Edy Carolyn M
University of North Carolina, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA.
Women Health. 2010 Mar;50(2):176-94. doi: 10.1080/03630241003705029.
Women, who often turn to magazines for health information, continue to underestimate their risk for heart disease, though it remains the leading cause of death among women in the United States. This textual analysis considered the portrayal of women's risk factors for heart disease as problem and remedy frames within articles published by the highest circulation women's magazine in the U.S., Good Housekeeping, from 1997 to 2007. These findings were then compared with corresponding information endorsed by the American Heart Association. Far from underestimating a woman's risk for heart disease, GH articles seemed to target women at low risk for heart disease, while emphasizing risk factors unique to women. The magazine coverage was largely consistent with American Heart Association information, yet offered a broader range of treatment and prevention strategies that were sometimes contradictory or vague. One significant risk factor, race, was not mentioned in the magazine articles. This review calls for future research to determine the pervasiveness and possible effects of such coverage.
经常从杂志获取健康信息的女性，仍然低估自己患心脏病的风险，尽管心脏病在美国仍是女性的首要死因。本语篇分析考察了美国发行量最大的女性杂志《好管家》1997年至2007年发表的文章中，将女性心脏病风险因素描述为问题框架和补救框架的情况。然后将这些发现与美国心脏协会认可的相应信息进行比较。《好管家》的文章远非低估女性患心脏病的风险，似乎是针对心脏病低风险女性，同时强调女性特有的风险因素。杂志报道在很大程度上与美国心脏协会的信息一致，但提供了更广泛的治疗和预防策略，这些策略有时相互矛盾或含糊不清。杂志文章未提及一个重要风险因素，即种族。本综述呼吁未来开展研究，以确定此类报道的普遍性及其可能产生的影响。
