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ArticleInternational journal of nursing sciences2020

Tell health stories comprehensively and accurately: A case study of health edition of People's Daily.

Shiyu Liu, Linjie Dai, Jing Xu

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Article in International journal of nursing sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Shiyu LiuSchool of Journalism and Communication, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Linjie DaiSchool of Journalism and Communication, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jing XuSchool of Journalism and Communication, Peking University, Beijing, China.

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objectivesPeople increasingly search for health information through the media and make decisions about their health based on these health stories. The mainstream media, including newspapers, are often the first source for the public to obtain health information. This study aims to assess the health stories reported in the

methodsA prospective quantitative analysis of the quality of health stories reported in the

resultsForty-eight unique health stories were assessed with four MDT rating tools. The mean total satisfactory score was 80%. Health advice had the highest average satisfactory score, 84%, compared with health policy group and public health problems and their solutions, at 80% and 77%, respectively. Health news group had the lowest score at 73%.

conclusionThis study provides a description of the quality of health stories on People's Daily. The overall quality of People's Daily was fairly good, although there was a wide range of quality between groups. The

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CommunicationHealth policyMedia doctor toolkitNewspaper articlePhysician-patient relationsPublic health

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