There is a lack of reviews regarding the journalistic coverage about topics of interest for the Brazilian Collective Health. This study aimed to analyze the profile of scientific publications between 2000 and 2015, about news reporting public health issues. It included 64 articles, organized in categories such as: subject, data production, methods of analysis and media investigated. The predominant theme was media coverage of diseases, with emphasis on infectious diseases. Qualitative studies, documentary research and both discourse and content analyses were prevalent. Newspapers were the most researched media. In conclusion, important challenges in this field emerge: the low diversity of themes and approaches adopted, as well as the media investigated, and the need to enlarge the scope of methodological strategies.
Scoping review; Media; Journalistic coverage of health