The role of mass media in changing health-related behaviour: a critical appraisal of two models

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
SELINA REDMAN ◽  
ELIZABETH A. SPENCER ◽  
ROBERT W. SANSON-FISHER
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Related Behaviour

FACTS, MYTHS AND INFODEMICS IN COVID-19 IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND GENERAL POPULATION: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Shrivastava P ◽  
Verma S ◽  
Khushboo Khushboo ◽  
Bhattacharya P K
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
General Population ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Health Related

Despite the ubiquity of health-related communications via social media, no consensus has emerged what information should be conveyed and how it should be conveyed to avoid creating panic among general population. With lockdowns social media, mass media became as a habit by people for news, information regarding COVID-19 and it is practiced even after lockdown. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mass media, social media and local news has become as the source of a toxic “infodemic” source for public. It contained both solicited and unsolicited advice. No conceptual model exists for examining the roles of media. It is important to rst assess the important mis-information, role of infodemics and prevalent casualness among the public regarding the COVID-19. Till mass vaccination is not commenced it is prudent to emphasize guidelines and practices as per COVID guidelines like social distancing, wearing mask, hand hygiene

scholarly journals Self‐control and health‐related behaviour: The role of implicit self‐control, trait self‐control, and lay beliefs in self‐control

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 764-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin S. Hagger ◽  
Daniel F. Gucciardi ◽  
Amelia S. Turrell ◽  
Kyra Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Self Control ◽  
Lay Beliefs ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Related Behaviour

scholarly journals Role Of Mass Media In Awareness Raising For Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s)

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Shagufta Nasreen ◽  
Aliyah Ali
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Prevention And Cure

One of the major threats faced in the fast changing world is of communicable diseases and infections such as Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s). In Pakistan where reproductive health related issues are not discussed openly, it is difficult to find any countrywide data on the prevalence of STI’s. There are, however, a few selected small sample studies confirming its prevalence in general public as well in high risk groups. At policy level we find little recognition and willingness to deal with these infections. However this process can be geared up with the help of mass media for raising awareness. This paper seeks to examine the role of media in creating public awareness and in breaking the silence against these ‘taboo’ infections and make people aware about its prevention and cure.

scholarly journals Introduction into Health-Related Folklore and Its Research: From First-Hand Experiences to Second-Hand Narrating Models

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Reet Hiiemäe ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Journal Issue ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Anthropological Approach ◽  
Social Narrative

y accentuating the central keywords and observations of the articles published in this special journal issue, the author – situating the articles in a broader theoretical framework – offers a glimpse at the role of the humanities in the research of the realm of health in such a unique period as the Covid-19 pandemic. The author concludes that based on the complexity of the topic (its physical and mental, individual and collective angles, impact of the mass media and partly recycled narrative models), health research needs to take into consideration the topic’s social, narrative, religious, belief, and other aspects in a nuanced way, and here folkloristic and medical anthropological approach with its specialized methodology and empirical groundedness can offer significant added value.

scholarly journals Against Moral Responsibilisation of Health: Prudential Responsibility and Health Promotion

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca C H Brown ◽  
Hannah Maslen ◽  
Julian Savulescu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
State Health ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Related Behaviour

Abstract In this article, we outline a novel approach to understanding the role of responsibility in health promotion. Efforts to tackle chronic disease have led to an emphasis on personal responsibility and the identification of ways in which people can ‘take responsibility’ for their health by avoiding risk factors such as smoking and over-eating. We argue that the extent to which agents can be considered responsible for their health-related behaviour is limited, and as such, state health promotion which assumes certain forms of moral responsibility should (in general) be avoided. This indicates that some approaches to health promotion ought not to be employed. We suggest, however, that another form of responsibility might be more appropriately identified. This is based on the claim that agents (in general) have prudential reasons to maintain their health, in order to pursue those things which make their lives go well—i.e. that maintenance of a certain level of health is (all-things-considered) rational for many agents, given their pleasures and plans. On this basis, we propose that agents have a self-regarding prudential responsibility to maintain their health. We outline the implications of a prudential responsibility approach to health promotion.

935: Critical Appraisal of the Role of Ureteroscopy in Treatment of Pediatric Renal and Ureteric Calculi

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 310-310
Author(s):  
Sumit Dave ◽  
Luis H. Braga ◽  
Antoine E. Khoury ◽  
Walid A. Farhat
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Ureteric Calculi
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