Messages about Antibiotic Resistance in Different Newspaper Genres

Messages about Antibiotic Resistance in Different Newspaper Genres

Poorer people are more likely to use antibiotics; inappropriate antibiotic use causes resistance, and health campaigns attempt to change behaviour through education. However, fuelled by the media, the public think antibiotic resistance is outside their control. Differences in the attribution of blam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marwa Nasr, Krina Amin, Rachel Virgo, Sochima Okafor, Parastou Donyai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-10-01
Series:Pharmacy
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance
risk perception
attribution theory
newspapers
consumer health information
linguistics
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/1/2/181

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