Journal articles: 'Health magazines'

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Vollberg, Susanne. "“Because every recipient is also a potential patient” – TV Health Programmes in the FRG and the GDR, from the 1960s to the 1980s." Gesnerus 76, no. 2 (November 6, 2019): 172–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.24894/gesn-en.2019.76009.

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In the television programme of West Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, health magazines like Gesundheitsmagazin Praxis [Practice Health Magazine] (produced by ZDF)1 or ARD-Ratgeber: Gesundheit [ARD Health Advisor] played an important role in addressing health and disease as topics of public awareness. With their health magazine Visite [Doctor’s rounds], East German television, too relied on continuous coverage and reporting in the field. On the example of above magazines, this paper will examine the history, design and function of health communication in magazine-type formats. Before the background of the changes in media policy experienced over three decades and the different media systems in the then two Germanys, it will discuss the question of whether television was able to move health relevant topics and issues into public consciousness.

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Steinberg, Alissa, Judy Paisley, and Kristofer Bandayrel. "Antioxidant Health Messages: In Canadian Women's Magazines." Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 72, no. 4 (December 2011): e197-e204. http://dx.doi.org/10.3148/72.4.2011.e197.

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Purpose: Recently, antioxidants have taken centre stage in media and advertising messages. While 80% of Canadians think they are well-informed about nutrition, many are confused about the health effects of specific nutrients. Forty-six percent of Canadians seek information from newspapers and books, and 67% of women rely on magazines. We examined the content and accuracy of antioxidant health messages in Canadian women's magazines. Methods: The top three Canadian magazines targeted at women readers were selected. A screening tool was developed, pilot tested, and used to identify eligible articles. A coding scheme was created to define variables, which were coded and analyzed. Results: Seventy-seven percent of 36 magazine issues contained articles that mentioned antioxidants (n=56). Seventyone percent (n=40) of articles reported positive health effects related to antioxidant consumption, and 36% and 40% of those articles framed those effects as definite and potential, respectively (p<0.01). Conclusions: The articles sampled conveyed messages about positive antioxidant health effects that are not supported by current evidence. Improved standards of health reporting are needed. Nutrition professionals may need to address this inaccuracy when they develop communications on antioxidants and health risk.

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Basch, Corey H., Grace Clarke Hillyer, Danna Ethan, Alyssa Berdnik, and Charles E. Basch. "Tanning Shade Gradations of Models in Mainstream Fitness and Muscle Enthusiast Magazines." American Journal of Men's Health 9, no. 4 (July 18, 2014): 301–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988314543511.

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Tanned skin has been associated with perceptions of fitness and social desirability. Portrayal of models in magazines may reflect and perpetuate these perceptions. Limited research has investigated tanning shade gradations of models in men’s versus women’s fitness and muscle enthusiast magazines. Such findings are relevant in light of increased incidence and prevalence of melanoma in the United States. This study evaluated and compared tanning shade gradations of adult Caucasian male and female model images in mainstream fitness and muscle enthusiast magazines. Sixty-nine U.S. magazine issues (spring and summer, 2013) were utilized. Two independent reviewers rated tanning shade gradations of adult Caucasian male and female model images on magazines’ covers, advertisements, and feature articles. Shade gradations were assessed using stock photographs of Caucasian models with varying levels of tanned skin on an 8-shade scale. A total of 4,683 images were evaluated. Darkest tanning shades were found among males in muscle enthusiast magazines and lightest among females in women’s mainstream fitness magazines. By gender, male model images were 54% more likely to portray a darker tanning shade. In this study, images in men’s (vs. women’s) fitness and muscle enthusiast magazines portrayed Caucasian models with darker skin shades. Despite these magazines’ fitness-related messages, protanning images may promote attitudes and behaviors associated with higher skin cancer risk. To date, this is the first study to explore tanning shades in men’s magazines of these genres. Further research is necessary to identify effects of exposure to these images among male readers.

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Freeman, Jeanne, and Ying Li. "Assessment of Leading Health Educators in Select General Readership Magazines, 2005-2008." Californian Journal of Health Promotion 9, no. 2 (December 1, 2011): 85–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.32398/cjhp.v9i2.1439.

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Mass media can play an important role in setting public agenda and stimulating public attention to issues. Purpose: To assess health-related articles in select mass-circulating general readership magazines, and identify which of the Leading Health Indicators (LHI) each of them addresses. Methods: Four of the top 35 general readership magazines listed in the 2007 Magazine Publishers of America were considered, and included Reader’s Digest, Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News and World Report. ProQuest was searched to obtain all health-related articles (n=55) available in these magazines between July 2005 and August 2008. Articles were assessed in regards to LHIs, sources of information, presentation of statistics and risk factors, and citation of prevention measures. Results: The most frequent LHIs addressed were overweight and obesity (21.4%) and mental health (19%). The most frequent source of information was experts such as MDs and PhDs (92.9%). Incidence and prevalence of LHIs were frequently presented, while risk factors were presented in less than 25% of the articles. Conclusion: Mass media can be a valuable tool for dissemination and stimulation of public attention to high priority public health issues. Enhanced coordination is needed between health educators and members of the press to ensure accurate and universally relevant health information in general readership magazines.

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Moyer, Cheryl A., Leilanya O. Vishnu, and Seema S. Sonnad. "PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION TO WOMEN." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 17, no. 1 (January 2001): 137–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462301104125.

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Objectives: We were interested in health coverage in women's magazines in the United States and how it compared with articles in medical journals, women's health interests, and women's greatest health risks.Methods: We examined 12 issues of Good Housekeeping (GH) and Woman's Day (WD) and 63 issues of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). We tallied the most common health questions of women presenting to the University of Michigan's Women's Health Resource Center (WHRC) during the same period.Results: Less than a fifth of the magazine articles dealt with health-related topics. Of those, a third dealt with diet, with the majority emphasizing weight loss rather than eating for optimal health. Few of the articles cited research studies, and even fewer included the name of the journal in which the study was published. In JAMA and NEJM, less than one-fifth of original research studies dealt with women's health topics, most commonly pregnancy-related issues, hormone replacement therapy, breast and ovarian cancer, and birth defects. At the same time, the most common requests for information at the WHRC related to pregnancy, fertility, reproductive health, and cancer.Conclusion: The topics addressed in women's magazines do not appear to coincide with the topics addressed in leading medical journals, nor with women's primary health concerns or greatest health risks. Information from women's magazines may be leading women to focus on aspects of health and health care that will not optimize risk reduction.

