The health buck stops where? Thematic framing of health discourse to understand the context for CVD prevention

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-358

  Higgins, Joan Wharf ^a   Naylor, P J ^a   Berry, Tanya ^b   O'Connor, Brian ^c   McLean, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MASS MEDIA; NARRATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646235895     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730600614110     Document Type: Article

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