Zdravstveno-prosvjetne publikacije (1872.-1938.) – analiza sadržaja aplikacijom SPAD-T
Health-Educative Publications (1872-1938) – Content Analysis by SPAD-T Application

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the authors are concerned with a brief review of a series of health-educative publications published in the Croatian language. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of free text publication SPAD-T were completed by using 12 different samples from health education articles published from 1872 to 1938. This analysis is used to confirm suitable historical material for utilization of contemporary calculated programs and to verify what wording or word clusters are used to convey information in the majority of published health educational presentations or articles. In addition, the analysis explores the thematic orientation different health education areas. The completed analysis discovered that straightforward words and simplified text were used to send information to readers at the beginning of modern health education publications. Also, the information is often presented in imperative order. In many cases these publications are grouped into different sections such as nutrition and healthy eating habits, hygiene, physical fitness, microorganisms, preventable diseases, mother and child health prevention, negative effects of alcohol and tobacco consumption and tuberculosis prevention. This analysis confirmed and concluded that the analyzed historical health education materials are suitable data material to utilize for written text calculated analysis.

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