Advocacy and Mobilizing for Health Policy Change: Ghanaian News Media’s Framing of a Prescription Opioid Crisis
| Autor: | Esi E. Thompson, S. Senyo Ofori-Parku |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health (social science)
Adolescent education MEDLINE 050801 communication & media studies Ghana 03 medical and health sciences 0508 media and communications Political science Humans Mass Media Opioid Epidemic health care economics and organizations News media Health policy 030505 public health Health Policy Communication 05 social sciences Advertising social sciences Cough syrups Prescriptions Framing (social sciences) Prescription opioid Female 0305 other medical science |
| Zdroj: | Health Communication. 36:1909-1920 |
| ISSN: | 1532-7027 1041-0236 |
| Popis: | In Ghana, the year 2018 saw many news articles about the youth, market women, and students increasingly abusing two opioids: tramadol and codeine-containing cough syrups. Our study examines Ghanaian news media framing of the opioid abuse crisis in Ghana to determine if and how the amount and framing of media coverage may have helped push the issue onto the policy agenda. We content analyzed all available online versions of print media coverage of news stories about tramadol and or codeine coverage in Ghana. Findings revealed the predominant and consistent use of the policy frame, societal attribution of responsibility, reliance on expert sources, and the inclusion of mobilizing information. We argue that the news media's talk about the health crisis as a policy issue might not only offer specific solutions, but also perform an advocacy function by mobilizing various stakeholders as conversation partners to act. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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