Rukhsana Ahmed
Professeure adjointe, Département de communication
Membre de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales et autorisée à diriger des thèses.
Chercheuse affiliée, Institute of Women’s Studies, Université d'Ottawa
Membre du Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Communication Organisationnelle (GRICO)
Chercheuse affiliée, Loeb Research Consortium and Tissue Donation
Bureau : 103, 558 avenue King-Edward
Téléphone : 613-562-5800 poste 3834
Courriel : rahmed@uOttawa.ca
Titres universitaires
2007 – Ph.D. in Communication Studies (Health Communication), Ohio University, USA
2005 – M.A. in Communication Studies (Health Communication), Ohio University, USA
2000 – M.A. in International Development Studies, Ohio University, USA
1997 – M.S.S. in International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
1995 – B.S.S. (Honors) in International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Champs d’intérêt
- Communication et santé
- Communication interpersonnelle et interculturelle
- Genres et communication
- Communication et développement
- Diversité religieuse et communication
- Médias multiculturels
Recherches en cours
Mes recherches actuelles portent sur la diversité culturelle ainsi que sur les conflits interpersonnels dans les soins de santé. Notamment, je me penche sur les sources de conflit entre soignants et soignés selon les soignés eux-mêmes (du point de vue de l'interprétation qu'ils en font). Je travaille aussi sur l'interaction, ou l'articulation, entre les obstacles structurels, la diversité, la pauvreté et autres problèmes de santé familiale spécifiques au champ de la santé, et en quoi ces problématiquement peuvent influencer les comportements de santé. Mes recherches, multidisciplinaires, s'inscrivent ainsi dans un contexte plus large qui est celui de l'articulation entre croissance économique, communication et santé et environnement. L'objectif étant de contribuer à l'avancement des connaissances - notamment en terme de développement des politiques publiques - sur les multiples enjeux qui se posent dans le champ de la santé (de plus en plus complexe, compte tenu de la mondialisation) et notamment dans les régions d'Asie du Sud-Est.
Survol des publications
Livres
AHMED, R., & Bates, B. R. (Eds.). (in preparation; expected date of publication: Winter 2012). Health communication and mass media: Applying research to public health policy and practice. Gower Publishing Ltd.
Bates, B. R., & AHMED, R. (Eds.). (in preparation; expected date of publication: Fall 2012). When patients meet providers: Medical communication in clinical contexts. Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Hoffman-Goetz, L., Donelle, L., & AHMED, R. (in preparation; expected date of publication: 2014) Health literacy in Canada. Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
Chapitres de livres
AHMED, R. (in press). Interpersonal health communication: An ecological perspective. In R. Obregon & S. Waisbord (Eds.), Handbook of global health communication (pp. 144-176). Wiley-Blackwell.
AHMED, R. (2012). Integrating personal experiences and course materials to promote net generation student learning in an online health communication course. In S. P. Ferris (Ed.), Teaching, learning and the net generation: Concepts and tools for reaching digital learners (pp. 393-408). IGI Global.
Reimer, V., & AHMED, R. (in press). Feeling good never looked better: Examining stereotypical representations of women in Special K advertisements. (Lead Essay). In T. Carilli, & J. Campbell (Eds.), Women and the media: New perspectives.
AHMED, R., Ahmed, M. U., & Khan, Z. H. (accepted for publication). Globalization and urban health: Urban Health communication strategies for pro-poor growth and sustained improvement in health in South Asia. In C. Okigbo (Ed.), Strategic health communication in urban contexts. Springer.
Jaya, P., & AHMED, R. (2011). Women of color in the academy: The South Asian ‘corner.’ In M. N. Niles, & N. Gordon (Eds.), Still searching for our Mother’s garden: Experiences of new tenure track women of color at ‘majority’ institutions (pp. 137-153). Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
AHMED, R., & Han, M. (2007). The process of representation of Muslim women in the U. S. media: A rhetorical analysis of texts and countertexts. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, T. Pludowski, & D. V. Tanno (Eds.), The media and international communication (pp. 199- 213). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Bates, B. R., & AHMED, R. (2007). Disaster pornography: Hurricanes, voyeurism, and the home television viewer. In R. S. Swan & K. A. Bates (Eds.), Through the eye of Katrina: Social justice in the United States (pp. 187-202). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
Articles
AHMED, R. & Bates, B. R. (in press). Development of scales to assess patients’ perception of physicians’ cultural competence in health care interactions. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 23(3).
AHMED, R., Bates, B. R., & Romina, S. M. (accepted for publication). Assessing the influence of patients’ perceptions of physicians' cultural competence on patient satisfaction in an Appalachian Ohio context. Journal of Cultural Diversity: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 19(2).
AHMED, R., & Bates, B. R. (2010). Patients’ ethnocentric views and patients’ perceptions of physicians’ cultural competence in health care interactions. Intercultural Communication Studies, 19(2), 111-127.
Nahon-Serfaty, I., AHMED, R., Grosjean, S., & Bonneville, L. (2009). Connecting the micro and macro approaches: Cultural stakes in health communication. Altérités, 6(2), 48-74.
AHMED, R. (2009). Interface of political opportunism and Islamic extremism in Bangladesh: Rhetorical identification in government response. Communication Studies, 60(1), 82-96.
AHMED, R., & Bates, B. R.(2007). Patient gender differences in patients' perceptions of physicians' cultural competence in health care interactions. Women's Health & Urban Life: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, VI(2), 58-80.
Bates, B. R., Romina, S. M., & AHMED, R. (2007). The effect of improved readability scores on consumers' perceptions of the quality of health information on the internet. Journal of Cancer Education, 22(1), 15-20.
Bates, B. R., Romina, S. M., AHMED, R., & Hopson, D. (2006). The effect of source credibility on consumers' perceptions of the quality of health information on the Internet. Medical Informatics & the Internet in Medicine, 31, 45-52.
Conférences et présentations
AHMED, R. (2012). Integrating personal experiences and course materials to promote net generation student learning in an online health communication course. Paper to be presented to the Instructional & Developmental Communication Division, International Communication Association Annual Conference, May 24 – 28, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
AHMED, R. (2011). Construction, communication, and performance of expertise in the health care context. Keynote delivered at the International Conference: Extending Expertise? Experts and Amateurs in Communication and Culture, University of Ottawa, Canada.
AHMED, R., & Bates, B. R. (2010). News coverage of H1N1: Avoiding panic in pandemic flu vaccination campaign or fear mongering in media? Paper presented at the International Communication Association 2010 Preconference, Health Communication Campaigns: Issues and Strategies in Asia, Australia and Southeast Asia, Singapore.
AHMED, R., & Jaya, P (2010). Cultural integration of internationally educated health professionals into the Canadian workforce: A meta-analysis. Paper presented at the Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHP) Atlantic Connection Symposium, Halifax, NS, Canada.
AHMED, R. & Bates, B. R. (2009). Assessing the relationship between patients' ethnocentric views and patients' perceptions of physicians' cultural competence in health Care interactions. Paper presented at the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies Conference, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Kumamoto, Japan.
AHMED, R. & Jaya, P (2009). Ethnic media and representations of south Asian women. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
AHMED, R., Bates, B. R., & Romina, S. M. (2008). Assessing the influence of patients' perceptions of physicians' cultural competence on patient satisfaction in an Appalachian Ohio context. Paper presented to the Health Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, USA.