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Lee, Eric T., David O'Riordan, Susan M. Swetter, Marie-France Demierre, Katie Brooks, and Alan C. Geller. "Sun Care Advertising in Popular U.S. Magazines." American Journal of Health Promotion 20, no. 5 (May 2006): 349–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-20.5.349.

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Purpose. We assessed the placement of magazine advertising for sun care products to lay the groundwork for broader promotion to more diverse and high-risk demographic groups. Methods. We reviewed 579 issues of 24 magazines published between the months of May and September from 1997 to 2002. We conducted a cover-to-cover review of top-selling magazines for men, women, teens, parents, travelers, and outdoor recreation users. We determined if there were any advertisements for the following sun care products: sun tanning lotions containing sun protection factor (SPF), sunless tanners without SPF, sunscreen with SPF, moisturizers with SPF, or cosmetics with SPF (which include sunless tanners containing SPF). Results. Sun care products, including sunscreens, were advertised primarily in women's magazines (77%). Nearly two thirds of all sun care products advertised were either for cosmetics (38%) or moisturizers (26%) containing SPF, followed by ads for sunscreen sold as a stand-alone product (19%). None of the ads contained all of the recommendations for safe use of sunscreen: a minimum SPF of 15, both UVA and UVB protection, reapplication instructions, and an adequate application coverage of 2 milligrams per square centimeter. Discussion. Magazine advertising to men, travelers, outdoor recreation users, and parents/ families (totaling a circulation of 41 million readers) during this six-year period were far fewer than those for women, despite high rates of excessive sun exposure in these groups.

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Spence, D. "Women's magazines damage women's health." BMJ 345, jul12 1 (July 12, 2012): e4680-e4680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e4680.

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ITABASHI, Mizuo. "Supplement on health-related magazines." Igaku Toshokan 37, no. 3 (1990): 182–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.7142/igakutoshokan.37.182.

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Dutta-Bergman, Mohan J. "The Readership of Health Magazines." Health Marketing Quarterly 22, no. 2 (December 1, 2004): 27–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j026v22n02_03.

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Thomsen, Steven R. "Health and Beauty Magazine Reading and Body Shape Concerns among a Group of College Women." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 79, no. 4 (December 2002): 988–1007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107769900207900413.

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Research indicates that exposure to thin ideal images in women's magazines is associated with heightened concerns for body shape and size in a number of young women, although the media's role in the psychopathology of body image disturbance is generally believed to be mediated by personality and sociocultural factors. Here, data from a survey of 340 college-age women (ages 18–25) were used to test a structural equation model that examined three potential factors—hope, beliefs about men's expectations for female thinness, and expected weight gain or loss in five years—that might mediate the relationship between reading women's magazines and body shape and size concerns. The study found health and fitness magazine reading was linked directly to body shape concerns as well as indirectly through beliefs about men's thinness expectations and to a lesser degree through expected future weight gain or loss. Beauty and fashion magazine reading, however, was linked to body shape concerns only indirectly via beliefs about men's thinness expectations. Hope was not influenced directly by reading either type of magazine, nor did it mediate the relationship between reading and body shape concerns.

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Boepple, Leah, and J. Kevin Thompson. "An exploration of appearance and health messages present in pregnancy magazines." Journal of Health Psychology 22, no. 14 (March 31, 2016): 1862–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316639435.

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This study explored appearance-related images and messages present in pregnancy magazines (e.g. Fit Pregnancy, Pregnancy & Newborn, and Pregnancy Magazine). A substantial portion of advertisements and articles promoted appearance-related products or products for postpartum weight loss. Health messages and messages related to diet and exercise were also present. Images also sexualized pregnant women’s bodies. Appearance-related messages aimed toward pregnant women may be problematic and may contribute to body dissatisfaction in these women.

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Anstiss, David, and Antonia Lyons. "From men to the media and back again." Journal of Health Psychology 19, no. 11 (June 5, 2013): 1358–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105313490314.

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Men’s help-seeking behaviour for health issues is apparent in advice columns in men’s magazines. This study discursively analysed men’s help-seeking letters and expert replies within two international and popular men’s magazines, Men’s Health and For Him Magazine or FHM. Findings showed that the texts reinforced hegemonic ideals. Letters positioning men as self-reliant, independently knowledgeable, stoic and avoiding associations with femininity were positively reinforced in expert replies, while other types of positioning were responded to with condescension or ridicule. Results suggest the policing of boundaries by ‘experts’ around unacceptable/acceptable enactments of masculinity, which may have implications for if, how and when men seek help from experts.

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Price, Anna E., Sara J. Corwin, Daniela B. Friedman, Sarah B. Laditka, Natalie Colabianchi, and Kara M. Montgomery. "Physical Activity and Cognitive-Health Content in Top-Circulating Magazines, 2006–2008." Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 19, no. 2 (April 2011): 147–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.19.2.147.

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Physical activity may promote cognitive health in older adults. Popular media play an important role in preventive health communication. This study examined articles discussing associations between physical activity and cognitive health in top-circulating magazines targeting older adults. 42,753 pages of magazines published from 2006 to 2008 were reviewed; 26 articles met inclusion criteria. Explanations regarding the link between physical activity and cognitive health were provided in 57.7% of articles. These explanations were generally consistent with empirical evidence; however, few articles included empirical evidence. Physical activity recommendations were presented in 80.8% of articles; a wide range was recommended (90–300 min of physical activity per wk). Socioeconomic status and education level were not mentioned in the text. Results suggest an opportunity for greater coverage regarding the role of physical activity in promoting cognitive health in popular media. Magazine content would benefit from including more empirical evidence, culturally sensitive content, and physical activity recommendations that are consistent with U.S. guidelines.

