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..findings from the first study of cancer news coverage in a national sample of Black and general-audience newspapers. We compared 2,439 health news stories from 23 weekly Black newspapers to 2,767 health news stories from a ..

This research examined trends in physical activity reporting by Australian newspapers, and described these trends compared to coverage of obesity and tobacco.

To evaluate the accountability of osteoporosis information available in selected mass-circulating women's magazines (n=8) and a sample of newspapers (n=2).

This study aimed to assess change in the quality of reporting of schizophrenia in UK national daily newspapers, comparing 1996 with 2005.

..We thus quantified the level of visibility achieved by front-page medical stories in the United States and analyzed their news sources...

..Based on findings that portrayals of obesity in entertainment media foster weight-related stigmatization, the goal of the current study was to analyze media coverage of obesity in daily newspapers.

..To determine whether schizophrenia is a commonly used 'illness as metaphor', to compare the use of schizophrenia and cancer as illnesses as metaphor, and to determine if there is a difference in such usage between the UK and USA...

..A/H1N1, more commonly referred to as swine flu, emerged in Mexico in spring 2009. It rapidly spread across the world and was classed as a global pandemic on 11 June 2009...

..associated with local newspaper content about breast cancer, but the effects were confined to communities served by weekly newspapers. We discuss the implications of this study for future community-based health promotion campaigns.

To assess the characteristics of medical research that is press released by general medical journals and reported in newspapers.

..Australia's recent success in securing dates for the implementation of smoke free pubs is likely to have owed much to the enduring media advocacy by health groups...

..To examine the proposition that antidrunk driving messages in the news media contributed indirectly to the decline in drunk driving over the past two decades through their impact on related policy making processes...

b>Newspapers play a key role in disseminating information and shaping perceptions about health, research, and policies...

..This study examines how this novel disease threat was depicted in the UK newspapers, using social representations theory and in particular existing work on social representations of HIV/AIDS and ..

..We assessed newspaper descriptions of drug benefits and harms, the nature of the effects described and the presence or absence of other important information that can add context and balance to a report about a new drug...

..authors conducted an ethnographic content analysis of LTE on tobacco issues from a sample of 11 Australian daily newspapers over a 3-year period (2001 to 2003, N=361)...

..model was used as a template to adapt a system for measuring tobacco-related newspaper coverage in Colorado newspapers. Over a 3-month period, tobacco-related articles were clipped from 180 daily and weekly newspapers...

..The objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of using classified newspaper ads and messages aimed at each stage of change to enhance participation in smoking cessation programs...

..Because the local newspaper can be especially influential in smaller communities, strategies are needed to help reporters and editors in these settings provide more and better coverage of health behavior-related stories...

..DESIGN: We examined tanning advertisements in a sample of public high school newspapers published between 2001 and 2005 in 3 Colorado counties encompassing the Denver metropolitan area...

..In this study, we aimed at assessing UK newspapers' coverage of CATs for cancer...

..Tobacco articles from major daily newspapers in Australia (12 newspapers; 1,188 articles) and the United States (30 newspapers; 1,317 articles) were ..

..and containing at least one paragraph focused on tobacco in all major Australian national and State capital city newspapers (n=12) in 2001...

..examine the accuracy and nature of media coverage of genetic research, we reviewed the reporting of single-gene discoveries and associated technologies in major daily newspapers in Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Australia.

..An important first step is to understand how newspapers cover cancer and if differences exist between mainstream and ethnic newspapers.

..Through our analysis of 9859 tobacco-focused news articles from ioo leading US daily newspapers between 2001 and 2003 we examined whether tobacco issues are newsworthy, and if so, whether coverage is ..

Despite the long history, wide reach and unique influence of Black newspapers in many African American communities, no national studies have examined how these newspapers cover health and cancer issues, or reader perceptions of their ..

..By analysing the total reporting on SARS of five major national newspapers during the epidemic of spring 2003, we investigate how the reporting of SARS in the UK press was framed, and how ..

..This paper is an integrated analysis of newspaper coverage, epidemiological rates, and recent social history of six prominent diseases...

