Interventions to improve media coverage of medical research: a codesigned feasibility and acceptability study with Australian journalists.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although the media can influence public perceptions and utilisation of healthcare, journalists generally receive no routine training in interpreting and reporting on medical research. Given growing evidence about the problems of medical overuse, the need for quality media reporting has become a greater priority. This study aimed to codesign and assess the feasibility of a multicomponent training intervention for journalists in Australia.

Design

A small pragmatic feasibility study using a pre- and postdesign.

Setting

90 min online workshop.

Participants

Eight journalists currently working in Australia, recruited through the study's journalist advisor and existing contacts of the researchers.

Intervention

The training intervention covered a rang

SUBMITTER: Copp T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207948 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature