Social media use, brand engagement, and tobacco product initiation among youth: Evidence from a prospective cohort study

LR Ranker, J Wu, T Hong, D Wijaya, EJ Benjamin… - Addictive Behaviors, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate whether frequent social media use and liking/following tobacco brand
accounts was associated with increased risk of tobacco and polytobacco initiation over …

A four-year longitudinal analysis examining the effects of e-cigarette advertisements and disparities among youth with internalizing problems

L Zhang, SH Ao, X Zhao - Addictive Behaviors, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Prior research indicates a direct, short-term effect of e-cigarette advertising on e-
cigarette use among youth. This study seeks to investigate the long-term effects of e …

How does patient-centered communication work? Trend analysis of mediation through cancer worry and health self-efficacy, 2011–2020

JF Ye, S Zheng, SH Ao, CD Yan, Y Lai… - Journal of Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study proposed and tested the cross-sectional effects of patient-centered
communication (PCC) on cancer screening behaviors via an affective-cognitive sequential …

Association between health-related social media use and E-cigarette use among current cigarette users: the roles of anti-tobacco messages and harm perception

L Zhang, SS Qiu, SH Ao, X Zhao - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
The popularity of e-cigarettes is on the rise among current cigarette users. Therefore, there
are concerns about their health implications. This study examined the impact of health …

Mobile Patient-Provider Communication and Lifestyle Improvement: Examining the Role of Mobile Technology Identity and Health Empowerment

PL Liu, JF Ye - Health Communication, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the span of a decade, smartphones have gained popularity and acceptance among both
patients and physicians thanks to their advantages in health care delivery. However …

“I Saw it Incidentally but Frequently”: Exploring the Effects of Online Health Information Scanning on Lung Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Chinese Smokers

L Zhang, JF Ye, X Zhao - Health Communication, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In China, lung cancer is the most common cancer with high mortality. While prior research
suggests that health information scanning influences cancer screening within the general …

Percentage Coefficient (bp)--Effect Size Analysis (Theory Paper 1)

X Zhao, DM Li, ZZ Lai, PL Liu, SH Ao, F You - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Percentage coefficient (bp) has emerged in recent publications as an additional and
alternative estimator of effect size for regression analysis. This paper retraces the theory …