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  1. Article ; Online: What to do about homelessness? Journalists collaborating as claims-makers in the San Francisco Homeless Project.

    Moorhead, Laura

    Journal of community psychology

    2021  Volume 50, Issue 4, Page(s) 1893–1917

    Abstract: This content analysis considered the San Francisco Homeless Project (SFHP), a collaboration of media organizations working to generate a wave of coverage to alleviate homelessness. The effort stood out for its proposed solutions to a systemic and complex ...

    Abstract This content analysis considered the San Francisco Homeless Project (SFHP), a collaboration of media organizations working to generate a wave of coverage to alleviate homelessness. The effort stood out for its proposed solutions to a systemic and complex issue involving multiple ecological levels of a community, the number and variety of organizations involved, and the ongoing nature of the project. Yet, little is known about its impact and potential for replication. Researchers coded 977 articles published by 134 media organizations over an 18-month period split into three phases (Preliminary, Wave 1, and Wave 2). Article frequency, characteristics, and content (code groups) were stratified by SFHP participation and described overtime. Results revealed that in addition to creating a media blitz, SFHP participants generated significantly longer and more visual articles and were influenced by nonprofits and government agencies. However, the SFHP did not lead to a sustained change in terms of article frequency and content.
    MeSH term(s) Homeless Persons ; Humans ; San Francisco ; Social Problems
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1491194-2
    ISSN 1520-6629 ; 0090-4392
    ISSN (online) 1520-6629
    ISSN 0090-4392
    DOI 10.1002/jcop.22687
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  2. Article ; Online: What cancer research makes the news? A quantitative analysis of online news stories that mention cancer studies.

    Moorhead, Laura / Krakow, Melinda / Maggio, Lauren

    PloS one

    2021  Volume 16, Issue 3, Page(s) e0247553

    Abstract: Journalists' health and science reporting aid the public's direct access to research through the inclusion of hyperlinks leading to original studies in peer-reviewed journals. While this effort supports the US-government mandate that research be made ... ...

    Abstract Journalists' health and science reporting aid the public's direct access to research through the inclusion of hyperlinks leading to original studies in peer-reviewed journals. While this effort supports the US-government mandate that research be made widely available, little is known about what research journalists share with the public. This cross-sectional exploratory study characterises US-government-funded research on cancer that appeared most frequently in news coverage and how that coverage varied by cancer type, disease incidence and mortality rates. The subject of analysis was 11436 research articles (published in 2016) on cancer funded by the US government and 642 news stories mentioning at least one of these articles. Based on Altmetric data, researchers identified articles via PubMed and characterised each based on the news media attention received online. Only 1.88% (n = 213) of research articles mentioning US government-funded cancer research included at least one mention in an online news publication. This is in contrast to previous research that found 16.8% (n = 1925) of articles received mention by online mass media publications. Of the 13 most common cancers in the US, 12 were the subject of at least one news mention; only urinary and bladder cancer received no mention. Traditional news sources included significantly more mentions of research on common cancers than digital native news sources. However, a general discrepancy exists between cancers prominent in news sources and those with the highest mortality rate. For instance, lung cancer accounted for the most deaths annually, while melanoma led to 56% less annual deaths; however, journalists cited research regarding these cancers nearly equally. Additionally, breast cancer received the greatest coverage per estimated annual death, while pancreatic cancer received the least coverage per death. Findings demonstrated a continued misalignment between prevalent cancers and cancers mentioned in online news media. Additionally, cancer control and prevention received less coverage from journalists than other cancer continuum stages, highlighting a continued underrepresentation of prevention-focused research. Results revealed a need for further scholarship regarding the role of journalists in research dissemination.
    MeSH term(s) Biomedical Research/methods ; Biomedical Research/standards ; Biomedical Research/statistics & numerical data ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Humans ; Information Dissemination/methods ; Journalism, Medical/standards ; Mass Media/standards ; Mass Media/statistics & numerical data ; Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Neoplasms/therapy ; Periodicals as Topic/standards ; Periodicals as Topic/statistics & numerical data ; Public Health/methods ; Public Health/statistics & numerical data
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0247553
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  3. Article: Identifying science in the news: An assessment of the precision and recall of Altmetric.com news mention data.

    Fleerackers, Alice / Nehring, Lise / Maggio, Lauren A / Enkhbayar, Asura / Moorhead, Laura / Alperin, Juan Pablo

    Scientometrics

    2022  Volume 127, Issue 11, Page(s) 6109–6123

    Abstract: The company Altmetric is often used to collect mentions of research in online news stories, yet there have been concerns about the quality of this data. This study investigates these concerns. Using a manual content analysis of 400 news stories as a ... ...

