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<p><span>Communicating Intimate Health</span><span> offers a collection of original research and theoretical work showcasing advances in intimate health scholarship from the field of communication studies, with a focus on the intersection of intimate health, gender, and race.</span></p>

<p><span>Table of Content</span></p>
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<p><span>Introduction: Communicating Intimate Health: From the Bedroom to the Doctor’s Office</span></p>
<p><span> Valerie Rubinsky &amp; Angela Cooke-Jackson</span></p>
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<p><span>Part 1: Absence as a Theme of Intimate Health Communication</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1: Sweet Nothings: A Journey of (Gay) Sex without Condoms </span></p>
<p><span>By Andrew Spieldenner &amp; Nic Flores</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: “Why Don’t All Parents Talk About This Stuff:” Informational, Emotional, and Cultural Barriers to Meaningful Parent-Child Conversations About Sex</span></p>
<p><span>By Amanda Holman</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: “The Sex Talk was Taboo… So was Wearing a Tampon:” Sexual and Menstrual Health Conversations among Young Latina and Latinx Women and Gender Minorities</span></p>
<p><span>By</span><span> </span><span>Ashley Aragón and Angela Cooke-Jackson</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: Intimate Conversations about Sex and Sexuality: Lessons Learned from Studying Purity Pledges</span></p>
<p><span>By Jimmie Manning</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: Intimate Communication Guidelines for Transformative Sexual Education</span></p>
<p><span>By Angela Cooke-Jackson, Taylor McMahon, and Kavita Shah </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: The (S)lack of Queer Healthcare in Appalachia </span></p>
<p><span>By Katy A. Ross </span></p>
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<p><span>Part 2: Interpersonal Communication and Health Intimacies</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7: Theory of Memorable Messages: Theorizing Message Disruption</span></p>
<p><span>By Angela Cooke-Jackson &amp; Valerie Rubinsky</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 8: Beyond the Binaries of Sexual Consent: Developing Consent Identities through Diversification of Sexual Messaging</span></p>
<p><span>By Rachel Hanebutt</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 9: Disrupting Sexual Communication: An Exploration and Application of Boundary-Setting Conversations in BDSM, Polyamorous, and LGBTQ Relationships</span></p>
<p><span>By Valerie Rubinsky &amp; Monica Roldán</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 10: “But I Can’t Talk to My Doctor About That!” Tips for Young Adults to Improve Sexual Communication with Health Providers.</span></p>
<p><span>By Carey Noland</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 11: Technology and Sexual Health Communication Among Black and Latinx Young Women</span></p>
<p><span>By Carina M. Zelaya and Diane B. Francis</span></p>
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<p><span>Part 3: Maternal Health &amp; Motherhood</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 12: Interpersonal Communication Surrounding Infertility and Miscarriage: Considerations Under the Gaze of the Master Narrative of Motherhood</span></p>
<p><span>By Haley Kranstuber Horstman and Shaye Morrison </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 13: From “Breast is Best” to “Your Choice” – Memorable Messages Mothers Receive about Breastfeeding</span></p>
<p><span>By Angela M. Hosek, Heather Matthys, and Kelly M. Weikle</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 14: Caregiving Throughout Herstory: The Role of Doula on African Descent Women’s Health Outcomes</span></p>
<p><span>By Shukura Ayoluwa Umi</span></p>
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<p><span>Part 4: Trauma, Structural Violence, and Intimate Health </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 15: Migrant Gender Violence, Reproductive Health, and the Intersections of Reproductive Justice and Health Communication</span></p>
<p><span>By Leandra H. Hernández and Sarah De Los Santos Upton</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 16: Historical and Intergenerational Trauma and Radical Love</span></p>
<p><span>By Andrew Jolivétte </span></p>
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<p><span>Part 5: Negotiating Identity in Intimate Health Research: Considerations and Opportunities</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 17: Researching Marginalized Populations in Intimate Health Communication: Observations from the Field</span></p>
<p><span>By Angela Cooke-Jackson, Valerie Rubinsky, Andrew Spieldenner, Nicole Hudak, Ashley Aragón, and Jacqueline Gunning </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 18: Negotiating Identity in Queer Pregnancy and Birth Control Research</span></p>
<p><span>By Nicole Hudak </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 19: A Dialogic Forum on Feminist Implications of Birth Control Research</span></p>
<p><span>By Jacqueline Gunning and Nicole Hudak </span></p>
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<p><span>Conclusion: A Love Letter to Vulnerability </span></p>
<p><span>By Valerie Rubinsky &amp; Angela Cooke-Jackson </span></p>
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<p><span>Angela F. Cooke-Jackson</span><span> </span><span>is associate professor of health communication and behavioral science at California State University, Los Angeles, and co-director of the Intimate Communication Lab.</span></p>
<p><span>Valerie Rubinsky</span><span> is assistant professor of communication at the University of Maine at Augusta and co-director of the Intimate Communication Lab.</span></p>