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Tarabella, Angela, Andrea Apicella, Sara Tessitore, and Maria Francesca Romano. "The effects of advertisements on consumer choices and health: a content analysis of health claims in Italian magazines." British Food Journal 123, no. 8 (February 1, 2021): 2785–804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-08-2020-0682.

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PurposeThe purpose of this research is to trace the evolution of the claims used for advertising food products in Italian magazines, by analysing the content and structure of the claims, the target audiences and the elements that have the greatest influence on the presence of the claims in food advertising.Design/methodology/approachOn the basis of the research conducted by Pratt and Pratt (1995), revised and adapted to the Italian food context, the authors designed a matrix of 1,316 advertisements, which were selected based on the analysis of 67,340 advertisements and using the reference to the food sector as a discriminator. The advertisements were extrapolated from a sample of six Italian magazines, so as to determine the extent to which the various demographic groups in Italy are exposed to print advertising for food, beverages and food supplements. The authors examined the frequency of the relevant advertising forms over a period of four years, from January 2014 to December 2017.FindingsThe results revealed the main types of claims used in the four-year period, as well as the statistically significant differences between the different magazine panels, as concerns the frequency and the types of messages. Moreover, a strong relationship between the number of advertisements in the magazines and the time of the year was also ascertained, as well as significant gender variations.Originality/valueThis study introduces the trends and dynamics of the Italian printed advertising for food to the relevant scientific literature. The results yielded by this research have added further implications and contributions to the existing studies, as concerns claim diffusion based on type, gender and seasonality, and the authors also provide important insights to various socio-economical stakeholders.

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Righton, Olivia, Patrick Egan, Jean M. Russell, Toni M. Cook, and Margo Elizabeth Barker. "Dietary advice for improving cardiovascular health in UK running magazines." Nutrition & Food Science 47, no. 1 (February 13, 2017): 18–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nfs-12-2015-0155.

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Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the dietary advice for cardiovascular health in UK running magazines. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative and quantitative content analysis was carried out on 12 issues (2014/2015) of Men’s Running (MR), Runner’s World (RW) and Women’s Running (WR). Coding of content took place into three themes: diet information, format and cardiovascular health. Findings Dietary advice comprised 17, 18 and 21 per cent of content in MR, RW and WR, respectively. A Mediterranean dietary pattern (e.g. fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds, wholegrains and legumes, oily fish) was recommended for cardiovascular health and lowering of BP and plasma cholesterol. Single components of this dietary pattern were emphasised combined with advice to alter fat intake and increase intake of antioxidant nutrients and polyphenols, while advice to restrict salt was scarce. There was minimal emphasis on weight control. Information was often presented as single-page compilations of multiple headlines and snippets. Lexical imperatives and magisterial vocabulary connoted learned expertise and citation of experts and journals was common. Research limitations/implications Future research may qualitatively investigate how readers interpret and make use of the nutrition information and dietary advice provided in these magazines. A critical question would be to address whether these dietary messages lead to cardio-protective dietary behaviour. Practical implications Improved journalistic reporting of emerging nutritional science is also needed. Magazine editors and journalists need to follow reporting guidelines for science and provide more nuanced information. Originality/value This research is the first to describe the content and style of dietary content for cardiovascular health in running magazines.

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Newman, Christy. "Reader Letters to Women's Health Magazines." Feminist Media Studies 7, no. 2 (June 2007): 155–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14680770701287027.

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Larrondo Ureta, Ainara, and Teresa Santos Diez. "Features and Dimensions of Health Care Journalism: A Case Study on Spanish Free Magazines." SAGE Open 7, no. 4 (October 2017): 215824401774817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244017748176.

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More and more individuals are turning to the mass media in search of information related to health care. Moreover, health care accounts for an important percentage of modern economies and household expenses. Since the 1990s, this demand has been to a degree satisfied by free healthcare magazines that offer useful advice and information related to health services and wellness. As the article argues, Spain can be a representative case for analyzing the health care magazine phenomenon. Using a methodology based on quantitative and qualitative variables, the article synthesizes the results of a broader research project carried out between 2012 and 2015, focusing on the news content and advertising in three free health and wellness magazines aimed at the general public in Spain: El Periódico de la Farmacia (The Pharmacy Newspaper), Estar bien (Feeling Well), and Health 21 (Salud 21). The conclusions discuss the main features and dimensions of these publications from an educational and social viewpoint, considering their fight for survival in an environment conditioned by financial crisis, competition from online publications, and the decrease in advertising and marketing specializing in health.

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Mantere, Eerik, Nina Savela, and Atte Oksanen. "Phubbing and Social Intelligence: Role-Playing Experiment on Bystander Inaccessibility." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 19 (September 24, 2021): 10035. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910035.

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Smartphone use has changed patterns of online and offline interaction. Phubbing (i.e., looking at one’s phone instead of paying attention to others) is an increasingly recognized phenomenon in offline interaction. We examined whether people who phub are more likely to have lower social intelligence, whether phubbing is considered more annoying than being ignored due to reading a magazine, and if people describe smartphones and magazines differently as sources of social distraction. We collected two survey samples (N = 112, N = 108) for a cartoon-based role-playing experiment (the Bystander Inaccessibility Experiment) in which a smartphone user and a person reading a magazine ignored the respondents’ conversational initiatives. Annoyance in each scenario was measured, and written accounts were collected on why the respondents rated the scenarios the way they did. Other measures used included the Generic Scale of Phubbing, Generic Scale of Being Phubbed, and Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale. The results showed that participants in both samples were more annoyed by phubbing than by being ignored due to reading a magazine. Linear regression analyses showed that phubbing was associated with lower social intelligence, even after adjusting for confounding factors. The annoyingness of phubbing was explained with negative attitudes toward smartphones, which were assumed to be used for useless endeavors, while magazines were more appreciated and seen as more cultivating. The role of bystanders’ epistemic access to the smartphone user’s activities is discussed.

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Bazzini, Doris G., Amanda Pepper, Rebecca Swofford, and Karly Cochran. "How Healthy are Health Magazines? A Comparative Content Analysis of Cover Captions and Images of Women’s and Men’s Health Magazine." Sex Roles 72, no. 5-6 (March 2015): 198–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-015-0456-2.

