Testing the Effect of Press Guides on Health Journalists
Studieoversikt
Detaljert beskrivelse
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.
Studietype
Registrering (Forventet)
Fase
- Ikke aktuelt
Deltakelseskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Alder som er kvalifisert for studier
Tar imot friske frivillige
Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier
Beskrivelse
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.
Studieplan
Hvordan er studiet utformet?
Designdetaljer
- Tildeling: Randomisert
- Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
- Masking: Enkelt
Våpen og intervensjoner
Deltakergruppe / Arm |
Intervensjon / Behandling |
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Eksperimentell: 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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Ingen inngripen: 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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Hva måler studien?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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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.
Tidsramme: 0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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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.
Tidsramme: 0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
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Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere
Samarbeidspartnere
Etterforskere
- Hovedetterforsker: Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS, White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Publikasjoner og nyttige lenker
Studierekorddatoer
Studer hoveddatoer
Studiestart
Primær fullføring (Forventet)
Studiet fullført (Forventet)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først innsendt
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Først lagt ut (Anslag)
Oppdateringer av studieposter
Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Anslag)
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Sist bekreftet
Mer informasjon
Begreper knyttet til denne studien
Nøkkelord
Andre studie-ID-numre
- 16782
- NCI R01CA104721
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