Ceiling Effect in Cultivation

This study addressed two fundamental questions in cultivation: Is the total amount of time devoted to TV viewing a stronger predictor of cultivation than genre-specific exposure, and is the cultivation phenomenon in some domains capped by a ceiling effect? Data obtained from a content analysis of complete seasons of three successful medical programs – ER, House, and Grey’s Anatomy (66 episodes altogether) – were used to compose a survey which asked a representative sample of US adults (N = 281) to estimate the frequency of health concerns that were identified in the content analysis. The results partly support the cultivation hypothesis in its Gerbnerian version because the total amount of time devoted to TV viewing was found to be related to overestimating the proportion of dramatic diagnoses (poisoning and injuries) and exaggerating the mortality rate of inpatients; however, no effect was noted for items concerning elderly inpatients, and no effect was found for viewing of medical dramas. Since the distribution of the items concerning elderly inpatients was prone to a ceiling effect, the results lent support to the idea that the cultivation effect is sometimes capped by a ceiling effect.

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Content Analysis of Health Concerns among Housing First Residents with a History of Alcohol Use Disorder

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved ◽

10.1353/hpu.2021.0035 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 463-486

Author(s):

Jessica L. Mackelprang ◽

Seema L. Clifasefi ◽

Véronique S. Grazioli ◽

Susan E. Collins

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Alcohol Use Disorder ◽

Housing First ◽

Health Concerns ◽

History Of

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Barriers to and facilitators of ultra-processed food consumption: perceptions of Brazilian adults

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980017001665 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 68-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Luara Bellinghausen Almeida ◽

Fernanda Baeza Scagliusi ◽

Ana Clara Duran ◽

Patricia Constante Jaime

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Food System ◽

Processed Foods ◽

Age Group ◽

Processed Food ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Face To Face ◽

Regulatory Measures ◽

Eating Practices

AbstractObjectiveTo explore how individuals perceive the availability of ultra-processed foods in their neighbourhoods and the barriers to and facilitators of consumption of such foods.DesignA qualitative design was chosen. In-depth, face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted and a content analysis was performed.SettingSão Paulo, Brazil.SubjectsA purposeful sample of adults (n 48), stratified by sex and age group (20–39 years and 40–59 years).ResultsAll participants perceived their neighbourhoods as favourable regarding the availability of ultra-processed foods. Three barriers were identified: health concerns, not appreciating the taste of these foods and not being used to eating them. Five facilitators, however, were identified: appreciating the taste of these foods, their children’s preference, convenience, addiction and cost.ConclusionsParticipants perceived their neighbourhoods as favourable to the consumption of ultra-processed foods and reported more facilitators than barriers to their consumption. Reported barriers point to the need to include measures promoting a healthy food system and traditional eating practices. The facilitators reinforce the idea that these foods are habit-forming and that regulatory measures to offset the exposure to ultra-processed foods are necessary.

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'Is it normal to feel these questions ...?': a content analysis of the health concerns of adolescent girls writing to a magazine

Family Practice ◽

10.1093/fampra/cmp019 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 196-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

M. Kang ◽

B. Cannon ◽

L. Remond ◽

S. Quine

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Health Concerns

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“You Want Your Guests to Be Happy in This Business”: Hoteliers’ Decisions to Adopt Voluntary Smoke-Free Guest-Room Policies

American Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/0890117118763742 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (8) ◽

pp. 1740-1746 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Patricia A. McDaniel ◽

Ruth E. Malone

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Cost Savings ◽

The United States ◽

Online News ◽

Hotel Management ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Quantitative Content

Purpose: To explore why some hotels have implemented 100% smoke-free policies voluntarily, the perceived consequences of doing so, and media responses. Design: Qualitative study of hotel management and quantitative content analysis of media coverage of smoke-free hotels. Setting: Hotels and media based in the United States. Participants: Eleven representatives of 5 independent and 4 chain hotels. Other data included 265 news items about smoke-free hotels. Method: We conducted 30-minute semi-structured interviews with hotel representatives and analyzed the data using qualitative content analysis. We also searched 3 online news databases for news items about hotels in our study, and collaboratively coded retrieved items; we analyzed the content and slant of news items. Results: Business considerations, including guest requests, competitor action, and cost savings, were the primary motivations for implementing 100% smoke-free guest-room policies. Health concerns played a minimal role. Hotels received positive feedback from customers and employees. Media coverage was favorable, emphasizing positive aspects of going smoke-free; the overall slant of news items was positive or neutral. However, few hotels marketed the change. Conclusions: Since hotel customers and employees are likely to experience long periods of smoke exposure and smoke-free hotels appear to be so well received, it may be timely to pursue policies making all hotels smoke-free.

