospitals in Thailand were examined to …

Positive emotional states may promote healthy perceptions, beliefs, and physical well-being
itself. To explore potential mechanisms linking pleasant feelings and good health, the …

Infection with any 1 of 4 dengue viruses produces a spectrum of clinical illness ranging from
a mild undifferentiated febrile illness to dengue fever (DF) to dengue hemorrhagic fever (…

A prospective observational study was conducted to identify early indicators of acute
dengue virus infection. Children with fever for <72 h without obvious cause were studied at …

The paper proposes a method for constructing a sparse estimator for the inverse covariance
(concentration) matrix in high-dimensional settings. The estimator uses a penalized normal …

Three experiments demonstrated implicit gender stereotyping. A target's social category
determined the use of previously primed stereotyped information, without Ss' awareness of such …

Message framing provides a theoretically grounded approach to the development of effective
health messages. In this study, we review the state of research and theory on message …