Return of whooping cough.

Church, M. A.

doi:10.1136/bmj.1.6157.195-a

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“…Despite the success of immunisation in the reduction or eradication of many once serious diseases there has been growing adverse media publicity about the risks associated with immunisation ( Beggs et al., 1998 ) ( Church, 1979 ). Nevertheless, although some view the HPV vaccine as a controversial vaccine because it is given to young teenage girls to prevent a sexually transmitted disease, UK newsprint coverage has generally been positive.…”

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“…Recent experience shows that the mass media has a key role to play in the perceived desirability and acceptability of vaccines, and hence a key determinant of the uptake of HPV vaccination programme will be the media coverage it receives. Adverse publicity about the safety of the MMR vaccine ( Beggs, Ramsay, White, & Bozoky, 1998 ) and whooping cough vaccine ( Church, 1979 ) caused large numbers of parents to refuse immunisation for their children. Studies of the MMR controversy highlight how important it is to address any gaps in public understanding of the benefits and risks of a vaccine in order to anticipate and plan future public health messages ( Bellaby, 2003 , Hilton et al., 2006 , Smith et al., 2007 ).…”

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Newsprint media representations of the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme for cervical cancer prevention in the UK (2005–2008)

Hilton

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Langan

et al. 2010

Social Science & Medicine

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In September 2008, the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme was introduced in the UK for schoolgirls aged between 12 and 18 years of age. The vaccine shows high efficacy in preventing infection against HPV types 16 and 18 responsible for 70% of cervical cancer. However, to be most effective, the vaccine needs to be administered before exposure to the viruses and therefore, ideally, before young people become sexually active. The introduction of any new vaccine, and perhaps particularly one given to young teenage girls to prevent a sexually transmitted cancer-causing virus, has the potential to attract a great deal of media attention. This paper reports on content analysis of 344 articles published between January 2005 and December 2008 in 15 UK newspapers. It includes both manifest and latent analysis to examine newsprint media coverage of the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme and its role in HPV advocacy. We concluded that the newspapers were generally positive towards the new HPV vaccination and that over the 4 years period the newsworthiness of the HPV vaccination programme increased. In 2008 two events dominated coverage, firstly, the introduction of the HPV programme in September 2008 and secondly, in August 2008 the diagnosis on camera of cervical cancer given to Jade Goody, a 27 year old mother of two, who gained fame and notoriety in the UK through her participation in several reality television shows.There are two conclusions from this study. Firstly, the positive media coverage surrounding the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme is to be welcomed as it is likely to contribute towards influencing public perceptions about the acceptability and need for HPV vaccination. Secondly, the focus on prevalence rates of HPV infection among women and on women's sexual behaviours, in relation to HPV vaccination ‘encouraging’ promiscuity, is an unhelpful aspect of media coverage.

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Newsprint media representations of the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme for cervical cancer prevention in the UK (2005–2008)

Hilton

Hunt

Langan

et al. 2010

Social Science & Medicine

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“…The paper, however, became the basis of a television documentary in which there were film sequences of two severely braindamaged adoleseent children, ostensibly the victims of whooping cough vaccination. The effect on acceptance of whooping cough vaccine by the general population was immediate and dramatic (McKinnon 1979, Church 1979. Acceptance levels for this vaceine fell to about 20-40% in different parts of the country (Preston 1980) and the erosion of confidence in this one vaccine was said to have adverse 21 repercussions on other immunization programmes (Griffith 1981).…”

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Whooping cough vaccination: the case presented by the British national press

Harding

1985

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The coverage of whooping cough and its vaccine by the British press was content-analysed and compared with that of four other diseases for which articles were relatively common over the same time period. The results indicated that the topics were dealt with differently by the press, with whooping cough vaccination being seen as more risky than the others, requiring both medical advice and a decision before being accepted. The rather negative attitude to this vaccine emphasizes the problems associated with it rather than its preventive qualities. There was little evidence of a balanced discussion of the issues found in the medical literature, although accusations against the lay-press for providing largely inaccurate and sensationalized articles were found to be unsupported. The press were found, however, to publish many event-orientated articles, particularly those about specific individuals.

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“…2,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] However, the direct impact of the media on health behaviors is difficult to measure, particularly when assessing unplanned, news-related media coverage. 2,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Medical reports may provoke unwarranted alarm. Following Nancy Reagan's choice to undergo a mastectomy for breast cancer in 1987 and the ensuing media coverage, a 25% decrease in the rate of women electing to undergo breastconserving surgery was observed in the United States.…”

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