dc.contributor.author | Haas, Jennifer S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Miglioretti, Diana L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Geller, Berta | |
dc.contributor.author | Buist, Diana S. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nelson, David E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kerlikowske, Karla | |
dc.contributor.author | Carney, Patricia A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dash, Sarah | |
dc.contributor.author | Breslau, Erica S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ballard-Barbash, Rachel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-19T19:56:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Haas, Jennifer S., Diana L. Miglioretti, Berta Geller, Diana S. M. Buist, David E. Nelson, Karla Kerlikowske, Patricia A. Carney, Sarah Dash, Erica S. Breslau, and Rachel Ballard-Barbash. 2007. Average Household Exposure to Newspaper Coverage about the Harmful Effects of Hormone Therapy and Population-Based Declines in Hormone Therapy Use. Journal of General Internal Medicine 22(1): 68-73. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0884-8734 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4892355 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The news media facilitated the rapid dissemination of the findings from the estrogen plus progestin therapy arm of the Women’s Health Initiative (EPT-WHI). Objective: To examine the relationship between the potential exposure to newspaper coverage and subsequent hormone therapy (HT) use. Design/Population: Population-based cohort of women receiving mammography at 7 sites (327,144 postmenopausal women). Measurements: The outcome was the monthly prevalence of self-reported HT use. Circulation data for local, regional, and national newspapers was used to create zip-code level measures of the estimated average household exposure to newspaper coverage that reported the harmful effects of HT in July 2002. Results: Women had an average potential household exposure of 1.4 articles. There was substantial variation in the level of average household exposure to newspaper coverage; women from rural sites received less than women from urban sites. Use of HT declined for all average potential exposure groups after the publication of the EPT-WHI. HT prevalence among women who lived in areas where there was an average household exposure of at least 3 articles declined significantly more (45 to 27%) compared to women who lived in areas with <1 article (43 to 31%) during each of the subsequent 5 months (relative risks 0.86–0.92; p < .006 for all). Conclusions: Greater average household exposure to newspaper coverage about the harms associated with HT was associated with a large population-based decline in HT use. Further studies should examine whether media coverage directly influences the health behavior of individual women. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | doi:10.1007/s11606-007-0122-7 | en_US |
dc.relation.hasversion | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1824785/pdf/ | en_US |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.subject | newspaper coverage | en_US |
dc.subject | women | en_US |
dc.subject | mammography | en_US |
dc.subject | hormone therapy | en_US |
dc.subject | health behavior | en_US |
dc.title | Average Household Exposure to Newspaper Coverage about the Harmful Effects of Hormone Therapy and Population-Based Declines in Hormone Therapy Use | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Journal of General Internal Medicine | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Haas, Jennifer S. | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-19T19:56:57Z | |
dash.affiliation.other | SPH^Society Human Development and Health | en_US |
dash.affiliation.other | HMS^Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11606-007-0122-7 | * |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Haas, Jennifer | |