IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy1675HealthcareCOVERAGE OF HEALTH ISSUES IN NEWSPAPERS AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AlgurVeenayadavannavarM CSorganviVijaya15102012)192196This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Research Question: What are the contents and coverage of health issues published in News paper. Objective: To analyze contents __ampersandsignamp; priorities given to the health issues published in news paper. Design: Observational Study period: 6 months from 1.05.2003 to 31.10.2003 Sources of Data: National Newspaper viz., Times of India __ampersandsignamp; Hindu.Regional Newspapers viz., Vijay Karnataka __ampersandsignamp; Prajavani. Statistical analysis: content analysis and percentage. Results: More focus was on reporting injuries __ampersandsignamp; death due the various cause (66.15%) report on recent advances (6.02%) quackery __ampersandsignamp; malpractice only (3.56%). Conclusions: Priority should be given widely to preventive measure. Media has to be Liaison between policy makers, Administrative staff __ampersandsignamp; common man to formulate need based health policy. Thus the multifaceted powerful, economically handy weapon like news paper can play a vital role in health care.