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News coverage of drug development: implications for the conveyance of health information
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Technical information regarding health-related advances is sometimes esoteric for the general public. News media, therefore, plays a key role in public health promotion via health information conveyance. In this study, we use China as a sample
Jiangtao Wang, Wing-Fu Lai
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Engaging health and non-health sectors to advance progress on tobacco control
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation Despite towering disease and death burden attributed to tobacco use, and severe socio-economic implication thwarting progress on sustainable development, sectors other than tobacco control, seldom join hands ...
Rahul Kumar Dwivedi +3 more
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When pictures waste a thousand words: analysis of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic on television news. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 ObjectivesEffective communication by public health agencies during a pandemic promotes the adoption of recommended health behaviours. However, more information is not always the solution. Rather, attention must be paid to how information is communicated.
Westerly Luth +2 more
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Building momentum for adoption of UP-state policy on lines of WHO FCTC Article 5.3
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation Since India ratified the WHO FCTC, it is obligated to follow WHO FCTC Article 5.3 as well. Indian court too has recognized obligations of India to not violate Article 5.3 of FCTC for instance.
Rahul Kumar Dwivedi +4 more
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Social Media Fake News in India
Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 2021 This study analyzes 419 fake news items published in India, a fake-news-prone country, to identify the major themes, content types, and sources of social media fake news. The results show that fake news shared on social media has six major themes: health,
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman
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Pandemic Journalism: A Study of Covid-19 News Coverage on detik.com
Jurnal Aspikom, 2021 During a pandemic, people need information as a basis for knowledge and policymaking. This study aimed to describe the news about Covid-19 in the online media detik.com. This research used the quantitative content analysis method.
Benediktus Edi Woda +3 more
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Promoting the quality of health research-based news: Introduction of a tool
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017 Introduction: While disseminating health research findings to the public, it is very important to present appropriate and accurate information to give the target audience a correct understanding of the subject matter.
Mahnaz Ashoorkhani +3 more
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Mining news media for understanding public health concerns
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2021 Introduction: News media play an important role in raising public awareness, framing public opinions, affecting policy formulation, and acknowledgment of public health issues.
Maryam Zolnoori +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 News dissemination plays a vital role in supporting people to incorporate beneficial actions during public health emergencies, thereby significantly reducing the adverse influences of events.
Dan Sun, Guochang Zhao
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Calls to Action (Mobilizing Information) on Cancer in Online News: Content Analysis
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 BackgroundThe health belief model explains that individual intentions and motivation of health behaviors are mostly subject to external cues to action, such as from interpersonal communications and media consumptions.
Thomas Hongjie Zhang, Jen Sern Tham
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