Vinson, Emily2021-01-082021-01-082020http://viewjournal.eu/articles/10.18146/view.221/https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/16172Television as a means of distributing public health information and influencing health behaviours was recognized even in the earliest days of broadcasting, a natural extension of health messaging on radio and film. This paper examines the place health-focused programming held in the United States’ educational television landscape and the role of Dr Richard I. Evans, social-psychology researcher, who sought to use television to influence the behaviours of youths engaging in “risky” activities.engCreative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 GenericFernsehenGesundheitUSAsocial psychologyjuvenile delinquencypublic healtheducational televisionpublic healthsocial inoculation theory070791Richard E. Evanshttps://doi.org/10.18146/view.22110.25969/mediarep/153622213-0969