Communicating population health: Print news media coverage of type 2 diabetes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1091-1098

  Gollust, Sarah E ^a   Lantz, Paula M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Diabetes; Health inequalities; Media; Population health; USA

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DIET; DRUG INDUSTRY; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWSPAPERS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849113132     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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