Covering Women's Greatest Health Fear: Breast Cancer Information in Consumer Magazines
Covering Women's Greatest Health Fear: Breast Cancer Information in Consumer Magazines
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DOI：
10.1080/10410236.2010.546770
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Grobmyer, Stephen
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作者：
Walsh-Childers, Kim;Edwards, Heather;Grobmyer, Stephen
女性将消费杂志视为许多健康主题的主要信息来源，其中包括乳腺癌，乳腺癌仍然是女性最大的个人健康恐惧。这项研究检查了 2002 年至 2007 年 17 种消费杂志上发表的 555 篇文章中提供的乳腺癌信息的全面性和准确性。信息的准确性是针对 33 个关键乳腺癌事实确定的，这些事实被专家小组确定为女性需要了解的重要信息。结果显示，至少 5% 的文章提到了 33 个关键事实中的 7 个。这些事实都涉及乳腺癌的危险因素、筛查和检测；至少 5% 的文章中没有出现与治疗或结果相关的关键事实。提到的其他主题（不是关键事实）集中在可控风险因素、对乳腺癌患者的支持和化疗治疗。大多数关键事实的提及都被编码为完全准确，尽管高达 44% 的某些主题（激素替代疗法与乳腺癌之间的联系）的提及被编码为不准确或仅部分准确。这些杂志最有可能强调乳腺癌家族史或遗传特征作为乳腺癌的危险因素；家族史被讨论的可能性是年龄增长的两倍，事实上，年龄增长是除女性之外乳腺癌最重要的危险因素。杂志报道可能会导致女性对其乳腺癌风险的不准确认知。
Women identify consumer magazines as a key source of information on many health topics, including breast cancer, which continues to rank as women's greatest personal health fear. This study examined the comprehensiveness and accuracy of breast cancer information provided in 555 articles published in 17 consumer magazines from 2002 through 2007. Accuracy of information was determined for 33 key breast cancer facts identified by an expert panel as important information for women to know. The results show that only 7 of 33 key facts were mentioned in at least 5% of the articles. These facts all dealt with breast cancer risk factors, screening, and detection; none of the key facts related to treatment or outcomes appeared in at least 5% of the articles. Other topics (not key facts) mentioned centered around controllable risk factors, support for breast cancer patients, and chemotherapy treatment. The majority of mentions of key facts were coded as fully accurate, although as much as 44% of mentions of some topics (the link between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer) were coded as inaccurate or only partially accurate. The magazines were most likely to emphasize family history of breast cancer or genetic characteristics as risk factors for breast cancers; family history was twice as likely to be discussed as increasing age, which is in fact the most important risk factor for breast cancer other than being female. Magazine coverage may contribute to women's inaccurate perceptions of their breast cancer risk.