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Li, Guofa, Yanbo Wang, Jialong He, Tianwei Hou, Le Du, and Zhenhua Hou. "Fault Forecasting of a Machining Center Tool Magazine Based on Health Assessment." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2020 (April 9, 2020): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5796965.

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A tool magazine is one of the key functional components of machining centers with frequent faults. The reliability level of a tool magazine directly affects the reliability level of the machining center. After establishing a reliability test bench and a prognostic and health management system for a tool magazine, a novel fault-forecasting method for machining center tool magazines based on health assessment is proposed. First, the health status of each tool magazine subcomponent is determined using the grey clustering method. Second, the weight of each tool magazine subcomponent is determined using an entropy weight method. Third, the health status of the tool magazine is evaluated via fuzzy comprehensive evaluation. If the tool magazine exhibits an unhealthy status, then the subcomponent with the worst health status is selected for fault forecasting. In addition, standardized treatment, stationarity test, and differential processing are conducted separately on the raw performance indicator data of the worst subcomponent. Finally, the performance indicators of the worst subcomponent are forecasted with the constructed autoregressive moving average model. Using tool-falling failure as an example, the forecasted and experimental tool-pulling forces are compared and analyzed, and the prediction accuracy of the proposed method is verified.

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Koper, Christopher S., William D. Johnson, Kenneth Stesin, and Jeffery Egge. "Gunshot victimisations resulting from high-volume gunfire incidents in Minneapolis: findings and policy implications." Injury Prevention 25, Suppl 1 (February 24, 2018): i9—i11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042635.

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Laws restricting large ammunition magazines for semiautomatic weapons are intended to reduce firearm deaths and injuries by preventing gun attacks involving high numbers of shots. However, data on shootings from high-volume gunfire (HVG) incidents are extremely limited. This study examined gunshot victimisations resulting from HVG attacks (>10 shots fired) using police data on shootings in Minneapolis, Minnesota from January through August 2014 (n=135 to 167). Shots fired estimates were generated from police reports based on physical evidence recovered, reported gunshot victims, and accounts of witnesses and actors. HVG incidents accounted for 20%–28% of victims and were more likely to involve multiple victims. Most HVG cases seemed likely to have involved a gun with a large capacity magazine though these data were limited. Restricting large ammunition magazines may have greater potential for preventing shootings than previously estimated, but further studies of this issue are needed.

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Spencer, Rosemary J., Jean M. Russell, and Margo E. Barker. "Temporality in British young women's magazines: food, cooking and weight loss." Public Health Nutrition 17, no. 10 (October 14, 2013): 2359–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980013002620.

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AbstractObjectiveThe present study examines seasonal and temporal patterns in food-related content of two UK magazines for young women focusing on food types, cooking and weight loss.DesignContent analysis of magazines from three time blocks between 1999 and 2011.SettingDesk-based study.SubjectsNinety-seven magazines yielding 590 advertisements and 148 articles.ResultsCluster analysis of type of food advertising produced three clusters of magazines, which reflected recognised food behaviours of young women: vegetarianism, convenience eating and weight control. The first cluster of magazines was associated with Christmas and Millennium time periods, with advertising of alcohol, coffee, cheese, vegetarian meat substitutes and weight-loss pills. Recipes were prominent in article content and tended to be for cakes/desserts, luxury meals and party food. The second cluster was associated with summer months and 2010 issues. There was little advertising for conventional foods in cluster 2, but strong representation of diet plans and foods for weight loss. Weight-loss messages in articles focused on short-term aesthetic goals, emphasising speedy weight loss without giving up nice foods or exercising. Cluster 3 magazines were associated with post-New Year and 2005 periods. Food advertising was for everyday foods and convenience products, with fewer weight-loss products than other clusters; conversely, article content had a greater prevalence of weight-loss messages.ConclusionsThe cyclical nature of magazine content – indulgence and excess encouraged at Christmas, restraint recommended post-New Year and severe dieting advocated in the summer months – endorses yo-yo dieting behaviour and may not be conducive to public health.

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INOUE, Saburo, Mariko HIRAWA, Seiji JINBA, Masamichi KITAGAWA, Chieko KUMAGAI, Reiko KUROKAWA, and Yoichi MIYAUCHI. "Characteristics and evaluation of health-related magazines." Igaku Toshokan 37, no. 2 (1990): 86–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.7142/igakutoshokan.37.86.

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Sniderman, Jhase A., Darren M. Roffey, Richard Lee, Gabrielle D. Papineau, Isabelle H. Miles, Eugene K. Wai, and Stephen P. Kingwell. "Treatment options for back pain provided online in Canadian magazines: Comparison against evidence from a clinical practice guideline." Health Education Journal 76, no. 7 (July 4, 2017): 818–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896917715779.

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Background: Evidence-based treatments for adult back pain have long been confirmed, with research continuing to narrow down the scope of recommended practices. However, a tension exists between research-driven treatments and unsubstantiated modalities and techniques promoted to the public. This disparity in knowledge translation, which results in unsupported treatments continuing to be performed, may be linked to the information dispensed by the mass media. Objectives: The aim of this study was to review the top 20 most circulated Canadian-produced general-interest and health-specific magazines to determine whether featured treatment options align with recommendations for back pain management in a Canadian clinical practice guideline (CPG). Methods: Online electronic searches of magazine websites were performed using the following terms: ‘back pain’, ‘low back pain’ (English); ‘ mal au dos’, ‘ lombalgie’, ‘ mal de dos’ and ‘ maux de dos’ (French). Independent reviewers screened for articles focusing on treatment, abstracted recommendations from included articles and then compared featured treatments with those outlined in the CPG. Results: A total of 1,775 articles were screened, with 82 articles from 15 magazines included. Articles cited scientific studies or consulted spine-care professionals in 7/15 and 9/15 magazines, respectively. There were 18 categories of treatments reported with 4/18 (22%) treatment options in agreement with CPG recommendations for acute/sub-acute and chronic back pain. Yoga/Stretching/Tai Chi/Pilates and Exercise/Physical activity were the most commonly reported treatment categories. Conclusion: Encouragingly, the majority of treatment options reported for low back pain were non-surgical. Overall, few articles recommended reassurance, back pain education or back-specific postural/strengthening/flexibility exercises. Popular magazines should provide details on article authors, cite scientific reports, consult spine-care professionals and provide relevant links to literature for readers to access more scientific information.

