Article ID: CBB001552758

A Disease of the Distant Past: Information about Poliomyelitis and Post- Poliomyelitis Syndrome in the Spanish/Portuguese Press, 1995--2009 (2015)

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Rodríguez Sánchez, Juan Antonio (Author)
Guerra Santos, Inés (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 22, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 985-1005


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Spanish. Part of a Series: Histories of Poliomyeltis

The change in the social perception of poliomyelitis in the Iberian Peninsula through content analysis of two large-circulation newspapers between 1995 and 2009 is examined. The disappearance from the journalistic agenda of poliomyelitis and people living with the after-effects of the disease led it to be excluded from the public agenda. Poliomyelitis was associated with poverty and ignorance in distant countries that were susceptible to cooperation activities and only came to public attention when it was perceived as a threat to the West, linked to health crises or in a metaphorical sense. Thus, post-poliomyelitis syndrome was barely visible in the Portuguese case and poorly represented in Spain by association.

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Authors & Contributors
Rodríguez Sánchez, Juan Antonio
Valentines-Álvarez, Jaume
Porras, María Isabel
Ballester, Rosa
Báguena Cervellera, María José
Bruner, Justin P.
Concepts
Poliomyelitis
Disease and diseases
Public health
Methods of communication; media
Medicine and society
Vaccines; vaccination
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
17th century
Places
Spain
Portugal
United States
Nigeria
Ukraine
Americas
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
European Association against Poliomyelitis
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