Jade Goody effect
(UK, informal) The upsurge in women requesting cervical cancer screenings after the much-publicized death from that disease of English reality TV contestant Jade Goody (1981–2009).
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(UK, informal) The upsurge in women requesting cervical cancer screenings after the much-publicized death from that disease of English reality TV contestant Jade Goody (1981–2009).
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