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University of California, Berkeley - FALL 2012 | ||
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Media Advocacy and Public Health: Power for Prevention (1st Edition) by Makani Themba-Nixon, David H. Jernigan, Dr. Lori Dorfman, Lawrence Marshall Wallack, Lawrence Wallacklori Dorfman, Dr. Lawrence Wallack, P.H. Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1993 ISBN-10: 0-8039-4289-3 / 0803942893 ISBN-13: 978-0-8039-4289-9 / 9780803942899 How we think about health problems, and what we do about them, is largely determined by how they are reported on television, radio and in the newspapers. Often, crucial issues of public health policy are debated and decided on only after they are made visible by the media. The concept of media advo |