2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Media Doctor in Japan: to improve the public literacy about health care reporting by analyzing health care journalism.
| Project/Area Number |
26460621
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Medical sociology
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| Research Institution | Teikyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | メディアドクター / 医療情報 / リテラシー / 研究成果の発信 / マスメディア |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of research is to improve the public dialogue about healthcare by helping citizens critically analyze healthcare issues and by promoting the principles of shared decision-making reinforced by accurate and balanced information. We evaluated topics on screening, treatments, drugs, supplements, etc. We reviewed the quality of the stories using a standardized rating scale. Stories were reviewed by researchers, healthcare professionals and journalists.
Validity verification of the consistency between evaluators was performed, and the standard evaluation tool were created and revised. Rating scores was high on ‘availability’ and ‘novelty’, whereas score was relatively low on ‘alternatives’ and ‘disease mongering’. This method can be applied in education to promote health literacy.
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| Free Research Field |
医歯薬学
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