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AIDS in the african press.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20840934     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Newspapers have the potential to take a leading role in AIDS education in Africa. With their relatively small circulations, they mainly reach educated urban citizens, a population particularly hard hit by the epidemic. This study reports findings of a content analysis of AIDS coverage of government owned newspapers in Senegal, Togo, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya. Although most papers have printed educational articles, they have undertaken only a very minor role in any national effort. Coverage has tended to reflect government reaction, usually moving through stages of denial, scapegoating and blame before responding constructively to the epidemic. African countries surveyed are still largely engaged in epidemiological response to the epidemic; widespread education has not yet occurred. Newspapers have not yet fulfilled their potential as educational media.
Authors:
D Lear
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International quarterly of community health education     Volume:  10     ISSN:  0272-684X     ISO Abbreviation:  Int Q Community Health Educ     Publication Date:  1989 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-15     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8010942     Medline TA:  Int Q Community Health Educ     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  253-64     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley.
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