Changes in newspaper coverage of cardiovascular health issues in conjunction with a community-based intervention.

This article presents information on a study related to media coverage of cardiovascular health issues in conjunction with a community-based intervention in Missouri. The authors analyzed 23 newspapers in six rural counties in southeastern Missouri for the period October 1988 through August 1993. They conducted regression analysis in the form of an interrupted time series analysis and linear regression analysis was performed relating time to the monthly count of papers. The study concluded that the coverage of the cardiovascular diseases (CVD)-related issues increased during the said period and it is also considered that it might have had a beneficial effect on CVD-related knowledge.