Taking a hard look at the Heart Truth campaign in Canada: A discourse analysis

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2018, Pages 1699-1710

  Clark, Marianne I ^a   McGannon, Kerry R ^b   Berry, Tanya R ^c   Norris, Colleen M ^c   Rodgers, Wendy M ^c   Spence, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

coronary heart disease; critical health psychology; media; risk; women s health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK; SEX FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85053417430     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105316669581     Document Type: Article

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