Print Media Coverage of Antibiotic Resistance

IF 4.1 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Science Communication Pub Date : 2004-09-01 DOI:10.1177/1075547004267026

M. Desilva, M. Muskavitch, J. P. Roche

引用次数: 36

Abstract

We analyzed articles from major newspapers in the United States and Canada (1998-2002) to determine the extent to which articles presented information related to antibiotic resistance. Almost three quarters of the articles analyzed mentioned the problem of antibiotic resistance, but most did so in qualitative terms (e.g., stating that antibiotic-resistant bacteria were “ increasingly present”) rather than in numerical (e.g., “Twenty-five strains were resistant”) or statistical terms (e.g., “Twenty-five out of 100 Streptococcus pneumoniae strains sampled were resistant to vancomycin”). Only one quarter of all articles contained information on two key risk-reduction measures people can take to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance: taking antibiotics only for bacterial infections, and taking the full course of a prescription. These findings suggest that the print media could improve their reporting on issues associated with antibiotic resistance.

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印刷媒体对抗生素耐药性的报道

我们分析了美国和加拿大主要报纸(1998-2002年)的文章，以确定这些文章在多大程度上呈现了与抗生素耐药性相关的信息。在分析的文章中，几乎有四分之三提到了抗生素耐药性问题，但大多数是定性的(例如，指出耐抗生素细菌“越来越多地存在”)，而不是数字的(例如，“25株耐药”)或统计的(例如，“100株肺炎链球菌样本中有25株对万古霉素耐药”)。在所有文章中，只有四分之一载有人们为减少抗生素耐药性传播可采取的两项关键风险降低措施的信息:仅针对细菌感染服用抗生素，以及全程服用处方。这些发现表明，印刷媒体可以改进对抗生素耐药性相关问题的报道。

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Science Communication COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

13.50

自引率

4.40%

发文量

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