[Commlist] 69th Special Issue & Virtual Conference: “HealthCommunication”

*ConnectIST*
*Istanbul University*
*Journal of Communication on Science*


*special 69TH ISSue*
*“Health Communication”*
*call for papers*

*Issue Guest Editors:*

*Dr. Peddiboyina Vijaya Lakshmi ((vijaya.cj /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(vijaya.cj /at/ gmail.com)>)*

(Professeor, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, India)

*Dr. Nezih Orhon ((nezihorhon /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(nezihorhon /at/ gmail.com)>)*

(Professeor, Anadolu University, Türkiye)

*Deadline for abstracts:*
September 15, 2024

*Virtual Conference: *
March 04-05, 2025

*FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION: *
July 13, 2025

*Publication Date*:
December, 2025

*e-ISSN 2636-8943 | Period Biannually | Founded:1992 | Publisher 
Istanbul University*

*| https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/en/journal/connectist/home 
<https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/en/journal/connectist/home>*

*HEALTH COMMUNICATION*

*VIRTUAL CONFERENCE*

*March 04-05, 2025*

This call for papers is for publication of a special issue of 
Connectist. It is combined with a call for submissions to a virtual 
conference on the same theme, which may precede publication.

Participants in the virtual conference on Health Communication will 
benefit from feedback and an opportunity to refine or develop work, 
prior to submission to the associated journal. Also, it will be a great 
opportunity to network with other researchers from different parts of 
the world to open a discussion on various emerging topics, compare 
practices in different communities, and develop research networks.

Successful submission to the journal does not depend upon participation 
in the conference, and nor does participation in the conference 
guarantee publication, but we aim that these two activities will support 
each other, and our participants, as they develop work for publication 
in the Connectist special issue

*Health Communication*

If you would like to be considered as a participant for the virtual 
conference, please submit a word document containing:

- title of the project

- author(s) name

- author(s) affiliation(s)

- author(s) organization(s)

- 500-word abstract.

*Submission Deadline: September 22, 2024*

*Email submissions to **(connectist /at/ istanbul.edu.tr)* 
<mailto:(connectist /at/ istanbul.edu.tr)>**

*Notification of acceptance: October 27, 2024.*

*/Connectist:/*/Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences is 
an open access, peer-reviewed and international journal, which has been 
indexed by ProQuest, EBSCO, Erihplus, TrDizin, DOAJ, SOBIAD and ranked 
Q4(WoS). There will not be a registration fee to attend the virtual 
conference or Article Processing Fee (APC) to publish in the journal. 
ConnectIST is published biannually and uses double-blind peer review for 
all articles it publishes./

*CALL FOR PAPERS: ConnectIST Special Issue*

/"We are not just fighting the pandemic; we are fighting the infodemic"/

*Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus*

Health has perhaps become a fundamental issue that needs to be addressed 
together with many different concepts and developments than ever before. 
Within this requirement, basic concepts such as health communication and 
health literacy began to need to be evaluated with more up-to-date 
research and definitions. We see that the concept of communication, 
technology, cultural diversity, individualized tools and many other 
topics is prominently included in the evaluation of health-related 
issues. Traditional definitions need to be framed once again with 
current approaches, handled together with new concepts and even new 
definitions need to be put forward.

When we look at Health Communication, we see that it is a discipline 
that examines the health-related information exchange and interaction of 
individuals, societies and health professionals. While this field covers 
topics such as the prevention and treatment of diseases and the 
promotion of healthy lifestyles; Health communication aims to understand 
and improve health-related communication processes by bringing together 
scientific, cultural and ethical dimensions.

Health communication is a discipline that has a wide scope and includes 
various communication areas. This scope includes health-related 
information exchange, health service communication, patient-relative 
communication, communication of health policies and other dimensions. 
Interactive and effective management of each area is important for 
health communication to be successful.

On the other hand, it also includes concepts such as transparency, 
empathy and cultural sensitivity, which are expected to be carefully 
maintained between people. It is also seen that it creates the basic 
values of health communication by encouraging effective communication 
between individuals.

Health literacy includes the ability to access correct information and 
services and to use this information and services in order to improve 
both one's own and the public's health. It also strengthens the correct 
use of resources, the creation of quality conditions in health services, 
and thus the individual's competence over his own health and public 
health to the extent that he can change his lifestyle. For quality 
healthcare, patients must first be able to describe their complaints 
accurately and describe the symptoms as they are.

Ideally, patients are expected to ask appropriate questions about the 
subject and understand medical recommendations and treatment 
instructions. Therefore, low levels of health literacy can negatively 
affect people's health and therefore their personal, social and cultural 
development. Indirectly, starting from the individual, it can also gain 
a social dimension. In this context, people need to be sufficiently 
health literate. In order to define the level of health literacy, the 
framework of health literacy is drawn by taking into account basic 
factors such as education, health and society.

The concepts of health communication and health literacy have become 
much more diverse, comprehensive and much more interdisciplinary with 
the new developments (pandemics, crises and the like), concepts 
(infodemic, disinformation and others) and especially technological 
developments (digital health, skin technologies and others) needs to be 
discussed together with transdisciplinary and intersectional approaches. 
In this regard, the aim of this issue is to present current approaches, 
discussions and research in the field within these dimensions and variables.

*The issue of the journal aims to focus on eight central areas mainly 
related with health and communication/literacy can be seen below:*

/Health and human communication/

/Health and strategic aspects/

/Health and media/

/Health and technology/

/Health and communities/

/Health and patient-provider relations/

/Health and intercultural aspects/

/Health and emerging concepts/

*According to the defined central areas, topics stated below may work as 
a guidance for potential submissions but not limited with these are:*

/Health communication/

/Health literacy/

/Health campaigns/

/Health information/

/Infodemic/

/Digital addiction/

/Digital fatigue/

/Health and disinformation/

/Health and fake news/

/Health and risk communication/

/Health and crisis communication/

/Health and media literacy/

/Health and technology literacy/

/Health and visual literacy/

/Health and agenda setting/

/Health and public opinion/

/Health and new media/

/Health and communication technologies/

/Health and vulnerable groups/

/Health and behavior change/

/Health and public relations/

/Health and intercultural communication/

/Health and community engagement/

/Health and creative industries/

/Health and journalism/

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