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Newspaper Articles as a Tool for Cardiovascular Prevention Programs in a Developing Country

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in knowledge and attitudes as intermediate measures of community impact of a health education campaign using newspaper articles. The intervention involved prominently placed, illustrated newspaper articles by Heartfile (heartfile.org) with nationwide urban outreach, posted regularly in the largest English newspaper in Pakistan using newspaper donated space for a period of 130 consecutive weeks. …

Authors

NISHTAR S; MIRZA YA; JEHAN S; HADI Y; BADAR A; YUSUF S; SHAHAB S

Journal

Journal of Health Communication, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 355–369

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Date

7 2004

DOI

10.1080/10810730490468603

ISSN

1081-0730