Testing the Effect of Press Guides on Health Journalists
연구 개요
상세 설명
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.
연구 유형
등록 (예상)
단계
- 해당 없음
참여기준
자격 기준
공부할 수 있는 나이
건강한 자원 봉사자를 받아들입니다
연구 대상 성별
설명
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.
공부 계획
연구는 어떻게 설계됩니까?
디자인 세부사항
- 할당: 무작위
- 중재 모델: 병렬 할당
- 마스킹: 하나의
무기와 개입
참가자 그룹 / 팔 |
개입 / 치료 |
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실험적: 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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간섭 없음: 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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연구는 무엇을 측정합니까?
주요 결과 측정
결과 측정 |
기간 |
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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.
기간: 0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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2차 결과 측정
결과 측정 |
기간 |
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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.
기간: 0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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공동 작업자 및 조사자
수사관
- 수석 연구원: Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS, White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
간행물 및 유용한 링크
연구 기록 날짜
연구 주요 날짜
연구 시작
기본 완료 (예상)
연구 완료 (예상)
연구 등록 날짜
최초 제출
QC 기준을 충족하는 최초 제출
처음 게시됨 (추정)
연구 기록 업데이트
마지막 업데이트 게시됨 (추정)
QC 기준을 충족하는 마지막 업데이트 제출
마지막으로 확인됨
추가 정보
이 연구와 관련된 용어
기타 연구 ID 번호
- 16782
- NCI R01CA104721
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