ArticleAmerican journal of public health2005
Diabetes portrayals in North American print media: a qualitative and quantitative analysis.
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- Images of illness: how causal claims and racial associations influence public preferences toward diabetes research spending.Journal of health politics, policy and law · 2010Article
- Coverage and framing of racial and ethnic health disparities in US newspapers, 1996-2005.American journal of public health · 2010Article
- The polarizing effect of news media messages about the social determinants of health.American journal of public health · 2009Article
- Diabetes mellitus publication patterns, 1984-2005.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2008Review
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Abstract
objectivesThis study investigated how media coverage has portrayed diabetes as newsworthy.
methodsThe quantitative component involved tabulating diabetes coverage in 2 major Canadian newspapers, 1988-2001 and 1991-2001. The qualitative component focused on high-profile coverage in 2 major US magazines and 2 major Canadian newspapers, 1998-2000.
resultsAlthough coverage did not consistently increase, the quantitative results suggest an emphasis on linking diabetes with heart disease and mortality to convey its seriousness. The qualitative component identified 3 main ways of portraying type 2 diabetes: as an insidious problem, as a problem associated with particular populations, and as a medical problem.
conclusionsOverall, the results suggest that when communicating with journalists, researchers and advocates have stressed that diabetes maims and kills. Yet even when media coverage acknowledged societal forces and circumstances as causes, the proposed remedies did not always include or stress modifications to social contexts. Neither the societal causes of public health problems nor possible societal remedies automatically received attention from researchers or from journalists. Skilled advocacy is needed to put societal causes and solutions on public agendas.
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