Representations of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Ghanaian and Cameroonian Newspapers: An Exploratory Study
dc.contributor.author | De-Graft Aikins, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Atanga, L.L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-02T10:13:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-02T10:13:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-12 | |
dc.description | Ghana Social Science Journal, 12(2) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Ghana and Cameroon face a growing burden of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In both countries lay communities draw on multiple social sources for NCD knowledge, including the mass media. Information content, accuracy and usefulness differ across sources. This study examined the sources and contents of NCD articles in the Ghanaian Mirror and the Cameroonian tribune over two theoretically significant periods: June 1999 – June 2000 and June 2009 - June 2010. Analysis showed that: (1) in both countries the volume of newspaper reporting on NCDs increased across the two time periods; (2) Cameroon had a weaker culture of chronic disease reporting; (3) in Ghana, six major NCDs were represented, however a quarter of articles were plagiarised from foreign websites; (4) the politics of health funding and policies influenced media health reporting. These findings are discussed and the implications for the future role of newspapers in NCD education are outlined. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0855-4730 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35066 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Ghana Social Science Journal | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 12;2 | |
dc.subject | chronic non-communicable diseases | en_US |
dc.subject | mass media | en_US |
dc.subject | newspapers | en_US |
dc.subject | Cameroon | en_US |
dc.subject | Ghana | en_US |
dc.title | Representations of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Ghanaian and Cameroonian Newspapers: An Exploratory Study | en_US |
dc.type | Journal | en_US |
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