Coverage of Childhood Nutrition Policies in California Newspapers

Woodruff, Katie; Dorfman, Lori; Berends, Victoria; Agron, Peggy

doi:10.2307/3343510

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“…Strong evidence shows that public health issues rarely are described thematically in news stories (Chavez & Dorfman, 1996;Dorfman et al, 2005;Dorfman & Schiraldi, 2001;Dorfman & Wallack, 1998;Lawrence, 2004;McManus & Dorfman, 2005;Woodruff, Dorfman, Berends, & Agron, 2003;Woodruff & Villamin, 1997).…”

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Break it to Me Harshly: The Effects of Intersecting News Frames in Lung Cancer and Obesity Coverage

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2009

Journal of Health Communication

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By examining the publicily identified top two health problems in the United States, this research, using an experimental design, investigates whether different news frame combinations intensify or diminish framing effects. In this study, the cognitive dimension and affective dimension of framing defined as thematic/episodic and gain/loss, respectively, are manipulated to determine if changing the way newspaper stories report obesity and lung cancer will alter the readers' attribution of societal and individual responsibility. This study revealed a significant interaction between thematic framing and loss framing on societal attribution of responsibility for the health issues-lung cancer and obesity.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Break it to Me Harshly: The Effects of Intersecting News Frames in Lung Cancer and Obesity Coverage

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2009

Journal of Health Communication

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“…The evidence is fairly compelling that interventions targeting individual-level factors can be a highly cost-effective way to promote population health. Skeptics of the prospects for public health communication intervention-and many well-grounded skeptical assessments have taken place over the past quarter century (88,90,91)-however, are likely to conclude that this exuberance is irrational given the small population effects of individual-level public health media campaigns.…”

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The Effectiveness of Mass Communication to Change Public Behavior

Abroms

Maibach

2008

Annu. Rev. Public Health

278

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This article provides an overview of the ways in which mass communication has been used-or can be used-to promote beneficial changes in behavior among members of populations. We use an ecological perspective to examine the ways in which mass media interventions can be used to influence public behavior both directly and indirectly. Mass media interventions that seek to influence people directly-by directly targeting the people burdened by the public health problem of concern and/or the people who influence themhave a long basis in public health history, and recent reviews have clarified our expectations about what can be expected from such approaches. Mass media interventions that seek to influence people indirectly-by creating beneficial changes in the places (or environments) in which people live and work-have equal if not greater potential to promote beneficial changes in population health behaviors, but these are currently less explored options. To have the greatest possible beneficial influence on public behavior with the public health resources available, we recommend that public health program planners assess their opportunities to use media to target both people and places in a manner that complements and extends other investments being made in population health enhancement.

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“…A limited number of studies have analyzed the stories about food and nutrition in local media (including newspapers) in the United States. These studies show that local media stories are not always helpful in terms of promoting healthy dietary behaviors: Local media stories cover a limited number of topics, such as body fat; they are more likely to cover foods less recommended by national agencies; (Borra, Earl, & Hogan, 1998); they often provide oversimplified explanations about complex concepts of nutrition; (Allen, 1995); and they seldom use nutrition experts or dieticians as news sources (Allen, 1995;Woodruff, Dorfman, Berends, & Agron, 2003). Researchers have concluded that health news overall in the United States is often superficial and not balanced (Hampl, 2004).…”

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Improving Rural Newspaper Coverage of Nutrition Stories

Nothwehr

Chrisman

Andsager

2014

Health Promotion Practice

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Local newspapers are an important source of information for rural residents but often lack accurate or helpful nutrition-related information. To improve the quantity and quality of nutrition stories in rural, local newspapers, it is important to understand the perspective of editors. An online survey of 51 rural Midwest editors was conducted to assess attitudes toward writing nutrition stories, sources of information, perceived challenges, and interest in learning more about writing such stories. Of respondents, 49% were female, and 63% had at least a 4-year college degree. Through a mix of closed- and open-ended questions, the majority indicated positive attitudes toward nutrition stories, were confident in their abilities to write them, and expressed interest in learning more. Challenges cited include lack of print space, small staff, lack of specific requests from readers for nutrition stories, and the need to avoid offending local agricultural businesses. Results should be useful in planning an educational intervention for editors. Meanwhile, public health practitioners should provide concise press releases to their local newspapers about their activities. Also, greater expressions of appreciation from public health professionals and other readers may lead to higher prioritization of nutrition-related stories, and ultimately to an environment more supportive of healthy eating.

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Coverage of Childhood Nutrition Policies in California Newspapers

Cited by 20 publications

References 4 publications

Break it to Me Harshly: The Effects of Intersecting News Frames in Lung Cancer and Obesity Coverage

Break it to Me Harshly: The Effects of Intersecting News Frames in Lung Cancer and Obesity Coverage

The Effectiveness of Mass Communication to Change Public Behavior

Improving Rural Newspaper Coverage of Nutrition Stories

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