Health journalists' perceptions of their communities and implications for the delivery of health information in the news

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 378-385

  Friedman, Daniela B ^a   Tanner, Andrea ^a   Rose, India D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Health communication; Health journalism; Interviews; Literacy; Mass media; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEVISION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TELEVISION;

EID: 84896384061     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9774-x     Document Type: Article

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