What are the roles and responsibilities of the media in disseminating health information?

Autor: Gary Schwitzer, Ganapati Mudur, David Henry, Amanda Wilson, Merrill Goozner, Maria Simbra, Melissa Sweet, Katherine A Baverstock

Publikováno v: PLoS Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 7, p e215 (2005)

BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE: In December 2004 three news stories in the popular press suggested that the side effects of single-dose nevirapine, which has been proven to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, had been covered up. Many HIV experts

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Policy Implications for Protecting Health from the Hazards of Fire Smoke. A Panel Discussion Report from the Workshop Landscape Fire Smoke: Protecting Health in an Era of Escalating Fire Risk

Autor: Penny Howard, Joy S. Tripovich, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Michele Goldman, Fay H. Johnston, Melissa Sweet, Amanda J. Wheeler, Ana Porta-Cubas, Christine T. Cowie, Martine Dennekamp

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 5702, p 5702 (2021)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Globally, and nationally in Australia, bushfires are expected to increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change. To date, protection of human health from fire smoke has largely relied on individual-level actions. Recent bushfires experienc

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https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/11/5702

Converging crises: public interest journalism, the pandemic and public health

Autor: Megan Williams, Melissa Sweet, Summer May Finlay, Ruth Armstrong, Amy Coopes, Janine Mohamed

Publikováno v: Public Health Research & Practice, Vol 30, Iss 4 (2020)

Public interest journalism has faced a longstanding funding crisis, cutbacks of staff and resources, and closures of newsrooms. This crisis is a critical public health concern, and it has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, t

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33294904

#IHMayDay: tweeting for empowerment and social and emotional wellbeing

Autor: Kerry McCallum, Pat Dudgeon, Lynore Geia, Melissa Sweet

Publikováno v: Australasian Psychiatry. 23:636-640

Objective: This paper examines the themes of #IHMayDay, a day-long Twitter discussion about Indigenous health led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on 1 May 2014. Method: The Symplur analytics tool was used to identify the Twitter acti

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856215609762

@Indigenousx: A Case Study of Community-Led Innovation in Digital Media

Autor: Melissa Sweet, Pat Dudgeon, Luke Pearson

Publikováno v: Media International Australia. 149:104-111

The ever-increasing uses for social media and mobile technologies are bringing new opportunities for innovation and participation across societies, while challenging and disrupting the status quo. Characteristics of the digital age include the prolif

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878x1314900112