Studying the striving and opposing forces in newspaper journalism: The actantial model of health promotion

Health Promotion International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-168

  Aarva, Pauliina ^a   Tampere, Marja Pakarinen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Culture of health promotion; Media; Semiotics; Values

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WELFARE; WELLBEING;

CULTURE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEWSPAPERS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 33744800271     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dal010     Document Type: Article

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