Cancer coverage in women's magazines: what information are women receiving?

Journal of Cancer Education : the Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Education
K K GerlachL Hoffman-Goetz

Abstract

Women use magazines as sources of health-related information, including information about cancer. Given this reliance on magazines for cancer-related information, it may interest cancer educators to know which cancers are reported on in women's magazines and what types of information are being presented. Four widely circulated monthly women's magazines were analyzed for their coverage of cancers during the years 1987-1995. The types of cancers discussed and the frequencies of coverage were noted for each issue of every magazine. Additionally, the content of every cancer-related article was assessed for issues in cancer prevention (primary and secondary), risks, treatment, and genetics. All four magazines in this study reported on breast cancer more often than any other cancer. Lung and colon cancers received very little coverage. The percentages of articles devoted to the six most-discussed cancers (breast, cervical, colon, lung, ovarian, and skin) did not reflect either the mortality rates or the incidence rates of these cancers. The discussions of cancers in these four women's magazines focused mostly on breast and skin cancers and neglected two very important cancers--lung and colon. If women are indeed receiving much of the...Continue Reading

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Jul 10, 2004·Journal of General Internal Medicine·Mira L KatzMichael O'Malley
Aug 30, 2008·Journal of Health Communication·Michael D SlaterJason B Reineke
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