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Savoie, Isabelle, Arminée Kazanjian, and Fern Brunger. "WOMEN, THE MEDIA, AND HEART DISEASE." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 15, no. 4 (October 1999): 729–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462399154126.

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Objective: To analyze the nature and presentation of print media messages regarding cholesterol and heart disease in women. The hypothesis is that print media messages about cholesterol and heart disease may encourage and perpetuate the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs in women.Methods: A hand-search of the "seven sisters" of American women's magazines and of two Canadian women's magazines. All print material related to cholesterol and heart disease in women was photocopied and the content analyzed qualitatively. The print media content was divided into two categories: magazine articles and drug industry–sponsored advertisements. Themes were identified and were analyzed for the messages they contained about heart disease, cholesterol, and the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs in women.Results: From the magazine articles, three main messages were identified. First, heart disease is the number one killer of women. Second, women must demand recognition of their high risk of heart disease and demand equal access to prevention and treatment services for heart disease. Third, lifestyles changes are not enough. Cholesterol-lowering drugs should be considered. Drug advertisements also emphasize that postmenopausal women are at high risk of heart disease and that lifestyle changes are inadequate or insufficient to lower this risk. In both cases, high blood cholesterol is considered not as a risk factor for heart disease but as the disease itself.Conclusions: Magazine articles and drug advertisements act synergistically and may encourage and promote the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs in women. Postmenopausal women not on hormone therapy are particularly targeted.

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Borman, Jan. "Depression in Women’s Magazines." Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 9, no. 3 (June 2003): 71–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1078-3903(03)00110-1.

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BACKGROUND: Mass communication research suggests that the media influence both what a population thinks about and how it thinks about an event or situation by controlling what is covered and how topics are framed. One medium, popular women’s magazines, has published depression-related articles for decades. However, little is known about the content and frame of these articles. OBJECTIVE: The research sought to determine what women’s magazines published about depression between 1980 and 2000. DESIGN: Articles published on depression in the top eight circulating women’s magazines, between 1980 to 1985 and 1995 to 2000 were retrieved and analyzed using qualitative media analysis methodology. RESULTS: Between the two periods, the magazines increased the number of published articles on depression and increasingly framed it as a treatable but stigmatized illness. CONCLUSION: Women’s magazines, which regularly publish information on depression, have high circulation rates, resulting in millions of exposures to their messages. Psychiatric nurse-authors have an opportunity to influence these messages.

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Jalloh, Mohamed A., Mitchell J. Barnett, and Eric J. Ip. "Men’s Health-Related Magazines: A Retrospective Study of What They Recommend and the Evidence Addressing Their Recommendations." American Journal of Men's Health 14, no. 3 (May 2020): 155798832093690. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988320936900.

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Magazines have traditionally been an effective medium for delivering health media messages to large populations or specific groups. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we evaluated nine issues from 2016 publications of American men’s health-related magazines ( Men’s Health and Men’s Fitness) to evaluate their recommendations and determine their validity by examining corresponding evidence found in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. We extracted health recommendations ( n = 161) from both magazines and independently searched and evaluated evidence addressing the recommendations. We could find at least a case study or higher quality evidence addressing only 42% of the 161 recommendations (80 recommendations from Men’s Health and 81 recommendations from Men’s Fitness). For recommendations from Men’s Health, evidence supported approximately 23% of the 80 recommendations, while evidence was unclear, nonexistent, or contradictory for approximately 77% of the recommendations. For recommendations from Men’s Fitness, evidence supported approximately 25% of the 81 recommendations, while evidence was unclear, nonexistent, or contradictory for approximately 75% of the recommendations. The majority of recommendations made in men’s health-related magazines appear to lack credible peer-reviewed evidence; therefore, patients should discuss such recommendations with health-care providers before implementing.

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Løchen, Maja-Lisa, Inger Torhild Gram, Sigrid Skattebo, and Nils Kolstrup. "Tobacco images and texts in Norwegian magazines and newspapers." Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 35, no. 1 (January 2007): 31–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14034940600777476.

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Background: Print media may influence smoking behaviour through tobacco advertisements and editorial use of tobacco pictures and texts. In Norway tobacco advertising has been banned for many years. The authors studied the coverage of tobacco promotion and tobacco and health in some general Norwegian magazines and newspapers. The findings were related to the publications' policy as stated by their editors. Methods: During three months in 1998—99 all pictures of tobacco and smoking situations were registered, plus the coverage on health aspects of tobacco in all consecutive issues of 7 newspapers and 19 magazines. The editors were asked about their attitudes regarding indirect tobacco advertisement and editorial use of people smoking. Results: All editors for men's magazines and the majority of newspaper editors had no restrictions on displaying both indirect tobacco advertisements and images of people smoking. In total, 610 texts or pictures on tobacco were found in the 624 issues of magazines and newspapers. Only 26 items were indirect tobacco advertisements. Items promoting smoking were more common than coverage of tobacco and health (71% vs 29%), and occurred most frequently in men's magazines (2.1 per issue) and least frequently in local newspapers (0.3 per issue). The proportion of tobacco and health coverage compared with the total tobacco coverage was significantly lower in men's than in family magazines and local newspapers. Conclusion: Editors should be encouraged to increase the coverage of tobacco and health in print media. This may be an important factor in helping their readers to give up or not to take up smoking.

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Santos, Marcelo, and Maria Ribeiro. "O garoto da capa: castração e gozo na banca de revistas." Comunicação e Sociedade 21 (June 29, 2012): 49–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.21(2012).699.

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The psychoanalytic approach developed by Freud and Lacan is, above all, a theory of language, conceiving the unconscious as a discourse structured over certain logical elements. From this perspective, we address in this paper that some psychoanalytic concepts can be applied to communication phenomena. To argue so, we analyze the covers of two magazines that are graphically similar, Men’s Health and G Magazine. The first orientate its content to the heterosexual public, and the later direct its content to the homosexual public. As we will show, on the cover of Men's Health operates, especially, the principle of castration, while the frontispiece of G Magazine stands out the notion of objet petit a.

