Janice Krieger
Professor | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Janice Krieger is a health communication scientist focused on ways to empower patients and their families in healthcare decision-making.
Biography
Janice Krieger is a health communication scientist focused on identifying innovative ways to empower patients and their families in healthcare decision-making as well as reduce barriers that contribute to inequities in cancer prevention and survivorship. She is the director of the STEM Translational Communication Center and a professor in the Department of Advertising in the College of Journalism and Communications. Janice's research focuses on developing interventions utilizing virtual clinicians to improve health-related outcomes for underrepresented populations, particularly rural patients.
Areas of Expertise (13)
Artificial Intelligence
Dissemination
Health Inequities
Strategic Planning
Audience Research
Advertising Research
Advertising Campaigns
Implementation Science
Strategic Communication
Communication Strategy
Intergroup Communication
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Interpersonal Communication
Articles (3)
Perspectives of pregnant and breastfeeding women on longitudinal clinical studies that require non-invasive biospecimen collection – a qualitative study
BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthDominick J Lemas, et al.
2021-01-20
Investigation of the microbiome during early life has stimulated an increasing number of cohort studies in pregnant and breastfeeding women that require non-invasive biospecimen collection. The objective of this study was to explore pregnant and breastfeeding women’s perspectives on longitudinal clinical studies that require non-invasive biospecimen collection and how they relate to study logistics and research participation.
A feasibility trial of parent HPV vaccine reminders and phone-based motivational interviewing
BMC Public HealthStephanie AS Staras, et al.
2021-01-09
We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a sequential approach of parent-targeted HPV vaccine reminders and phone-based Motivation Interviewing.
Internet-based tailored virtual human health intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening: design guidelines from two user studies
Journal on Multimodal User InterfacesMohan Zalake, et al.
2021-01-02
To influence user behaviors, Internet-based virtual humans (VH) have been used to deliver health interventions. When developing Internet-based VH health interventions, the developers have to make several design decisions on VH’s appearance, role, language, or medium.
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