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Evaluating Understanding of Popular Press Reports of Health Research
dc.contributor.authorYeaton, William H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Dawnen_US
dc.contributor.authorRogers, Karenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:11:27Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:11:27Z
dc.date.issued1990en_US
dc.identifier.citationYeaton, William; Smith, Dawn; Rogers, Karen (1990). "Evaluating Understanding of Popular Press Reports of Health Research." Health Education & Behavior 17(2): 223-234. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67147>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1090-1981en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67147
dc.description.abstractThis research assessed the ability of a sample of persons on a college campus to understand media reports of health research. Three or four articles on each of five contemporary health topics (dietary cholesterol and heart disease, treatment for breast cancer, starch blockers, drug treatment for heart disease, test tube skin) were selected from widely circulated newspapers (e.g., New York Times ) and magazines (e.g., News- week). A sample of 144 college students responded to content-based and application- based questions derived from photocopies of these popular press articles. The overall rate of reader misunderstanding approached 40% and generally fell beween one third and one half for each of 16 articles representing five health topics. Several strengths and weaknesses of the research are considered as they relate to the accuracy of estimated error rates and to the generality of study findings. The implications of these findings for other areas of health (e.g., AIDS risk factor research) are also discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleEvaluating Understanding of Popular Press Reports of Health Researchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEducationen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumInstitute for Social Research, University of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumInstitute for Social Research, University of Michiganen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67147/2/10.1177_109019819001700208.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/109019819001700208en_US
dc.identifier.sourceHealth Education & Behavioren_US
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