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Baylen, J. O. "Health and British Magazines In the 19th Century." American Journalism 17, no. 1 (January 2000): 107–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08821127.2000.10739230.

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Davies, Elizabeth. "An examination of health education in teenage magazines." Health Education Journal 45, no. 2 (June 1986): 86–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001789698604500208.

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Graham, Sophie‐Charlotte, David Bawden, and Davin Nicholas. "Health information provision in men and women's magazines." Aslib Proceedings 49, no. 5 (May 1997): 117–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb051457.

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Kessler, Lauren. "Women's Magazines' Coverage of Smoking Related Health Hazards." Journalism Quarterly 66, no. 2 (June 1989): 316–445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107769908906600207.

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Górska, Marzena. "Woman through the Lens of the Polish - and Russian-Language Magazines „Dobre rady” – «Добрые советы»." Respectus Philologicus 23, no. 28 (April 25, 2013): 174–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/respectus.2013.23.28.15.

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This article attempts to characterize the Polishlanguage magazine Dobre rady in comparison with its Russian-language version Добрые cоветы. This article applies a comprehensively targeted discursive comparison of content to analyze thematic, semantic, cultural, social, structural, and linguistic data. The magazines are related to each other and form a whole, and both affect the perception of a specific group of readers. The analyzed magazines are monthlies of a handbook character, which help readers to take care of children, their health and beauty, and the home. They also provide information on how to resolve legal and financial issues, publish recipes, and entertain their readers. The analysis reveals that in these magazines, a personal pattern emerges of a woman whose main task is to combine the roles of worker, wife, mother, and housekeeper. The presented model comprises two types of women—the stereotypical, empathetic woman whose most important values are marriage and the home, and the rebel woman—a professional, for whom the realization of her own ambitions and the cult of the body are in the first place. The article reflects both theoretical and practical interests, and may be useful not only to those who read the magazines (modern women, housewives burdened with family problems, etc.) but also more broadly—taking into account women who do not fit the outlined image. The comparative nature of the article allows reflection on psychological as well as general cultural issues.

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Chew, Fiona, Sushma Palmer, and Soohong Kim. "Sources of information and knowledge about health and nutrition: can viewing one television programme make a difference?" Public Understanding of Science 4, no. 1 (January 1995): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-6625/4/1/002.

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This three-stage national longitudinal survey of 300 respondents evaluated the impact on levels of nutrition knowledge of a specially designed television programme. These levels were assessed among subgroups using different sources of health information. The study was fielded before programme viewing, within three days of programme viewing and about six months after programme viewing. Up to five sources per respondent were obtained. Health information sources analysed included magazines, television, newspapers and doctor/clinic/hospital. Results showed that knowledge levels consistently increased among all groups after programme viewing and also across time ( p<0.001). In general, media users showed higher levels of knowledge than their non-user counterparts; however, only magazine users showed higher and significant differences in knowledge. Programme viewing led to an increased selection of television and newspapers as sources of health information. Magazine use and the use of doctors as health information sources remained the same after programme viewing.

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Cowburn, Gill, and Anna Boxer. "Magazines for children and young people and the links to Internet food marketing: a review of the extent and type of food advertising." Public Health Nutrition 10, no. 10 (October 2007): 1024–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980007666658.

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AbstractObjectiveTo examine the nature of the link between food advertising in UK magazines aimed at children and young people and Internet food marketing, to establish whether consideration should be given to tightening existing controls.DesignA review and descriptive analysis of food advertising found in a sample of the top five magazine titles aimed at a range of ages of children and young people between November 2004 and August 2005 and of the Internet food marketing sites to which readers were directed.ResultsFood advertising appeared as ‘cover-mount’ free gifts and as part of the main bound issue. Children aged 6–10 years were the most frequent recipients of food-based free gifts, all of which were confectionery. No food advertising was found in magazines aimed at pre-school children and it formed a small percentage of total advertising in the magazines aimed at children of school age and above. Most food advertisements were for ‘less healthy’ foods, although advertisements for ‘healthier’ food products did appear infrequently. Almost half of food advertisements directed readers towards Internet food marketing sites. We found evidence that these sites are using at least some of the ‘marketing tricks’ which have been identified as a cause for concern.ConclusionsProposed restrictions on broadcast media may lead to more food advertising via other non-broadcast means. We suggest monitoring the effect of such changes in print and online advertising and that consideration be given to restricting marketing techniques used on websites aimed at children and young people.

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Manganello, Jennifer A., Katherine Clegg Smith, Katie Sudakow, and Amber C. Summers. "A content analysis of food advertisements appearing in parenting magazines." Public Health Nutrition 16, no. 12 (December 7, 2012): 2188–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980012005216.

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AbstractObjectiveChildhood obesity is a growing problem in the USA. As parents play a major role in shaping a child's diet, the present study examines food advertisements (ads) directed towards parents in parenting and family magazines.DesignGiven the potential for magazines to influence attitudes and knowledge, we used content analysis to examine the food ads appearing in four issues each of six different parenting and family magazines from 2008 (n 24).SettingUSA.SubjectsFood ads in parenting and family magazines.ResultsWe identified 476 food ads, which represented approximately 32 % of all ads in the magazine sample. Snack foods (13 %) were the most frequently observed food ads, followed by dairy products (7 %). The most frequently used sales theme was ‘taste’ (55 %). Some ads promoted foods as ‘healthy’ (14 %) and some made specific health claims (18 %), such as asserting the product would help lower cholesterol. In addition to taste and health and nutrition appeals, we found several themes used in ad messages to promote products, including the following: ‘convenience’, ‘economical’, ‘fun’ and ‘helping families spend time together’. We also found that over half (n 405, 55·9 %) of products (n 725) advertised were products of poor nutritional quality based on total fat, saturated fat, sodium, protein, sugar and fibre contents, and that ads for such products were slightly more likely to use certain sales themes like ‘fun’ (P = 0·04) and ‘no guilt’ (P = 0·03).ConclusionsInterventions should be developed to help parents understand nutritional information seen in food ads and to learn how various foods contribute to providing a balanced family diet.

