Cure or Carcinogen? A Framing Analysis of European Radon Spa Websites

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Cure or Carcinogen? A Framing Analysis of European Radon Spa Websites

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Cure or Carcinogen? A Framing Analysis of European Radon Spa Websites

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10304 - Nuclear physics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1661-8556

e-ISSN

1661-8564

Svazek periodika

67

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

April

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

1604559

Kód UT WoS článku

000793307300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85129691311