    Abstract The company Altmetric is often used to collect mentions of research in online news stories, yet there have been concerns about the quality of this data. This study investigates these concerns. Using a manual content analysis of 400 news stories as a comparison method, we analyzed the precision and recall with which Altmetric identified mentions of research in 8 news outlets. We also used logistic regression to identify the characteristics of research mentions that influence their likelihood of being successfully identified. We find that, for a predefined set of outlets, Altmetric's news mention data were relatively accurate (F-score = 0.80), with very high precision (0.95) and acceptable recall (0.70), although recall is below 0.50 for some news outlets. Altmetric is more likely to successfully identify mentions of research that include a hyperlink to the research item, an author name, and/or the title of a publication venue. This data source appears to be less reliable for mentions of research that provide little or no bibliometric information, as well as for identifying mentions of scholarly monographs, conference presentations, dissertations, and non-English research articles. Our findings suggest that, with caveats, scholars can use Altmetric news mention data as a relatively reliable source to identify research mentions across a range of outlets with high precision and acceptable recall, offering scholars the potential to conserve resources during data collection. Our study does not, however, offer an assessment of completeness or accuracy of Altmetric news data overall.
    Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11192-022-04510-7.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-01
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type News
    ZDB-ID 435652-4
    ISSN 0138-9130
    ISSN 0138-9130
    DOI 10.1007/s11192-022-04510-7
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  4. Article: Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management.

    Paul, M J / LeDuc, S D / Lassiter, M G / Moorhead, L C / Noyes, P D / Leibowitz, S G

    Water resources research

    2023  Volume 58, Issue 9, Page(s) 1–28

    Abstract: Wildfires have increased in frequency in many ecosystems, with implications for human health and the environment, including water quality. Increased fire frequency and urbanization also raise the prospect of fires burning into urban areas, mobilizing ... ...

    Abstract Wildfires have increased in frequency in many ecosystems, with implications for human health and the environment, including water quality. Increased fire frequency and urbanization also raise the prospect of fires burning into urban areas, mobilizing pollutants few have considered to date. As a result, water quality managers lack information to anticipate, respond to and potentially mitigate wildfire impacts. Here, we reviewed the scientific literature to assess wildfire effects on response endpoints of a conceptual model linking fire to water quality, quantifying response directionality, magnitude and duration. Physically, water yield, sediments, and temperature all increased post-fire. Chemically, nutrients, ions, organic chemicals, and metals increased in burned watersheds, sometimes by orders of magnitude over pre-fire or reference conditions. In select cases, post-fire concentrations exceeded aquatic life criteria or drinking water standards, at times even in the finished drinking water. Biological assemblages commonly declined after post-fire runoff events. The duration of effects was less than 5 yr for most endpoints (e.g., metals) on average following fire, although effects did extend 15 yr or more in some individual cases. We found only a few studies on pollutants mobilized from wildfire impacted urban areas with benzene contamination in drinking water and high metal concentrations in ash prominent exceptions. Overall, this review provides a resource for understanding wildfire impacts on water quality endpoints, with the goal of informing the response of managers and other decision makers to this growing problem.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-18
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 5564-5
    ISSN 1944-7973 ; 0043-1397
    ISSN (online) 1944-7973
    ISSN 0043-1397
    DOI 10.1029/2021wr030699
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  5. Article ; Online: Acceptability of 'as needed' biologic therapy in psoriasis: insights from a multi-stakeholder mixed methods study.

    Gleeson, David / Naveed, Maneeha / Moorhead, Lucy / McAteer, Helen / Sewell, Georgia / McGuire, Arlene / Weinman, John / Barker, Jonathan N W N / Norton, Sam / Chapman, Sarah C E / Smith, Catherine H / Mahil, Satveer K