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Cooper, Marcia, Lindsay Zalot, and Laurie A. Wadsworth. "Calcium, Vitamin D, Iron, and Folate Messages in Three Canadian Magazines." Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 75, no. 4 (December 1, 2014): 180–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2014-011.

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Purpose: Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey showed that calcium, vitamin D, iron, and folate are nutrients of concern for females 19–50 years of age. The study objectives were to assess the quantity, format, and accuracy of messages related to these nutrients in selected Canadian magazines and to examine their congruency with Canadian nutrition policies. Methods: Using content analysis methodology, messages were coded using a stratified sample of a constructed year for Canadian Living, Chatelaine, and Homemakers magazines (n = 33) from 2003–2008. Pilot research was conducted to assess inter-coder agreement and to develop the study coding sheet and codebook. Results: The messages identified (n = 595) averaged 18 messages per magazine issue. The most messages were found for calcium, followed by folate, iron, and vitamin D, and the messages were found primarily in articles (46%) and advertisements (37%). Overall, most messages were coded as accurate (82%) and congruent with Canadian nutrition policies (90%). Conclusions: This research demonstrated that the majority of messages in 3 Canadian magazines between 2003 and 2008 were accurate and reflected Canadian nutrition policies. Because Canadian women continue to receive much nutrition information via print media, this research provides important insights for dietitians into media messaging.

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Lavriša, Živa, Karmen Erjavec, and Igor Pravst. "Trends in marketing foods to children in Slovenian magazines: a content analysis." Public Health Nutrition 21, no. 18 (October 8, 2018): 3344–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980018002513.

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AbstractObjectiveFood marketing is an important factor influencing children’s food preferences. In Slovenia the use of magazines is widespread among children. We investigated food advertising in children’s and teens’ magazines (CTM) in 2013 and 2017. The penetration of food advertising was compared with magazines targeting the adult population.DesignA repeated cross-sectional study. Magazines were searched for branded food references (BFR). All BFR were categorised and evaluated using the WHO Europe nutrient profile model.SettingSlovenia.SubjectsAll issues of CTM and a selected sample of issues of adult-targeting magazines and newspapers published in Slovenia in 2013 and 2017.ResultsOne hundred and seventy-five issues of CTM (ninety-two in 2013, eighty-three in 2017) and 675 issues of adult-targeted magazines and newspapers were analysed (345 in 2013, 330 in 2017). In 2017, food advertising in CTM dropped notably but the opposite was found for adult-targeted magazines. Regular advertisements dominated in 2017 in CTM, while in 2013, 83 % of BFR types were games/puzzles, competitions and product placements. Chocolate and confectionery were the most advertised in CTM and food supplements in adults’ magazines. Most foods in CTM were classed as ‘not permitted’ in both years (98 % in 2013 and 100 % in 2017).ConclusionsThe advertisements in CTM still mostly refer to unhealthy foods. The extent of food advertising has dropped considerably since 2013. On the contrary, food advertising in printed media targeting adults has increased, chiefly referring to food supplements and foods that do not pass the WHO Europe nutrient profile model criteria.

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Martinighi, Maiara, and Edina Mariko Koga da Silva. "Quality of diet plans for weight loss featured in women's magazines. A cross-sectional descriptive study." Sao Paulo Medical Journal 135, no. 4 (August 2017): 339–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2016.0301280217.

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ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Brazil has the fifth largest population of obese individuals in the world. Women’s magazines publish a large number of diet plans, and therefore the objective of this study was to assess the quality of these plans. DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study. METHODS: We included the Brazilian women’s magazines of highest circulation published between January and June 2014 that advertised diets for weight loss on their covers. We extracted the quantities of macro and micronutrients from each of these diet plans and compared these quantities with the World Health Organization nutritional guidelines for adult women. We also checked the total energy quantities of these plans, and any recommendations about water intake and physical activity. RESULTS: We identified 136 potentially eligible magazine issues; 41 were excluded and 95 issues of 6 different magazines were included in the study. We found that 83.1 % of the plans had carbohydrate and fiber levels below the recommendations. On the other hand, the protein and saturated fatty acid levels were above the recommendations in 97.8% and 95.7% of the plans, respectively; 75.7% of the diets had inadequate calcium levels and 70.5% had low iron levels. Only 30 plans specified the total daily quantity of dietary energy and in 53.3% of these, the information was inconsistent with our estimates; 20% of the plans had no recommendations on daily water intake and 37.5% did not give recommendations regarding physical activity practices. CONCLUSION: The diet plans for weight loss featured in Brazilian women’s magazines are of low quality.

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LeBeau, Kelsea, Cary Carr, and Mark Hart. "Examination of Gender Stereotypes and Norms in Health-Related Content Posted to Snapchat Discover Channels: Qualitative Content Analysis." Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 3 (March 20, 2020): e15330. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/15330.

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Background Snapchat has seen one of the most rapid, and unprecedented, growths in the history of social networking sites and social media with 3 billion Snapchats sent daily. In 2015, Snapchat introduced a new feature, Snapchat Discover, providing a unique way for publishers, such as magazines, to connect their content to Snapchat users. Objective This study aimed to evaluate qualitatively the health-related content distributed among male-focused and female-focused Discover channels and to determine whether differences exist between the content posted to these channels. Methods Magazine Discover channels with male and female target audiences were identified based on the magazine’s claimed audience and a search of Snapchat Discover’s magazine publishers, resulting in the selection of two male-focused and two female-focused channels. Stories were collected daily from each of the selected channels during a 4-week period. Using the constant comparative method, 406 Discover stories were collected and analyzed. Results Differences in health content coverage existed between male- and female-focused channels. General health stories from male channels comprised 7.5% (10/134) of total stories compared with 22.8% (62/272) for female channels. Sexual health stories from male channels comprised 3.0% (4/134) of total stories compared with 18.8% (51/272) for female channels. Moreover, female-focused channels’ content was more comprehensive. Female audiences were portrayed as being health information seekers, concerned with sexual health and male satisfaction, primarily responsible for contraception and pregnancy prevention, and less informed about sex. Male audiences were portrayed as being less likely to seek health information, obsessed with and driven by sex, and less concerned with sexual health. Conclusions Understanding the content shared to social media is important, especially when considering the implications content may have for behavior. In terms of content, these findings suggest Discover channels appear to promote gender stereotypes and norms for health and sexual health through the information posted.

