Teresa L. Thompson is Professor Emerita of Communication at the University of Dayton, Ohio. She has been the Editor of the journal Health Communication for more than 33 years, and has edited the Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Sage Encyclopedia of Health Communication. Dr. Thompson is esteemed for both her contributions to the field and for her proficiency in coordinating the work of other scholars and editorial staff.
Peter J. Schulz is Professor at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, where he is Director of the Institute of Communication and Health. Together with Paul Cobley, London, he is Editor of the Series Handbooks of Communication Science (HoCS, 42 volumes, Berlin: DeGruyter & Mouton). Since 2017 he is also Honorary Professor at ANU (Australian National University, Canberra).

Part I: Perspectives on the Field of Health Communication
Ch. 1: Basics of Health Communication Theory
Teresa Thompson and James D. Robinson
Ch. 2: Segmenting Priority Audiences Employing Individual Difference Variables to Improve Health Promotion Efforts
Brian Quick, Tobias Reynolds-Tylus, Salah H. Al-Ghaithi, and Michael Mackert
Ch. 3: When Theory and Methods Intertwine
Jill Yamasaki
Part II: Perspectives on Dyads and Groups
Ch. 4: Interpersonal Health Communication Theories
Maria Brann, Jennifer Bute, Maureen Keeley, Sandra Petronio, Rachyl Pines, and Bernadette Watson
Ch. 5: Families Interacting in the Health Care Context
Maureen Keeley and Hannah Jones
Ch. 6: Theoretical Frameworks of Provider-Patient Interaction
Peter J. Schulz and Shaohai Jiang
Part III: Perspectives on Influence Processes
Ch. 7: Information-Processing and Cognitive Theories
Monique Mitchell Turner, Youjin Jang, and Shawn Turner
Ch. 8: Theories of Affective Impact
Robin Nabi
Ch. 9: Theories of Behavior
Marco Yzer and Rebekah Nagler
Ch. 10: Theories of Message Effects
James Robinson, Yan Tian, and Jeanine Warisse-Turner
Part IV: Perspectives on Organisations and Society
Ch. 11: Social Psychological Influences on Health Communication: An Examination of Four Theories
Yanqin Liu and Anthony Roberto
Ch. 12: Theories of Public Relations
Arunima Krishna
Ch. 13: Theories of Uncertainty
Austin S. Babrow, Marianne S. Matthias, Sarah M. Parsloe, and Anne M. Stone
Ch. 14: Cultural Theories of Health Communication
Evelyn Ho and Barbara Sharf
Ch. 15: Effects of Digital Media Technology on Health Communication
Shyam Sundar and Maria D. Molinar
Part V: Perspectives on the Future
Ch. 16: Directions in Health Communication Theory
Dannielle Kelley and Brian Southwell