The Polarizing Effect of News Media Messages About the Social Determinants of Health

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作者
Gollust, Sarah E. [1 ]
Lantz, Paula M. [2 ,3 ]
Ubel, Peter A. [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Robert Wood Johnson Fdn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Dept Hlth Management & Policy, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI USA
[4] Univ Michigan, Ctr Behav & Decis Sci Med, Vet Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare Syst, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[5] Univ Michigan, Div Gen Internal Med, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
关键词
POPULATION HEALTH; PUBLIC-HEALTH; SUPPORT; PEOPLE;
D O I
10.2105/AJPH.2009.161414
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Framing health problems in terms of the social determinants of health aims to shift policy attention to nonmedical strategies to improve population health, yet little is known about how the public responds to these messages. We conducted an experiment to test the effect of a news article describing the social determinants of type 2 diabetes on the public's support for diabetes prevention strategies. We found that exposure to the social determinants message led to a divergence between Republicans' and Democrats' opinions, relative to their opinions after viewing an article with no message about the causes of diabetes. These results signify that increasing public awareness of the social determinants of health may not uniformly increase public support for policy action. (Am J Public Health. 2009;99:2160-2167. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.161414)
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页码:2160 / 2167
页数:8
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