The December edition of Your Health Connection featured a discussion of the media's role in health messaging. Do the narratives and news cycles preferred by today's news media help or hinder getting the word out to everyone about health advances, preventive care, and common sense when it comes to staying healthy?
Host JaQuitta Williams was joined by News Anchor Fred Blankenship of Channel 2 Action News and Fox 5 Atlanta Senior Producer Kevyn Stewart for a lively discussion Wednesday, December 16.
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Your Health Connection Executive Producer Dr. Kimberly Davis passes along these relevant articles with regards to our topic of health messaging in the media:
- Breast Cancer Patients Benefit From The Improved Support Supplied By Focused Internet Services
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/115188.php
- Health Messages on TV
http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/marcus-welby-speaks-health-messages-tv
- Public health messaging: How it is said can influence behaviors: Beyond the facts
http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/44/6/1.1.full
- Mixed uptake of social media among public health specialists