Abdelmutti Nazek, Hoffman-Goetz Laurie
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Women Health. 2009 Jul-Aug;49(5):422-40. doi: 10.1080/03630240903238776.
The human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil) is a significant advancement in women's health. We compared the reporting of fear-inducing messages about human papillomavirus, cervical cancer, and the human papillomavirus vaccine in Canadian and U.S. national newspapers between January 2006 and December 2007. Significant differences between countries were found in the number of articles containing fear messages about human papillomavirus, cervical cancer, and the human papillomavirus vaccine. Educational level of readability was higher than recommended for the public, and the emotional tone of the articles became progressively negative over time. Our findings suggest that public discussion of some elements of the human papillomavirus vaccine message that could cause alarm or worry for women may need to be addressed within political and cultural contexts.
人乳头瘤病毒疫苗（佳达修）是女性健康领域的一项重大进展。我们比较了2006年1月至2007年12月期间加拿大和美国全国性报纸上关于人乳头瘤病毒、宫颈癌和人乳头瘤病毒疫苗的引发恐惧信息的报道情况。两国在包含人乳头瘤病毒、宫颈癌和人乳头瘤病毒疫苗恐惧信息的文章数量上存在显著差异。文章的教育可读性水平高于推荐给公众的标准，并且随着时间的推移，文章的情感基调逐渐变得消极。我们的研究结果表明，在政治和文化背景下，可能需要解决关于人乳头瘤病毒疫苗信息中某些可能引起女性恐慌或担忧的元素的公众讨论问题。
