About
The Communication, Health Information, Research and Practice (CHIRP) lab focuses on the connections between health communication and information, risk assessment, and health-related attitudes and behavioral outcomes. Led by Dr. Elisabeth Bigsby at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Dr. Shelly Hovick at The Ohio State University, CHIRP is the result of several years of collaboration.
Prior Research
Dr. Bigsby and Dr. Hovick’s prior research uses a variety of research methods and examines different health topics and behaviors. Below is a list of publications that inform their collaborative research efforts in the CHIRP lab.
Hovick, S. R., Rhodes, N., Bigsby, E., Thomas, S., & Freiberger, N. (2022). Exploring direct and indirect predictors of heart disease information seeking. Advance online publication. Journal of Communication in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2076549
Bigsby, E., Hovick, S. R., Tan, N. Q. P., Thomas, S. N., & Wilson, S. R. (2021). Information seeking and risk reduction intentions in response to environmental threat messages: The role of message processing. Risk Analysis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13857
Hovick, S. R., Bigsby, E., Wilson, S. R., & Thomas, S. N. (2021). Information seeking behaviors and intentions in response to environmental health risk messages: A test of a reduced risk information seeking model. Health Communication, 36(14), 1889-1897. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1804139
Bigsby, E., & Hovick, S. R. (2018). Understanding associations between information seeking and scanning and health risk behaviors: An early test of the structural influence model. Health Communication, 33(3), 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1266575
Hovick, S. R., & Bigsby, E. (2016). Heart disease and colon cancer prevention beliefs and their association with information seeking and scanning. Journal of Health Communication, 21(1), 76-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1049307
The Communication, Health Information, Research and Practice (CHIRP) lab focuses on the connections between health communication and information, risk assessment, and health-related attitudes and behavioral outcomes. Led by Dr. Elisabeth Bigsby at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Dr. Shelly Hovick at The Ohio State University, CHIRP is the result of several years of collaboration.
Prior Research
Dr. Bigsby and Dr. Hovick’s prior research uses a variety of research methods and examines different health topics and behaviors. Below is a list of publications that inform their collaborative research efforts in the CHIRP lab.
Hovick, S. R., Rhodes, N., Bigsby, E., Thomas, S., & Freiberger, N. (2022). Exploring direct and indirect predictors of heart disease information seeking. Advance online publication. Journal of Communication in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2076549
Bigsby, E., Hovick, S. R., Tan, N. Q. P., Thomas, S. N., & Wilson, S. R. (2021). Information seeking and risk reduction intentions in response to environmental threat messages: The role of message processing. Risk Analysis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13857
Hovick, S. R., Bigsby, E., Wilson, S. R., & Thomas, S. N. (2021). Information seeking behaviors and intentions in response to environmental health risk messages: A test of a reduced risk information seeking model. Health Communication, 36(14), 1889-1897. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1804139
Bigsby, E., & Hovick, S. R. (2018). Understanding associations between information seeking and scanning and health risk behaviors: An early test of the structural influence model. Health Communication, 33(3), 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1266575
Hovick, S. R., & Bigsby, E. (2016). Heart disease and colon cancer prevention beliefs and their association with information seeking and scanning. Journal of Health Communication, 21(1), 76-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1049307