Tacit Understandings of Health Literacy Interview and Survey Research With Health Journalists
Tacit Understandings of Health Literacy Interview and Survey Research With Health Journalists
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DOI：
10.1177/1075547009335345
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发表时间：
2009-09-01
影响因子：
9
通讯作者：
Len-Rios, Maria E.
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作者：
Hinnant, Amanda;Len-Rios, Maria E.
这项研究提供了关于卫生记者如何在实践和概念上实现健康素养的定性和定量数据。使用20个作家和编辑的杂志和报纸的采访，再加上全国性的调查（N = 396），这种分析揭示了新闻技术和隐性理论，使信息可以理解。记者们对如何通过某些故事元素（如非技术性词汇的使用）来提高健康素养有了基本的理解，但他们也对适当的理解辅助工具（如统计数据）持有错误的想法。调查结果表明，记者努力保持科学的可信度，同时适应不同的受众素养水平。记者对健康素养的定义为他们的翻译工作开辟了战略性的空间。
This research offers both qualitative and quantitative data about how health journalists approach health literacy practically and conceptually. Using interviews with 20 writers and editors for magazines and newspapers coupled with a national survey (N = 396), this analysis uncovers journalistic techniques and tacit theories for making information understandable. The journalists evince a basic understanding of how health literacy can be enhanced through certain story elements (such as nontechnical word use), but they also maintain false ideas about appropriate comprehension aides (such as statistics). Findings show that journalists struggle to maintain scientific credibility while accommodating different audience literacy levels. Journalists' definitions of health literacy strategically carve out a place for their work as translators.