..In this article, we report on an examination of personal accounts of illness as presented in three Swedish newspapers, focusing on the gendered representation of laypersons' experiences of depression...

..Despite the skewed coverage, public health groups obtained adequate attention to their arguments to keep the law in effect...

..Information that first appears in the scientific literature is frequently retransmitted in the popular press. Does popular coverage of medical research in turn amplify the effects of that research on the scientific community?..

..This may arise from the low profile of stroke within the public domain. Our aim was to assess the coverage of stroke compared with heart disease in a popular form of mass media, newspapers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

..Scientific journals issue press releases to disseminate scientific news about articles they publish...

..The placement of medical research news on a newspaper's front page is intended to gain the public's attention, so it is important to understand the source of the news in terms of research maturity and evidence level...

Local newspapers are an important source of health news, especially in small communities...

..Newspaper constructions of sleep, it is concluded, are complex, depending on both the 'problem' and the paper in question...

..The news media's potential to promote awareness of health issues is established, and media advocacy is now an important tool in combating tobacco use. This study examines newspaper editors' perspectives of tobacco-related issues...

..Content analyses (N = 954) revealed that newspapers pay relatively little attention to cancer prevention...

..The present study is, therefore, designed to investigate the number and content of published news stories focused on cancers from 2000 to 2007 in China main newspapers.

..Keyword searches for 11 common neurologic conditions were performed for The New York Times and 8 regional newspapers with circulation greater than 200,000...

..This article uses grounded theory and the concept of media framing to understand the manner in which Indian newspapers make sense of the HIV/ AIDS problem...

..This report provides an evaluation of the Austrian guidelines that were introduced in 1987 as a natural experiment...

..None of these strategies showed a substantial deviation from the 2000 census of articles. We conclude that sampling coverage can produce estimates statistically equivalent to a census. Researchers should utilize coverage sampling...

We aimed to analyse the quality of newspaper articles (NAs) concerning the therapeutic use of cannabis published in Spanish newspapers.

..We, therefore, conclude by suggesting organizational efforts to focus on ways of ensuring that mental health nurses are seen as a legitimate authority by the media...

This paper describes the portrayal of HIV/AIDS in 14 mass print newspapers directed towards the Canadian Aboriginal population and published between 1996 and 2000...

..S. newspapers or aired on one of six national or cable news networks...

..Mass print newspapers targeting high (Ashkenazi Jews) and low (general Canadian population) genetic risk audiences and published at ..

..COmparing media coverage of biotechnology between 1992 and 2001 in two national newspapers with national survey data collected in early 2003, an argument is made that a general one-dimensional media ..

We sought to gauge the relative attention that tobacco control receives in military newspapers by comparing coverage of tobacco use with that of other health topics of importance to the military.

..This study investigated how media coverage has portrayed diabetes as newsworthy...

..Significant disparities in cancer mortality exist as a function of ethnicity and race in North America. Little is known, however, about the presentation of cancer information in mass media that targets ethnic minority groups...

..Clippings were gathered from regional and national newspapers. Two data collection methodologies were employed: the first involved two staggered "constructed weeks" ..

..Findings also indicate that television news is more likely than newspapers to mention personal solutions, but less likely to attribute the responsibility to society.

To explore how often newspapers cover the retraction of a medical journal article and whether newspaper coverage corresponds with the appearance of a press release about the retraction.

..We explore how the print media in four jurisdictions framed the controversy surrounding Myriad Genetic's BRCA patents and consider the possible influence of media on public perceptions and policy reform...

..Preliminary findings include indications that seropositive women tend to be represented markedly differently from men in the news...

..There is increasing debate about the ethics of using medical records for research. We aimed to characterize newspaper reporting in this area...

..A scoping review was conducted to: 1) determine the amount, focus and nature of research on CAM and the mass media; and 2) summarize and disseminate related research results...

..This disconnect potentially prevents timely ED diagnosis and reinforces a stigma that limits treatment availability. We examine the presentation of EDs in daily newspapers, an important contributor to shaping public perception of EDs.

..We screened the online sites of 12 national newspapers which allow word scanning between the dates January 1, 2001 and May 1, 2006...

