Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy

Wirth, Timothy E.

doi:10.1126/science.277.5330.1185a

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“…There are many indications that national governments' global responsibility has mainly consisted in developing an increasingly large international apparatus that is poorly coordinated with national systems [6]. Many speak of the need for long-term programmes for global actions in health matters -actions that develop mechanisms for the control and counselling of states and organizations to fulfil and revise their health-promoting programmes [7]. The spread of BSE or 'mad cow disease' and the SARS epidemic to many countries, and the subsequent fear and demands for the quarantine of entire nations, show the need for international cooperation, global strategies and an international information level in tune with national realities.…”

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Health Communication and Knowledge Construction

Ginman

Eriksson‐Backa

et al. 2003

Health Informatics J

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The article reports on a project whose objectives were to analyse the social supply of health information to citizens and to study what they receive and are able to make use of. The results reveal the power, the responsibility and the rulers in and behind today’s media culture in health questions, but also the importance of people’s own active response to transmitted health messages. People who are satisfied with their own health consider it their own responsibility to be interested in health issues and to find and use health information from a great number of sources. It has been shown that the most frequently used and useful channels vary according to health problems and to cognitive and social factors. However, the awareness of different possibilities to share knowledge and to take responsibility for one’s own empowerment in health matters is symbolic of a healthier li

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