Chronic Disease Coverage in Canadian Aboriginal Newspapers
Purpose: To determine the volume and focus of articles on four chronic diseases in newspapers targeting First Nations, Me Ìtis, and Inuit in Canada. Methods: From a sampling frame of 31 Aboriginal newspapers published in English from 1996–2000, 14 newspapers were randomly selected allowing for nat...
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ftunivwestonta:oai:ir.lib.uwo.ca:aprci-1150 2024-09-09T19:40:34+00:00 Chronic Disease Coverage in Canadian Aboriginal Newspapers Hoffman-Goetz, Laurie 2003-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/aprci/294 https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730390233299 https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/aprci/article/1150/viewcontent/Chronic_Disease_Coverage_in_Canadian_Aboriginal_Newspapers.pdf unknown Scholarship@Western https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/aprci/294 doi:10.1080/10810730390233299 https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/aprci/article/1150/viewcontent/Chronic_Disease_Coverage_in_Canadian_Aboriginal_Newspapers.pdf Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi) chronic disease newspapers HIV/AIDS diabetes cancer cardiovascular disease text 2003 ftunivwestonta https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730390233299 2024-08-23T04:54:11Z Purpose: To determine the volume and focus of articles on four chronic diseases in newspapers targeting First Nations, Me Ìtis, and Inuit in Canada. Methods: From a sampling frame of 31 Aboriginal newspapers published in English from 1996–2000, 14 newspapers were randomly selected allowing for national and regional representation. Newspaper archives were searched at the National Library of Canada and articles selected if the disease terms cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or HIV/AIDS appeared in the headline, or in the first or last paragraph of the article. Articles were coded for inclusion of mobilizing information (local, distant, unrestricted, not specified, none) and content focus (scientific, human interest, com- mercial, other). Cancer articles were categorized by tumor site specificity. Data were analyzed by frequency, cross tabulations, and chi-square analysis. Results: Of 400 chronic disease articles, there were significantly more articles on HIV/AIDS (167 or 41.8%) and diabetes (135 or 33.8%) and few articles on cancer (56 or 14%) and cardiovascular disease (30 articles or 7.5%) (p < 0.001). Slightly more than one third (36.5%) of the articles contained mobilizing information to en- able readers to take further health action. Mobilizing information was virtually absent from cardiovascular (7/30 or 23%) and diabetes (29/135 or 21.5%) articles. Site specific cancer coverage differed significantly from chance (p<0.001) with 41% of the articles on breast cancer and no articles on lung or colorectal cancers. Interpretation: Given the burden of tobacco-related cardiovascular disease and cancer in Canadian Aboriginal people, the lack of coverage and limited mobilizing information in ethnic newspapers are a missed opportunity for health promotion. Text First Nations inuit The University of Western Ontario: Scholarship@Western Canada Journal of Health Communication 8 5 475 488 |
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Purpose: To determine the volume and focus of articles on four chronic diseases in newspapers targeting First Nations, Me Ìtis, and Inuit in Canada. Methods: From a sampling frame of 31 Aboriginal newspapers published in English from 1996–2000, 14 newspapers were randomly selected allowing for national and regional representation. Newspaper archives were searched at the National Library of Canada and articles selected if the disease terms cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or HIV/AIDS appeared in the headline, or in the first or last paragraph of the article. Articles were coded for inclusion of mobilizing information (local, distant, unrestricted, not specified, none) and content focus (scientific, human interest, com- mercial, other). Cancer articles were categorized by tumor site specificity. Data were analyzed by frequency, cross tabulations, and chi-square analysis. Results: Of 400 chronic disease articles, there were significantly more articles on HIV/AIDS (167 or 41.8%) and diabetes (135 or 33.8%) and few articles on cancer (56 or 14%) and cardiovascular disease (30 articles or 7.5%) (p < 0.001). Slightly more than one third (36.5%) of the articles contained mobilizing information to en- able readers to take further health action. Mobilizing information was virtually absent from cardiovascular (7/30 or 23%) and diabetes (29/135 or 21.5%) articles. Site specific cancer coverage differed significantly from chance (p<0.001) with 41% of the articles on breast cancer and no articles on lung or colorectal cancers. Interpretation: Given the burden of tobacco-related cardiovascular disease and cancer in Canadian Aboriginal people, the lack of coverage and limited mobilizing information in ethnic newspapers are a missed opportunity for health promotion. |
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Chronic Disease Coverage in Canadian Aboriginal Newspapers |
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Chronic Disease Coverage in Canadian Aboriginal Newspapers |
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