Cure or Carcinogen? A Framing Analysis of European Radon Spa Websites
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652052%3A_____%2F22%3AN0000043" target="_blank" >RIV/86652052:_____/22:N0000043 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604559/full" target="_blank" >https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604559/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604559" target="_blank" >10.3389/ijph.2022.1604559</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Cure or Carcinogen? A Framing Analysis of European Radon Spa Websites
Original language description
Objectives: Radon, a radioactive gas, is among the leading causes of lung-cancer worldwide. While public health authorities emphasize radon's health risks, there are spas across Europe which claim health benefits of radon. This study investigates how websites of European radon spas frame radon gas, in order to understand the potential controversy between "radon as carcinogen" and "radon as cure," and its potential impact on public health interventions.Methods: A two-phased frame analysis of websites of radon spas (n = 26) situated in the European Union.Results: Five frames are identified, which present radon as a 1) source of health, 2) natural gas, 3) (non) risk, 4) luxury and 5) fountain of youth. These five partly overlapping frames are at times in clear contrast with the ways in which radon is presented in a public health context.Conclusion: Being aware of the existence and contents of radon frames, which potentially challenge or contradict public health interventions, helps responsible authorities in designing more effective campaigns and interventions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10304 - Nuclear physics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Public Health
ISSN
1661-8556
e-ISSN
1661-8564
Volume of the periodical
67
Issue of the periodical within the volume
April
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
1604559
UT code for WoS article
000793307300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85129691311