News coverage of drug development: implications for the conveyance of health information

Wang, Jiangtao; Lai, Wing‐Fu

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-11849-8

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“…Simultaneously, the quality of online health information about breast cancer from Chinese language websites was poor [ 76 ]. Because of illiteracy among the Chinese professionalism, health-related advances in newspapers were lack of accuracy [ 77 ]. An empirical evidence show social media use for health information might lead to a negative impact on pregnant women's mental health [ 78 ].…”

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Association between ethnicity and health knowledge among the floating population in China

Han

Guan

2022

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Background Health equity remains a priority concerns by central government in China. This study aimed to explore ethnic gaps in access to health knowledge categories and sources based on the survey data from a publicly available dataset. Methods Data were from 2015 China Migrants Dynamic Survey issued by The National Health Commission in China. Descriptive analyses were performed to reflect geodemographic differences in the floating population of ethnic minority (EMFP) and Han majority (HMFP) with Chi-square test. Ethnic gaps in access to health knowledge categories and sources were explored with Poisson regressions, logistic regressions, and bivariate ordered probit regressions. Results In the sample, most of participants had inadequate health information literacy. There were significant differences regarding geodemographic factors between EMFP and HMFP. Illiterate EMFP had likelihood to obtain less health knowledge categories (IRR = 0.80, 95% CI 0.77–0.84) and sources (IRR = 0.83, 95% CI 0.80–0.86) as compared to illiterate HMFP. Most of correlations between health knowledge categories and sources were weak in the samples of EMFP and HMFP. Conclusion Ethnic disparities in access to health knowledge categories and sources among the floating population in China were confirmed. Further effective efforts should be provided to reduce ethnic disparities in access to health knowledge under the ethnicity-orientated support of public health resource.

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Association between ethnicity and health knowledge among the floating population in China

Han

Guan

2022

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“…The reporting quality about antidiabetic medicines in newspapers in the present research was overall classified as average, but a third of the total articles was deemed to present poor quality information. As highlighted by Wilson et al [ 53 ] as well as by Wang and Lai [ 60 ], the quality of reporting medical information in the mass media, including newspapers, is often poor. The quality of press releases issued by scientific journals or article authors plays an important role in the quality of information reported in newspapers; the higher the quality of press releases, the higher the quality of articles in newspapers [ 61 , 62 ].…”

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Potential of UK and US newspapers for shaping patients' knowledge and perceptions about antidiabetic medicines: a content analysis

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Chen

Parsons

et al. 2022

J of Pharm Policy and Pract

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Background Information about how newspapers portray antidiabetic medicines to readers is lacking. This study investigated the reporting on antidiabetic medicines in the most widely circulated newspapers published in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) over a 10-year period. Methods The Nexis UK database was used to identify and select relevant articles. Systematic content analysis of the articles which met the inclusion criteria (articles of any format that contained reference to antidiabetic medicines) within the highest circulated newspapers in the UK and US between 2009 and 2018 was conducted. Inter-rater reliability of coding was established using a 10% sample of the identified articles. Results A total of 560 (369 UK and 191 US) relevant newspaper articles were retrieved. In the UK, the number of relevant articles showed a slightly increasing trend over the study period, while in the US, article numbers declined over the study period. Safety/risk of antidiabetic medicines was the most frequent theme covered by the articles (34.6%). Over one-third of the newspaper articles were written from a clinical perspective (37.7%). Insulin was the most commonly discussed class of antidiabetic medicine (23.1%). Control of blood sugar levels (53.1%) and side effects/toxicity (92.7%) were the most frequently reported benefit and risk of antidiabetic medicines, respectively. The most frequently reported organ systems harmed by antidiabetic medicines were the cardiovascular, endocrine and gastrointestinal systems. The UK newspapers were more likely to report the benefits of antidiabetic medicines (p = 0.005), while the US articles were more likely to report on harms/risks (p = 0.001). The majority of relevant articles (91.8%) were judged as having a balanced judgement, while 8.2% of the articles were rated as exaggerated. Conclusions This study has revealed that antidiabetic medicines are indeed reported on by UK and US newspapers. As media portrayal has the potential to negatively or positively influence patients’ views of their medication for diabetes, healthcare professionals should check on patients’ beliefs and knowledge about their medication and proactively provide objective and balanced information (including promotion of medication adherence).

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News coverage of drug development: implications for the conveyance of health information

Cited by 2 publications

References 53 publications

Association between ethnicity and health knowledge among the floating population in China

Association between ethnicity and health knowledge among the floating population in China

Potential of UK and US newspapers for shaping patients' knowledge and perceptions about antidiabetic medicines: a content analysis

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