Published In

Health Equity

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2018

Subjects

Health services accessibility, Children -- Health and hygiene, School lunchrooms cafeterias etc., Nutrition policy -- United States -- Press coverage of, Frames (Sociology)

Abstract

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 and broadcast news (September 1, 2014-December 31, 2015), examining arguments rooted in appeals about equity and/or disparities. Results: Equity and/or disparities appeals appeared in 24% television, 14% national print, and 5% local print stories. Socioeconomic inequities were mentioned most; racial/ethnic inequities appeared minimally. Conclusions: Neither equity nor disparity featured prominently in this news debate over policy created to address children's nutritional inequities. When included, arguments focused on overcoming inequities' effects rather than addressing root causes

Description

©Liana B. Winett et al. 2018; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

DOI

10.1089/heq.2017.0061

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27194

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