A staged model of communication effects: Evidence from an entertainment–education radio soap opera in Tanzania

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-227

  Vaughan, Peter W ^a   Rogers, Everett M ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA; TELECOMMUNICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DRAMA; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIO; TANZANIA;

EID: 0034218332     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730050131398     Document Type: Article

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