    The British journal of dermatology

    2024  

    Abstract: Objectives: Biologic therapies have led to increasing numbers of patients with psoriasis who have clear or nearly clear skin. Current practice is that biologic therapy is continued indefinitely in these patients, contributing to a substantial long-term ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: Biologic therapies have led to increasing numbers of patients with psoriasis who have clear or nearly clear skin. Current practice is that biologic therapy is continued indefinitely in these patients, contributing to a substantial long-term drug and healthcare burden. 'As needed' biologic therapy in psoriasis may address this, however our understanding of patient and clinician perceptions of this strategy is limited.
    Methods: We first conducted UK-wide online scoping surveys of patients with psoriasis and dermatology clinicians to explore their views on 'as needed' biologic therapy. Using topic guides informed by these survey findings, we then carried out qualitative focus groups with patients and clinicians. Themes were identified using reflexive thematic analysis.
    Results: Of 67 patients and 27 clinicians completing the scoping surveys, 67% (43/64) and 78% (21/27), respectively, supported the use of 'as needed' biologic therapy. Respondents highlighted advantages such as a reduction in healthcare burden and greater ownership of care. Challenges included logistics of 'as needed' drug provision and potential risks of disease flare and drug immunogenicity. Focus groups comprised 15 patients with psoriasis (9 female [60%], average disease duration 32 years [range 9-64 years]) and 9 dermatology clinicians (8 female [89%], average dermatology experience 20 years [range 8-33 years]). Both patients and clinicians felt that an 'as needed' treatment approach will deliver a reduction in treatment burden and present an opportunity for patient-led ownership of care. Both groups highlighted the importance of ensuring ongoing access to medication and discussing the potential impact of psoriasis recurrence. Patient preferences were influenced by their lived experiences, particularly previous difficulties with medication delivery logistics and establishing disease control. Clinician perspectives were informed by personal experience of their patients adapting their own dosing schedules. Clinicians highlighted the importance of targeted patient selection for an 'as needed' approach, ongoing disease monitoring, and prompt re-access to medications upon psoriasis recurrence.
    Conclusion: These data indicate that 'as needed' biologic therapy in psoriasis is acceptable for both patients and clinicians. Formal assessment of clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness is warranted, to enable the real-world potential of this approach to be realised.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80076-4
    ISSN 1365-2133 ; 0007-0963
    ISSN (online) 1365-2133
    ISSN 0007-0963
    DOI 10.1093/bjd/ljae068
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  6. Article ; Online: Communicating Scientific Uncertainty in an Age of COVID-19: An Investigation into the Use of Preprints by Digital Media Outlets.

    Fleerackers, Alice / Riedlinger, Michelle / Moorhead, Laura / Ahmed, Rukhsana / Alperin, Juan Pablo

    Health communication

    2021  Volume 37, Issue 6, Page(s) 726–738

    Abstract: In this article, we investigate the surge in use of COVID-19-related preprints by media outlets. Journalists are a main source of reliable public health information during crises and, until recently, journalists have been reluctant to cover preprints ... ...

    Abstract In this article, we investigate the surge in use of COVID-19-related preprints by media outlets. Journalists are a main source of reliable public health information during crises and, until recently, journalists have been reluctant to cover preprints because of the associated scientific uncertainty. Yet, uploads of COVID-19 preprints and their uptake by online media have outstripped that of preprints about any other topic. Using an innovative approach combining altmetrics methods with content analysis, we identified a diversity of outlets covering COVID-19-related preprints during the early months of the pandemic, including specialist medical news outlets, traditional news media outlets, and aggregators. We found a ubiquity of hyperlinks as citations and a multiplicity of framing devices for highlighting the scientific uncertainty associated with COVID-19 preprints. These devices were rarely used consistently (e.g., mentioning that the study was a preprint, unreviewed, preliminary, and/or in need of verification). About half of the stories we analyzed contained framing devices emphasizing uncertainty. Outlets in our sample were much less likely to identify the research they mentioned as preprint research, compared to identifying it as simply "research." This work has significant implications for public health communication within the changing media landscape. While current best practices in public health risk communication promote identifying and promoting trustworthy sources of information, the uptake of preprint research by online media presents new challenges. At the same time, it provides new opportunities for fostering greater awareness of the scientific uncertainty associated with health research findings.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/epidemiology ; Communication ; Humans ; Internet ; Mass Media ; Uncertainty
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1038723-7
    ISSN 1532-7027 ; 1041-0236
    ISSN (online) 1532-7027
    ISSN 1041-0236
    DOI 10.1080/10410236.2020.1864892
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  7. Article: Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management

    Paul, M. J. / LeDuc, S. D. / Lassiter, M. G. / Moorhead, L. C. / Noyes, P. D. / Leibowitz, S. G.

    Water resources research. 2022 Sept., v. 58, no. 9

    2022  

    Abstract: Wildfires have increased in frequency in many ecosystems, with implications for human health and the environment, including water quality. Increased fire frequency and urbanization also raise the prospect of fires burning into urban areas, mobilizing ... ...

