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ERIC Number: EJ408037
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Evaluating Understanding of Popular Press Reports of Health Research.
Yeaton, William H.; And Others
Health Education Quarterly, v17 n2 p223-34 Sum 1990
A sample of 144 college students responded to content- and application-based questions derived from popular newspaper and magazine articles on contemporary health topics. Overall rate of reader misunderstanding was nearly 40 percent, with a uniform error rate for each of 16 articles, leading to a conclusion that consumer misunderstanding of popular reports of health research is pervasive. (SK)
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Consumer Education, Mass Media, Mass Media Use, Misconceptions, Research Utilization, Scientific Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Health Information