Testing the Effect of Press Guides on Health Journalists
調査の概要
詳細な説明
The news media has a powerful influence on public perceptions about health and health care; and much of what people -- including many physicians -- know and believe about medicine comes from the print and broadcast media. Several studies, however, have raised questions about how well the press covers medical issues, pointing out errors and omissions in coverage and misleading presentations of statistics. The goal is to help train journalists to better understand and cover medical research, and to help improve communication between journalists and medical journals.
Journalists traditionally write newspaper articles about medical research using information from press releases and the medical journal article's abstract or full text. The objective is to test whether the addition of a 'press guide' (a one-page summary of the study findings) in addition to these other materials improves comprehension of facts about the study article and the overall judgment of the newsworthiness of the study.
研究の種類
入学 (予想される)
段階
- 適用できない
参加基準
適格基準
就学可能な年齢
健康ボランティアの受け入れ
受講資格のある性別
説明
Inclusion Criteria:
- All journalists attending the 2009 NIH/Dartmouth/VA Medicine in the Media Symposium will be invited to participate in the study.
- The symposium, which is held annually, is open to journalists across the country and from abroad.
Participants who are Health Journalists at the Health Journalism 2010 conference will be invited to participate in the study. This annual conference is being held in Chicago, IL at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place During April 22, 2010-April 25, 2010.
研究計画
研究はどのように設計されていますか？
デザインの詳細
- 割り当て：ランダム化
- 介入モデル：並列代入
- マスキング：独身
武器と介入
参加者グループ / アーム |
介入・治療 |
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実験的：Press guide plus press release
Participants in the intervention group will receive a press guide (a one-page summary of study findings written by the investigators) in addition to the journal's full narrative press release for the selected article, a copy of the article's abstract, and a link to the full text of the journal article.
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The press guide is a 1-page summary of the study findings, written by the investigators.
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介入なし：Press release only
Participants in the control group will receive the journal's full narrative press release for the selected article, a copy of the article's abstract, and a link to the full text of the journal article.
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この研究は何を測定していますか？
主要な結果の測定
結果測定 |
時間枠 |
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Comprehension of facts about the study article (covering study design, exposures, outcome measures, results, limitations, conflicts of interest) assessed using a brief test.
時間枠：0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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二次結果の測定
結果測定 |
時間枠 |
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Overall judgment of study newsworthiness (e.g., would you argue for/against covering story with editor, how convinced are you of study validity, what headline would you write,and usefulness of press release and (intervention group) press guide.
時間枠：0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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協力者と研究者
捜査官
- 主任研究者：Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS、White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
出版物と役立つリンク
研究記録日
主要日程の研究
研究開始
一次修了 (予想される)
研究の完了 (予想される)
試験登録日
最初に提出
QC基準を満たした最初の提出物
最初の投稿 (見積もり)
学習記録の更新
投稿された最後の更新 (見積もり)
QC基準を満たした最後の更新が送信されました
最終確認日
詳しくは
本研究に関する用語
その他の研究ID番号
- 16782
- NCI R01CA104721
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