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Osteoporosis coverage in selected women's magazines and newspapers, 1998-2001.
Wallace, Lorraine Silver; Ballard, Joyce E.
Afiliação
  • Wallace LS; The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA. lwallace@mc.utmck.edu
Am J Health Behav ; 27(1): 75-83, 2003.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12500954
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

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

METHODS:

Osteoporosis articles (n=132) were assessed for sources of information used, incidence/prevalence statistics, risks factors, and prevention measures.

RESULTS:

Expert sources were highlighted in the majority of articles, whereas incidence/ prevalence statistics were described in less than half of the articles. Risk factors and prevention measures were outlined in most articles; however, much of the information presented was ambiguous and incomplete.

CONCLUSIONS:

It appears that the reporting of osteoporosis in women's magazines and newspapers is not entirely balanced; thus, future coverage should provide greater detail when reporting risks and preventive measures.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Osteoporose / Publicações Periódicas como Assunto / Bibliometria / Disseminação de Informação / Jornais como Assunto Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Female / Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2003 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Osteoporose / Publicações Periódicas como Assunto / Bibliometria / Disseminação de Informação / Jornais como Assunto Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Female / Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2003 Tipo de documento: Article