scholarly journals BMI and mortality: sorting through the data to find the public health message

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 727-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Message ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Message

scholarly journals Penetration of Time to Change leaflets on stigmatised attitudes to people with mental illness

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 371-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vania Mendes ◽  
Joby Maducolil Easow ◽  
Jason Luty
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
General Public ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Health Message ◽  
The Public ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Public Health Message ◽  
The Uk

Aims and methodTo determine whether members of the general public read a leaflet from the Time to Change anti-stigma campaign. The leaflets were sent to 1000 members of the public at random. Those who read the leaflet were asked, in a statement concealed within the text, to return it. A second study involved modified leaflets being posted to 400 members of a representative panel of the UK general public.ResultsOnly 20 of the 1000 (2%) people who received the unsolicited leaflet returned them, which suggests that the vast majority were unread. However, the leaflet achieved a good response in the sample from the research panel with at least 29% of participants (115 of 400) reading the leaflet.Clinical implicationsA very small proportion of people acknowledge unsolicited leaflets. However, the leaflet was read by almost a third of a research panel. Hence, few people are likely to read unsolicited leaflets, including those containing a public health message.

scholarly journals Tackling overweight and obesity: does the public health message match the science?

BMC Medicine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Hafekost ◽  
David Lawrence ◽  
Francis Mitrou ◽  
Therese A O'Sullivan ◽  
Stephen R Zubrick
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Message ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Message

Exercise therapy - the public health message

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. e24-e28 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Blair ◽  
R. E. Sallis ◽  
A. Hutber ◽  
E. Archer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Exercise Therapy ◽  
Health Message ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Message
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