Public information about osteoporosis: what's available, what's needed

Office of Technology Assessment
Record ID 31996008327
English
Authors' objectives:

To develop policy options for public information on osteoporosis.

Authors' results and conclusions: Public awareness about osteoporosis is increasing, but most people, including most of those who are at risk of the disease, are not knowledge about it. The report describes existing public information about osteoporosis and discusses problems that limit is usefulness.
Authors' recommendations: Although there is a large quantity of public information about osteoporosis, the information is not well disseminated; it is not tailored to the different needs of particular population groups, and much of it is confusing, contradictory, and incomplete. The newly funded National Resource Center on Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease should develop better ways of disseminating the available information and targeting information to the needs of particular groups. It should also develop ways of clarifying, augmenting, and correcting information produced by the mass media. Other output or dissemination activity: The new National Resource Center is considering OTA's recommendations.
Authors' methods: Review
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.wws.princeton.edu:80/~ota/ns20/pubs_f.html
Year Published: 1994
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: United States
MeSH Terms
  • Aged
  • Bone Density
  • Fractures, Bone
  • Information Services
  • Menopause
  • Osteoporosis
  • Women's Health
  • Women's Health Services
Contact
Organisation Name: U. S. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Copyright: Office of Technology Assessment
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