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.engFernsehenGesundheitUSAsocial psychologyjuvenile delinquencypublic healtheducational televisionpublic healthsocial inoculation theory070791Richard E. Evanshttps://doi.org/10.18146/view.22110.25969/mediarep/153622213-0969