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Costs, Evidence, Context and Values: Journalists' and Policy Experts' Recommendations for U.S. Health Policy Coverage.

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  • المؤلفون: Walsh-Childers K;Walsh-Childers K; Braddock J; Braddock J
  • المصدر:
    Health communication [Health Commun] 2022 Dec; Vol. 37 (14), pp. 1778-1787. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 03.
  • نوع النشر :
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • اللغة:
    English
  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8908762 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7027 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10410236 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Commun Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Publication: [London] : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
      Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1989-
    • الموضوع:
      Mass Media* ; Health Policy*; Humans ; United States ; Public Opinion
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Health policy plays a critical role in determining a state's or nation's overall population health, and health system change has been a priority for a majority of Americans for at least a decade. News coverage can influence health policy development, but little research has examined the quality of that coverage, in part because no consensus exists regarding what information health policy stories should include. This paper describes a series of in-depth interviews with eight health policy experts and 12 experienced journalists who have covered health policy. While rejecting the notion of strict quality criteria that could be applied to all health policy stories, the interviewees agreed on several factors that would improve health policy coverage. They recommended that health policy stories should include information about financial costs to consumers, evidence that a policy will have its intended effect, historical context for the policy, and "relatable hooks" that help consumers understand which groups a policy will affect and how. In addition, the interviewees stressed the importance of building policy coverage on trustworthy sources representing multiple viewpoints and the need to recognize how audience members' values influence their acceptance and interpretation of evidence. These findings provide an important foundation for future research examining the impact of health policy reporting on both public opinion and public policy development.
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20210504 Date Completed: 20221115 Latest Revision: 20221205
    • الموضوع:
      20231215
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1080/10410236.2021.1920711
    • الرقم المعرف:
      33941004