“The findings suggest that attention to the media can increase awareness and knowledge about breast cancer, but this same media use does not seem to be affecting low-educated African-American women, a group that certainly needs to be educated on this topic,” Frisby says.
Frisby’s study was funded through the MU Health Communication Research Center by a federal earmark from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention following a request by Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo.
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