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Basch, Corey H., Rodney Hammond, Alexis Guinta, Sonali Rajan, and Charles E. Basch. "Advertising of Toothpaste in Parenting Magazines." Journal of Community Health 38, no. 5 (May 15, 2013): 911–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-013-9700-2.

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Safron, Carrie. "Reimagining health and fitness materials: an affective inquiry into collaging." Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology 10, no. 2-3 (December 30, 2019): 40–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/rerm.3668.

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This paper, or ‘experiment,’ draws on data from a health and fitness scrapbooking project with four Black and Latinx youth. While the data are part of a longer 18-month visual ethnography (Pink, 2013), the focus here began to consider one week of the project in which the four youth and I interacted with health and fitness related magazines. In that week, we created magazine re-assemblages in our scrapbooks. To reimagine what ‘matters’ for education research and pedagogical practices in health, fitness and physical culture, I re-visited data (Levy, Halse & Wright, 2016) through an affective lens (Deleuze & Guattari, 1987), drawing on PhEmaterialism (Ringrose, Warfield & Zarbadi, 2019). The affective lens produced a collage inquiry entangled with doubt (Holbrook & Pourchier, 2014), wonder (MacLure, 2013a) and slowness (Renold, 2018), which began to open up possibilities to think-see-feel my way through the data and the process differently.

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Yang, Yiyi, Lu Tang, and Bijie Bie. "Portrayals of Mental Illnesses in Women’s and Men’s Magazines in the United States." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 94, no. 3 (May 12, 2016): 793–811. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077699016644559.

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Mental illness is a serious health risk in the United States. People suffering from mental illnesses are often subjective to gender-specific stigma and stereotypes. Based on theories of agenda setting, framing, and stigma communication, this study compares the portrayal of mental illnesses in women’s and men’s lifestyle and health magazines between 2009 and 2013 through a content analysis. It finds that women’s magazines tend to present a more positive coverage of mental illnesses by citing patients, adopting human interest discourse, and using challenge cues such as hope than men’s magazines. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Hall, P. Cougar, Joshua H. West, Brianna Magnusson, and Abigail Cox. "Promotion of Sexual Health and Sexual Responsibility in Women’s Health and Men’s Health Magazines." Sexuality & Culture 18, no. 4 (May 31, 2014): 1025–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12119-014-9239-0.

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Owen, Craig, and Christine Campbell. "How do men’s magazines talk about penises?" Journal of Health Psychology 23, no. 2 (December 4, 2017): 332–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105317745333.

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Constructions of masculinity have shifted and changed but the central role of the penis has remained firm. Yet, despite the implications for sexual health, there has been very little research on discourses around penises. The messages men receive about their manhood is apparent in articles in men’s magazines. We conducted a discursive analysis of the ways in which penises were discussed in four market leading UK titles: Loaded, Men’s Health, GQ and Attitude. Two broad discourses were identified, termed Laddish and Medicalised, both of which create fear-ridden spaces where men are bombarded with unachievable masculine ideals and traumatic examples of mutilated members. We discuss how health psychologists could use the findings to communicate with men about their sexual health needs using this channel.

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Souza, Márcia Rebeca Rocha de, Jeane Freitas de Oliveira, and Enilda Rosendo do Nascimento. "Women's health and the phenomenon of drugs in brazilian magazines." Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem 23, no. 1 (March 2014): 92–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-07072014000100011.

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The aim of this paper is to discuss social and health repercussions in women due to drug use, as disclosed in reports published in magazines with national circulation. This is a qualitative research, with an exploratory and descriptive approach. Articles published in four magazines were used, during six consecutive months as of September of 2009. Fifty-two articles were identified with comments on women and the drug phenomena. The information was addressed by means of thematic content analysis. The reports address the increased consumption of drugs by women, the consumption of drugs to maintain and/or achieve the established sociocultural standards of beauty, with risks for addiction and overdose, and situations resulting from violence towards women living with male drug users. Economical, political, ideological and cultural reflexes for women involved with the drug phenomena could be the cause or consequence of implications in the health of this population.

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Vener, A. M., and L. R. Krupka. "Over-the-Counter Drug Advertising in Gender Oriented Popular Magazines." Journal of Drug Education 16, no. 4 (December 1986): 367–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/hcfr-3xq2-ny4t-518u.

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A survey of 111 gender-oriented popular magazines showed that although seventeen more men's magazines than women's were examined, almost seven times as many over-the-counter drug advertisements were found in the latter than in the former. The majority of over-the-counter drug advertisements placed in women's publications centered around the concern for appearance, while the largest number of advertised products found in men's were for stimulants. Stimulants advertised as energizers were frequently merchandised as “look-alikes.” It was suggested that regulatory efforts should be enhanced against the advertising of approved drugs for unapproved purposes. The simulated sun tanning pill was presented as a case in point. Criteria were presented to help the editorial staffs of magazines and consumers to recognize deceptive advertisements, bordering on quackery.

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Rocha, Everardo, and Marina Frid. "Classified beauty: Goods and bodies in Brazilian women’s magazines." Journal of Consumer Culture 18, no. 1 (April 3, 2016): 83–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540516641625.

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This article analyzes women’s images in Brazilian magazines aiming to understand the logic behind the construction of notions of female beauty, health, and wellbeing. More precisely, it investigates how magazines associate an extensive array of goods to women’s bodies, sustaining a permanent logic of consumption. At the explicit level of images, magazines express novelty, promote innovations, and offer ever-new possibilities for readers to accomplish strong, slim, and forever young bodies. However, the analysis suggests the existence and operation of an underlying recurrent pattern that intends to classify products and services according to female body fragments in a process analogous to the system known as totemism. Finally, this work indicates that the ideological project of magazines is to create an unreachable woman model forever translated into consumer goods.

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Chapman, K. J., R. M. Fairchild, and M. Z. Morgan. "Food references in UK children's magazines — an oral health perspective." British Dental Journal 217, no. 10 (November 2014): E20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.1007.

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