Abstract Purpose To determine if nurses are represented in health news stories more frequently today than 20 years ago when Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honorary Society published The Woodhull Study on and the Media, which found that were cited as sources only 4% of stories. Design Content analysis for month September 2017 same publications used original study. Methods Searches with Nexis Webhose identified 2,243 articles related to care by outlets 2017. A random sample 537 these...

We investigated how industry claim-makers countered concerns about obesity and other nutrition-related diseases in newspaper coverage from 2000, the year before US Surgeon General's Call to Action on obesity, through 2012. found that food beverage evolved its response. The defense arguments were made by trade associations, industry-funded nonprofit groups, individual companies representing packaged industry, restaurants, nonalcoholic industry. Individual used news primarily promote voluntary...

The confluence of new ways to quickly gather, analyze, and use large volumes information – so-called 'Big Data' coupled with the widespread adoption digital devices, has transformed marketing, including food marketing. However, effects on health marriage between Big Data marketing are largely un-researched unknown. In midst ongoing global concern about obesity, there is a need for public scholars be informed nature extent Data's impact in order create research agendas, methods,...

In 2012 and 2013, Richmond El Monte, CA, Telluride, CO, became the first communities in country to vote on citywide sugary drink taxes. face of massive spending from soda industry, all three proposals failed at ballot box, but vigorous public debates they inspired provide valuable insights for future policy efforts. We analyzed local national news coverage found that pro-tax arguments appeared most frequently news. Advocates taxes focused primarily potential community health benefits could...

The tobacco industry consistently frames smoking as a personal issue rather than the responsibility of cigarette companies. To identify when framing became major element industry's discourse, we analyzed news coverage from 1966 to 1991. Industry representatives began regularly use these arguments in 1977. By mid 1980s, this frame dominated public arguments. This chronology illustrates that rhetoric preceded ascension commonly associated with Reagan Administration 1980s.

Zoning and other land-use policies are a promising but controversial strategy to improve community food environments. To understand how these debated, we searched existing databases the Internet analyzed news coverage legal documentation of efforts restrict fast-food restaurants in 77 US communities 2001 2013. Policies intended health were most often proposed urban, racially diverse communities; small towns or majority-White aimed protect aesthetics local businesses. Health-focused subject...

Tobacco control's unparalleled success comes partly from advocates broadening the focus of responsibility beyond smoker to include industry and government. To learn how this might apply other issues, we examined early tobacco control events were framed in news, legislative testimony, internal documents. Early debate about is stunning for its absence personal rhetoric prominent today, focused instead on health harms cigarettes. The accountability government, rather than or individual smokers,...

Abstract Background Addressing the upstream social determinants of health (e.g. built environment, education) can reduce burden non-communicable diseases. To do so effectively often requires system-wide collaboration. However, collaborating across multiple sectors, organizations and disciplines within a complex system be challenging. ActEarly was public research consortium that aimed to improve child by building an interdisciplinary, cross-city partnership develop and/or evaluate...

Food and beverage product reformulation is a public health nutrition policy of recent prominence; it so-called ‘win-win’ policy, as unlike other policies, has the potential to also benefit food industry. However, been criticized being driven by industry interests. In order inform future debates about reformulation, we sought investigate how why became initiative conducting framing analysis on 278 US newspaper articles from 1980 2015. Frames are aspects text emphasizing particular definition...

Background Multi‐stakeholder partnerships play a critical role in dissemination and implementation health safety. To better document understand construction that have successfully scaled up effective interventions to protect workers, this case study focused on the collaborative processes of Asphalt Paving Partnership. In 1990s, partnership developed, evaluated, disseminated, achieved near universal, voluntary adoption paver engineering controls reduce exposure asphalt fumes. Methods We used...

Diversity is key to good journalism in a pluralistic society — whether diversity of topics, journalists or sources.i. Women continue be underrepresented newsrooms (24 percent) and as expert sources news stories (36 percent).ii.,iii. Although women are included 48 percent health stories, the Woodhull Study on Nursing Media: Health Care's Invisible Partner, published 1998, found that nurses were identified only 4 quotes other sourcing leading print national regional newspapers 1 weeklies...

Our recent analysis of how soda tax debates appear in the news revealed that oral health professionals seldom appear. By elevating their expert voices, practitioners can contribute new and salient arguments for taxes to public discourse help advance policy improves outcomes. We propose media advocacy strategies use increase visibility make case taxes.

Purpose: In two related studies, we examined how equity-based arguments featured in news debate over federal school nutrition policy. Methods: We conducted content analyses of national and local print broadcast (September 1, 2014-December 31, 2015), examining rooted appeals about equity and/or disparities. Results: Equity disparities appeared 24% television, 14% print, 5% stories. Socioeconomic inequities were mentioned most; racial/ethnic minimally. Conclusions: Neither nor disparity...

Carmen Sylva (1843–1916) was a prolific authoress and the first Queen of Romania, whose life work is currently marginalized in modern criticism. visited Britain on numerous occasions, contributing to regional culture society. Her presence Llandudno 1890 celebrated as visit particular significance. This article investigates her Welsh seaside resort, discussing evidence stay participation Eisteddfod, well practice commemoration that subsequently adopted by town. includes plaques street-naming...

Journal Article Carmen Sylva’s Links to Llandudno Get access Laura Nixon The University of Nottingham aexln@nottingham.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 60, Issue 2, June 2013, Pages 273–274, https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjt079 Published: 09 April 2013

Many Canadians are pleased to think of their country as being open religious and cultural diversity. This collection shows just how closed Canadian society has been throughout most its history and, in some respects, still is. In the opening chapter, Peter Beyer provides a summary discriminatory policies government toward Native practice nonwhite immigration. Change does not really come until 1960s, this, at least part, can be attributed influence “Third Force” (non-English non-French...