Understanding And Increasing Cancer Coverage In Black Newspapers
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Understanding And Increasing Cancer Coverage In Black Newspapers
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Author : Charlene Anne Caburnay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Understanding And Increasing Cancer Coverage In Black Newspapers written by Charlene Anne Caburnay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cancer categories.
Black newspapers are a trusted voice of the local Black community, and reach large numbers of African Americans with coverage that is community- and race-specific. Despite the apparent promise of Black newspapers as a channel for cancer information, surprisingly little is known about cancer coverage in Black newspapers. This content analysis and intervention study sought to: (1) demonstrate why Black newspapers are an important channel for health communication; (2) describe health and cancer coverage in a national sample of Black and general population newspapers; and (3) show how a cancer information news service can enhance the quantity and quality of cancer coverage in Black newspapers. Before the start of the content analysis study, we generated a new tool for constructed week sampling of mass media data. A sample of six to ten constructed weeks was found to be efficient whether the time frame was one or five years. The content analysis study reviewed and coded 8,510 health and cancer-related stories published in 24 Black and 12 community-matched general population newspapers from January 2004 through December 2005. Black newspapers had a greater amount of cancer coverage that was also more localized, more prevention-oriented, contained more disparity and mobilization information, referred readers to resources, and discussed cancer risk factors. The intervention study randomly assigned half of the Black newspapers to receive customized cancer news releases. Each news release (n=24) was adopted at least once, suggesting that the news releases were considered newsworthy and relevant by Black newspapers. We were unable to identify any newspaper characteristics significantly related to adoption rate. However, release characteristics such as the inclusion of a quote and localized features (data, headline, body) were significantly related to pickup frequency. During the post-intervention period, newspapers receiving the news releases had a higher proportion of health stories that were about cancer. The potential for future growth in health communication programs designed to reach African American readers of Black newspapers is great. By accessing traditional media channels with innovative interventions such as customized news releases, we can bring about changes in cancer coverage in Black newspapers.
Understanding Racial And Ethnic Differences In Health In Late Life
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2004-09-08
Understanding Racial And Ethnic Differences In Health In Late Life written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-08 with Social Science categories.
As the population of older Americans grows, it is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Differences in health by racial and ethnic status could be increasingly consequential for health policy and programs. Such differences are not simply a matter of education or ability to pay for health care. For instance, Asian Americans and Hispanics appear to be in better health, on a number of indicators, than White Americans, despite, on average, lower socioeconomic status. The reasons are complex, including possible roles for such factors as selective migration, risk behaviors, exposure to various stressors, patient attitudes, and geographic variation in health care. This volume, produced by a multidisciplinary panel, considers such possible explanations for racial and ethnic health differentials within an integrated framework. It provides a concise summary of available research and lays out a research agenda to address the many uncertainties in current knowledge. It recommends, for instance, looking at health differentials across the life course and deciphering the links between factors presumably producing differentials and biopsychosocial mechanisms that lead to impaired health.
Ensuring Quality Cancer Care
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Author : National Cancer Policy Board
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1999-08-04
Ensuring Quality Cancer Care written by National Cancer Policy Board and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-04 with Medical categories.
We all want to believe that when people get cancer, they will receive medical care of the highest quality. Even as new scientific breakthroughs are announced, though, many cancer patients may be getting the wrong care, too little care, or too much care, in the form of unnecessary procedures. How close is American medicine to the ideal of quality cancer care for every person with cancer? Ensuring Quality Cancer Care provides a comprehensive picture of how cancer care is delivered in our nation, from early detection to end-of-life issues. The National Cancer Policy Board defines quality care and recommends how to monitor, measure, and extend quality care to all people with cancer. Approaches to accountability in health care are reviewed. What keeps people from getting care? The book explains how lack of medical coverage, social and economic status, patient beliefs, physician decision-making, and other factors can stand between the patient and the best possible care. The board explores how cancer care is shaped by the current focus on evidence-based medicine, the widespread adoption of managed care, where services are provided, and who provides care. Specific shortfalls in the care of breast and prostate cancer are identified. A status report on health services research is included. Ensuring Quality Cancer Care offers wide-ranging data and information in clear context. As the baby boomers approach the years when most cancer occurs, this timely volume will be of special interest to health policy makers, public and private healthcare purchasers, medical professionals, patient advocates, researchers, and people with cancer.
Unequal Treatment
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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2009-02-06
Unequal Treatment written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-06 with Medical categories.
Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.
Personal Influence The Part Played By People In The Flow Of Mass Communications
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Author : Elihu Katz
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 1964
Personal Influence The Part Played By People In The Flow Of Mass Communications written by Elihu Katz and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
Community Clinical Oncology Program Coop
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Author : Alice Collins Hamm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Community Clinical Oncology Program Coop written by Alice Collins Hamm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Oncology categories.
Care Without Coverage
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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2002-06-20
Care Without Coverage written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-20 with Medical categories.
Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. The study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The committee looked at the consequences of being uninsured for people suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV infection and AIDS, heart and kidney disease, mental illness, traumatic injuries, and heart attacks. It focused on the roughly 30 million-one in seven-working-age Americans without health insurance. This group does not include the population over 65 that is covered by Medicare or the nearly 10 million children who are uninsured in this country. The main findings of the report are that working-age Americans without health insurance are more likely to receive too little medical care and receive it too late; be sicker and die sooner; and receive poorer care when they are in the hospital, even for acute situations like a motor vehicle crash.
The Surgeon General S Call To Action To Prevent Skin Cancer
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Author : Office of Office of the Surgeon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-27
The Surgeon General S Call To Action To Prevent Skin Cancer written by Office of Office of the Surgeon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-27 with categories.
This document is a Call to Action to partners in prevention from various sectors across the nation to address skin cancer as a major public health problem. Many partners are essential to this effort, including federal, state, tribal, local, and territorial governments; members of the business, health care, and education sectors; community, nonprofit, and faith-based organizations; and individuals and families. The goal of this document is to increase awareness of skin cancer and to call for actions to reduce its risk.The first section describes the problem of skin cancer and its major risk factors. It also discusses the relationship between exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and health. The second section describes the current evidence on preventing skin cancer, including current initiatives in the United States and in other countries. The third section describes the gaps in research related to skin cancer prevention, highlighting areas of research where more work is needed. The fourth section identifies specific opportunities to prevent skin cancer by reducing UV exposure in the U.S. population and calls for nationwide action.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Dissertation Abstracts International written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Dissertations, Academic categories.
Making Data Talk
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Author : David E. Nelson (M.D.)
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2009
Making Data Talk written by David E. Nelson (M.D.) and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Medical categories.
The authors summarize and synthesize research on the selection and presentation of data pertinent to public health and provide practical suggestions, based on this research summary and synthesis, on how scientists and other public health practitioners can better communicate data to the public, policy makers and the press.