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| Title |
Between evidence and negligence: coverage and invisibilityof health topics in the Portuguese printed media
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| Published in |
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1590/1413-812320152011.18342014 |
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| Authors |
Aline Guio Cavaca, Paulo Roberto Vasconcellos-Silva, Patrícia Ferreira, João Arriscado Nunes |
| Abstract |
The scope of this study is to conduct an assessment of the media coverage and dissemination of health issues in Portugal in order to problematize the aspects of coverage and invisibility of health topics and establish the themes neglected in media coverage. To achieve this, the coverage on health issues in the Portuguese daily newspaper Público was compared with the epidemiological context regarding health priorities and the perceptions of key players on media dissemination and the themes that are relevant to the Portuguese population. The results showed that the recurrent health-associated themes do not deal with diseases per se, but with the politics and economics of health and medication. The themes neglected in media coverage identified in the Portuguese context include: communicable diseases, such as hepatitis and tuberculosis; issues related to mental health and suicide; and ailments and social consequences associated with the economic crisis that has beset Portugal recently. From the standpoint of the people interviewed, other neglected diseases include hemochromatosis and other rare diseases. In tandem with this, the study highlights the well covered media themes that revolve around the lives and activities of celebrities, which are exhaustively aired in the communication media in the country. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 21 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 21 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | 4 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 19% |
| Unknown | 5 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 4 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 14% |
| Psychology | 3 | 14% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 December 2015.
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#19,944,091
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
#1,458
of 2,034 outputs
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#201,825
of 294,811 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
#24
of 35 outputs
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