    Abstract Wildfires have increased in frequency in many ecosystems, with implications for human health and the environment, including water quality. Increased fire frequency and urbanization also raise the prospect of fires burning into urban areas, mobilizing pollutants few have considered to date. As a result, water quality managers lack information to anticipate, respond to and potentially mitigate wildfire impacts. Here, we reviewed the scientific literature to assess wildfire effects on response endpoints of a conceptual model linking fire to water quality, quantifying response directionality, magnitude and duration. Physically, water yield, sediments, and temperature all increased post‐fire. Chemically, nutrients, ions, organic chemicals, and metals increased in burned watersheds, sometimes by orders of magnitude over pre‐fire or reference conditions. In select cases, post‐fire concentrations exceeded aquatic life criteria or drinking water standards, at times even in the finished drinking water. Biological assemblages commonly declined after post‐fire runoff events. The duration of effects was less than 5 yr for most endpoints (e.g., metals) on average following fire, although effects did extend 15 yr or more in some individual cases. We found only a few studies on pollutants mobilized from wildfire impacted urban areas with benzene contamination in drinking water and high metal concentrations in ash prominent exceptions. Overall, this review provides a resource for understanding wildfire impacts on water quality endpoints, with the goal of informing the response of managers and other decision makers to this growing problem.
    Keywords aquatic organisms ; benzene ; fire frequency ; human health ; research ; runoff ; temperature ; urbanization ; water quality ; water yield ; wildfires
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-09
    Publishing place John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
    Document type Article
    Note REVIEW
    ZDB-ID 5564-5
    ISSN 1944-7973 ; 0043-1397
    ISSN (online) 1944-7973
    ISSN 0043-1397
    DOI 10.1029/2021WR030699
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  8. Article ; Online: The impact of prostate cancer on men's everyday life.

    Appleton, L / Wyatt, D / Perkins, E / Parker, C / Crane, J / Jones, A / Moorhead, L / Brown, V / Wall, C / Pagett, M

    European journal of cancer care

    2015  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 71–84

    Abstract: Prostate cancer impacts on the daily lives of men, particularly their physical and emotional health, relationships and social life. This paper highlights how men cope with disease and treatment and the strategies they employ to manage their diagnosis ... ...

    Abstract Prostate cancer impacts on the daily lives of men, particularly their physical and emotional health, relationships and social life. This paper highlights how men cope with disease and treatment and the strategies they employ to manage their diagnosis alongside daily life. Twenty-seven men were interviewed at different stages in their disease pathway: nine men prior to radiotherapy, eight men at 6-8 months post radiotherapy and 10 men at 12-18 months post radiotherapy. A grounded theory approach was used to collect and analyse the data. Regardless of the point at which they were interviewed four areas emerged as important to the men: the pathway to diagnosis; the diagnosis; the impact of prostate cancer and its treatment on daily life; and living with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer was diagnosed using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, rectal examination and biopsy. Many men did not understand the consequences of a high PSA reading before they undertook the test. Painful investigative biopsies were viewed as the worst part of the disease experience. Radiotherapy was considered less invasive than other treatments, although preparatory regimes were associated with stress and inconvenience. Men used various strategies to deal with treatment-induced threats to their masculinity in the long term.
    MeSH term(s) Adaptation, Psychological ; Aged ; Biopsy/psychology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Digital Rectal Examination/psychology ; Humans ; Male ; Masculinity ; Men/psychology ; Middle Aged ; Prostate-Specific Antigen/blood ; Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Prostatic Neoplasms/psychology ; Prostatic Neoplasms/radiotherapy ; Quality of Life ; Stress, Psychological/psychology ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Chemical Substances Prostate-Specific Antigen (EC 3.4.21.77)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1303114-4
    ISSN 1365-2354 ; 0961-5423 ; 1360-5801
    ISSN (online) 1365-2354
    ISSN 0961-5423 ; 1360-5801
    DOI 10.1111/ecc.12233
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  9. Article: The occupational history.

    Moorhead, L

    The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association

    1969  Volume 23, Issue 4, Page(s) 329–334

    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Behavior ; Counseling ; Humans ; Interview, Psychological ; Male ; Occupational Therapy ; Role ; Schizophrenia/rehabilitation
    Language English
    Publishing date 1969-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 219403-x
    ISSN 1943-7676 ; 0272-9490 ; 0161-326X
    ISSN (online) 1943-7676
    ISSN 0272-9490 ; 0161-326X
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  10. Article: Computerization of medicine: a double-edged sword.

    Moorhead, L C

    Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)

    1991  Volume 109, Issue 3, Page(s) 320

    MeSH term(s) Computers ; Delivery of Health Care/trends ; Humans ; Ophthalmology/trends ; Physician's Role
    Language English
    Publishing date 1991-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comment ; Letter
    ZDB-ID 211580-3
    ISSN 1538-3601 ; 0003-9950 ; 0093-0326
    ISSN (online) 1538-3601
    ISSN 0003-9950 ; 0093-0326
    DOI 10.1001/archopht.1991.01080030022016
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