..This content analysis provides an empirical starting point for future research into how such health news may influence consumer's perceptions of health topics...

..Community newspapers are an important source of cancer information for ethnic groups...

..Within this context, we raise some questions regarding the broader political significance of such media representations...

..This constellation of meanings informs a somewhat different pattern of response to MRSA when compared to many past EIDs...

..Major newspapers and magazines of all Brazilian state capitals have been surveyed throughout year 2000, with 4,669 stories ..

..To investigate the nature of, and trends in, Australian print media coverage of sexually transmissible infections (STI) in indigenous Australians...

..Therefore, we sought to systematically examine pharmaceutical company press releases about original research for measures of quality...

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..Institutional bodies should provide information, which covers the subject in a more realistic way in order to prevent a wrong understanding of the profession and to offer the whole scope of the public functions of veterinary medicine...

..A retrospective cohort design was used to determine whether media coverage of adverse events that occurred in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals was associated with subsequent veteran disenrollment...

..Thus, some commonality exists between how scientists and science writers believe the news coverage of medical research could be improved...

..The responsibility for holding the media to a higher standard of truth and fairness falls to us all...

..The news media are an important source of information on new medical treatments. There is, however growing concern that some of the coverage may be inaccurate and overly enthusiastic, thereby misleading the general population...

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..METHODS: The authors conducted a content analysis of 111 news stories about HPV from the 10 most circulated newspapers and from 3 major television networks for the period from January 1995 through July 2002...

..The articles were from three local newspapers, one in each of three communities...

..established coding methods, we analyzed popular articles about depression from a mix of American magazines and newspapers spanning the years 1985-2000...

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..The classic stereotyping of crime and violence framing is strongly present in the Times. We discuss what changes would be useful to provide news consumers with a more accurate picture of crime in their community...

..Advocacy and training workshops are recommended to address this problem...

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..Conduct a content analysis of messages directed at the veteran community about tobacco in (a) magazines and newspapers published for veterans, and (b) websites of VSOs;and 4) Based on the findings of Specific Aims #1-3, develop and ..

..public health effort to inform parents about the importance of infant supine sleep from physicians, nurses, newspapers, and other media...

..This project will lead to several products: two journal articles; op-ed and similar articles for newspapers and magazines; a book; and a curriculum module for mental health services, policy studies, public health, social ..

..1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004 rounds of the National Survey on Family Planning, conducted by the Mainichi Newspapers of Japan. The proposed research has a methodological component as well as a substantive component...

..Print media clippings from all 51 daily and non-daily newspapers in study counties will be evaluated for pro/con slant related to smoke-free environments...

..Print media clippings from all 51 daily and non-daily newspapers in study counties will be evaluated for pro/con slant related to smoke-free environments...

..Print media clippings from all 51 daily and non-daily newspapers in study counties will be evaluated for pro/con slant related to smoke-free environments...

..Print media clippings from all 51 daily and non-daily newspapers in study counties will be evaluated for pro/con slant related to smoke-free environments...

..In the first phase, a wide variety of written materials in various formats (newsletters, magazines, newspapers, brochures, etc.) and styles (case studies, personal stories from owners and workers, cartoons, etc...

..Participants would be recruited through advertisements in campus newspapers, through university extension educators, social service workers, community-based organizations and Black ..

..schools and will continue themes developed in the curriculum, using posters, games and contests, comic books and newspapers, videos, and other media determined to be most likely to succeed in the South African setting...

..schools and will continue themes developed in the curriculum, using posters, games and contests, comic books and newspapers, videos, and other media determined to be most likely to succeed in the South African setting...

..on research conducted under Specific Aim #1, using additional information found through the labor press, local newspapers, and other written sources, and through interviews with key labor leaders and public health activists...

..Tu Cuerpo website and the bilingual 800# helpline promoted by 147 participating radio stations and 102 newspapers nationwide...

..Tu Cuerpo website and the bilingual 800# helpline promoted by 147 participating radio stations and 102 newspapers nationwide...

..on research conducted under Specific Aim #1, using additional information found through the labor press, local newspapers, and other written sources, and through interviews with key labor leaders and public health activists...