Examination of the mass media process and personal factors affecting the assessment of mass media-disseminated health information

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 20-30

  Avcı, Kadriye ^a   Çakır, Tülin ^a   Avşar, Zakir ^b   Taş, Hanife Üzel ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Health communication; Health promotion; Mass media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943194960     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975914536912     Document Type: Article

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