TY - JOUR
T1 - Intimate partner violence and health provider training and screening in the news
AU - Manganello, Jennifer A.
AU - Webster, Daniel
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Research Training on Violence (T32 MH20014) and the Woodrow Wilson/Johnson & Johnson Women’s Health Dissertation Grant. Dr. Andrea Gielen, Dr. Phyllis Piotrow and Dr. Shannon Frattaroli contributed insightful ideas and suggestions for the study as members of Dr. Manganello’s dissertation committee. Lawrence Rulison contributed to the coding of news articles. Anonymous reviewers and editorial staff at Women & Health provided helpful comments for revising the manuscript.
PY - 2006/9/14
Y1 - 2006/9/14
N2 - Intimate partner violence is a significant women's health issue. Since the news media can play a role in policy development, it is important to understand how newspapers have portrayed training and screening. The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and nature of print news coverage of health issues related to partner violence, specifically, provider training and screening by health providers. We conducted a content analysis on articles obtained from major city and state capital daily newspapers from 20 states. News articles and editorialsmentioning intimate partner violence and provider training and screening were examined for the years 1994 through 2001 (N = 188). Results showed that print news coverage was limited and received low levels of attention, indicating little potential to influence either policy or individual behavior. However, when the issue was covered, little debate or controversy was present, and a broad discussion of the issue was generally provided. News coverage of training and screening could be improved by increasing dissemination of research results, illustrating the policy implications of these issues, and offering resource information to women experiencing violence.
AB - Intimate partner violence is a significant women's health issue. Since the news media can play a role in policy development, it is important to understand how newspapers have portrayed training and screening. The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and nature of print news coverage of health issues related to partner violence, specifically, provider training and screening by health providers. We conducted a content analysis on articles obtained from major city and state capital daily newspapers from 20 states. News articles and editorialsmentioning intimate partner violence and provider training and screening were examined for the years 1994 through 2001 (N = 188). Results showed that print news coverage was limited and received low levels of attention, indicating little potential to influence either policy or individual behavior. However, when the issue was covered, little debate or controversy was present, and a broad discussion of the issue was generally provided. News coverage of training and screening could be improved by increasing dissemination of research results, illustrating the policy implications of these issues, and offering resource information to women experiencing violence.
KW - Domestic violence
KW - Health policy
KW - Health services
KW - News
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U2 - 10.1300/J013v43n03_02
DO - 10.1300/J013v43n03_02
M3 - Article
C2 - 17194676
AN - SCOPUS:33748883753
SN - 0363-0242
VL - 43
SP - 21
EP - 40
JO - Women and Health
JF - Women and Health
IS - 3
ER -