Dinah A. Tetteh

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Associate Professor

Arkansas State University

Also affiliated: Bowling Green State University (2014–2022)

Faculty Researcher

9 h-index 26 pubs 312 cited

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Biomedical Subjects

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Dinah A. Tetteh's research focuses on understanding the communication and emotional experiences of individuals navigating serious health conditions, particularly gynecologic cancers. Her work investigates how people make sense of their diagnoses and the interpersonal dynamics involved in discussing sensitive topics related to their illness and survivorship. Tetteh has examined themes of uncertainty, guilt, and openness in communication among ovarian cancer survivors, employing theoretical frameworks such as uncertainty management and relational dialectics.

Her scholarship also extends to media studies, analyzing how public figures' deaths are mediated and how individuals engage in parasocial grieving online. Additionally, her recent work touches on the experiences of pregnancy and labor during the COVID-19 pandemic through vlogging. Tetteh's research contributes to the fields of health communication, gender studies, and media studies, with an h-index of 9 and over 300 citations across 26 publications.

Metrics

h-index: 9
Publications: 26
Citations: 312

Selected Publications

On Inclusivity: Editorial Practices Through a Feminist Lens (2026)

Women s Studies in Communication DOI OpenAlex
The Emotional Impact of Sensitive Topics: An Autoethnographic Account of an Ovarian Cancer Research (2024)

The Qualitative Report 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Making Sense of Gynecologic Cancer: A Relational Dialectics Approach (2024)

Health Communication 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Uncertainty and Guilt in Ovarian Cancer Survivorship (2022)

Cancer Investigation 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
Openness and topic avoidance in interpersonal communication about ovarian cancer: An uncertainty management perspective (2021)

Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Global Mediatized Death and Emotion: Parasocial Grieving—Mourning #stephenhawking on Twitter (2021)

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
“I just re-evaluated what was beautiful when I went through treatment:” an analysis of Elly Mayday’s ovarian cancer narrative (2021)

Feminist Media Studies 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Using Technology Adoption Theory and a Lifespan Approach to Develop a Theoretical Framework for eHealth Literacy: Extending UTAUT (2019)

Health Communication 66 citations DOI OpenAlex
Visibility of the ovaries and breasts: an analysis of Angelina Jolie’s medical announcements (2018)

Feminist Media Studies 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
The urgent need for health impact assessment: proposing a transdisciplinary approach to the e-waste crisis in sub-Saharan Africa (2017)

Global Health Promotion 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
“I Feel Different”: Ovarian Cancer and Sexual Self-Concept (2017)

Women s Reproductive Health 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Predictors of disability-related attitudes: considering self-esteem, communication apprehension, contact, and geographic location (2016)

Psychology Research and Behavior Management 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
The breast cancer fanfare: Sociocultural factors and women's health in Ghana (2016)

Health Care For Women International 15 citations DOI OpenAlex