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National Print and Electronic News Coverage of Self Management Behaviors and Efficacy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Sabo, Jason D.

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2011, MA, Kent State University, College of Communication and Information / School of Communication Studies.
This study addressed the question: “How do news media portray the self-management behaviors for type 2 diabetes mellitus?” Type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of death in the U.S. Disease rates are increasing despite the potential for preventing and delaying disease progression via lifestyle intervention and self-management. This chronic disease has reached epidemic proportions in terms of both diagnosed cases and financial costs. Guided by Witte’s (1992) extended parallel processing model, the study implemented a quantitative content analysis of self-management and efficacy messages in national print and electronic news coverage of type 2 diabetes mellitus from 2009 to 2011. Of 666 stories referencing diabetes in that time frame, 14 % (n = 96) discussed self-management. Findings suggest that news stories rarely address self-management behaviors for type 2 diabetes mellitus; the little coverage that does occur does not meet its health-related potential to influence adaptive behavior change for primary and secondary prevention. Less than one third of analyzed stories referenced multiple (three or more) self-management behaviors related to primary and secondary prevention and only one news story explicitly used self-management terminology. Results suggest that self-management for type 2 diabetes has yet to become a newsworthy topic and saliency on the public agenda. Additionally, by failing to address both response efficacy and self-efficacy, stories on diabetes self-management may not effectively motivate relevant health knowledge acquisition and/or health behavior change. Communication processes and trends in news messages on self-management and prevention in type 2 diabetes are discussed.
Rebecca J. W. Cline, PhD (Advisor)
Jeffrey T. Child, PhD (Committee Member)
Catherine E. Goodall, PhD (Committee Member)
97 p.

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  • Sabo, J. D. (2011). National Print and Electronic News Coverage of Self Management Behaviors and Efficacy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1310834052

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sabo, Jason. National Print and Electronic News Coverage of Self Management Behaviors and Efficacy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. 2011. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1310834052.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sabo, Jason. "National Print and Electronic News Coverage of Self Management Behaviors and Efficacy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1310834052

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)