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Katharine J. Head

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyCervical Cancer and HPV ResearchGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedia Influence and HealthBehavioral Health and Interventions

Publications

125

Citations

2,371

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
AI-generated

Katharine J. Head studies health communication, focusing on how messages are designed and delivered to influence health behaviors such as vaccination and cancer screening. Her work covers topics like vaccine hesitancy, HPV and cervical cancer awareness, and the experiences of patients and caregivers dealing with conditions like sickle cell disease and Parkinson's disease. Much of the research examines persuasive messaging strategies, media influence, and preventive health behavior.

Health communication and persuasive messagingVaccine coverage and hesitancyCancer screening and HPV awarenessPatient and caregiver experiencesMedia influence on health behavior

Publication activity has been steady to growing over the past decade, averaging about 12 papers per year over the last five years with a notable spike in the most recent year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 11 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 16 publications222023: 9 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 21 publications2126
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Health Communication×6
  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics×5
  • Preventive Medicine×5
  • Preventive Medicine Reports×4
  • Vaccine×3

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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