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A Content Analysis of Video Advertisements for Dietary Supplements in Japan

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9060742 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 742

Author(s):

Reina Iye ◽

Tsuyoshi Okuhara ◽

Hiroko Okada ◽

Rie Yokota ◽

Takahiro Kiuchi

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Health Behaviors ◽

Dietary Supplements ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Future Research ◽

Lifestyle Behaviors ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Fat Reduction ◽

Health Related

Dietary supplements are widely advertised and the market is expanding worldwide. Research suggests that dietary supplement advertising may lead consumers to make inappropriate health-related decisions, to express behaviors such as overdosing, and to neglect healthy lifestyle behaviors. We conducted a content analysis of video advertisements for dietary supplements and described the content of advertisements with high numbers and frequent views. We analyzed 82 video advertisements on YouTube that promoted fat-reduction effects. We extracted 22 themes and classified them into 10 categories. The categories with the highest numbers of advertisements were “Exemption” (i.e., consuming the product frees the audience from refraining from binge eating) (20 ads, 24.4%) and “Health Concerns” (i.e., the product intake solves the health concerns of the audience) (19 ads, 23.2%). These advertisements may stimulate negative audience attitudes toward appropriate health behaviors. The category with the most frequent views was “Lifestyle” (i.e., adding product intake to a healthy lifestyle) (3,035,298 views). “Lifestyle” advertisements portray physical activity in a positive light and may promote appropriate health behaviors in the audience. We discuss the possible effects of the advertisements on audiences and consider issues for future research and practice.

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Concerns of Infertile Women Candidates for Egg Donation: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Family & Reproductive Health ◽

10.18502/jfrh.v14i1.3784 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Maryam Bagheri ◽

Mina Jafarabadi ◽

Seyedeh Fatemeh Vasegh Rahimparvar ◽

Ahmad Ali Nourbala ◽

Zahra Behboodi Moghadam

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Egg Donation ◽

Treatment Team ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Infertile Women ◽

Married Life

Objective: Women with premature ovarian insufficiency, menopause, gonadal dysgenesis, and genetic disorders as well as those with a history of recurrent in vitro fertilization failure may benefit from the assisted fertility techniques. These women experience concerns that directly affect their married life especially in egg donation treatment. This study was conducted to investigate the reproductive health concerns of infertile women who were candidates for egg donation. Materials and methods: This qualitative content analysis was conducted in 17 infertile women who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital Infertility Clinic from July 2018 to March 2019. The participants were selected through purposeful sampling. Data were collected through individual in-depth semistructured interviews. A conventional qualitative content analysis approach was adopted for data analysis using the MAXQDA12 software. Results: The results of data analysis showed five themes, including threatened married life, lack of supportive situation, religious beliefs, psychosocial damage, and damaged feminine identity. Conclusion: Infertility is usually accompanied by a great psychological sadness referred to as "stress of infertility". Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) are also a source of stress for patients; therefore, it has a significant impact on the marital relationship and mental health of infertile women. Hence, there is a need for psychological support from the treatment team to reduce woman reproductive health concerns.

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Analisis Pelaksanaan Program Stabilisasi Bayi Asfiksia Oleh Bidan di Puskesmas Kota Parepare

Jurnal Manajemen Kesehatan Indonesia ◽

10.14710/jmki.4.3.2016.196-205 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 196-205

Author(s):

Harima M ◽

Martha Irene Kartasurya ◽

Siti Fatimah

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Mortality Rate ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Standard Operating Procedure ◽

South Sulawesi ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

Health Centres ◽

Standard Operating ◽

Information Consistency ◽

And Child Health

Infant mortalities in Parepare City in South Sulawesi in 2014 were mostly caused by asphyxia (31%). The places of these mortalities with asphyxia occurred among infants aged less than or equal to 48 hours after birth were at health centres (46%) and at referral units (54%). This problem was due to unoptimal stabilisation program for asphyxia babies. The aim of this study was to analyse the implementation of the stabilisation program of asphyxia babies by midwives at health centres in Parepare City. This was a qualitative study. Main informants consisted of implementer midwives at health centres who had followed training of asphyxia management (10 persons). Informants for triangulation purpose consisted of coordinator midwives, heads of health centres, head of maternal and child health sections at Parepare City Health Office (CHO), and asphyxia babies’ families. Three health centres with the highest asphyxia baby mortality rate in Parepare City were selected. Data were collected by conducting indepth interview and analysed using a method of content analysis. The results of this research showed that the stabilisation program of asphyxia baby by midwives had not implemented two of six components namely components of blood sugar stabilisation and laboratory analysis. These condictions were due to communication aspects like lack of clarity and lack of information consistency about the program. Meanwhile, viewed from the aspect of disposition/attitude, there were lack of midwives’ commitments in implementing the program, lack of trained health officers, no specific budget, lack of facilities, and no mechanism of reporting and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for implementing the program. Parepare CHO needs to provide training for implementer midwives about stabilisation of asphyxia baby, to increase socialisation of the program to implementer midwives, and to arrange SOP and a report form.

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Community suicide rates and related factors within a surveillance platform in Western Kenya

BMC Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s12888-021-03649-6 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Linnet Ongeri ◽

David A. Larsen ◽

Rachel Jenkins ◽

Andrea Shaw ◽

Hannah Connolly ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Mortality Rate ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Related Factors ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Specific Mortality ◽

Control Study

Abstract Background Suicide is an important contributor to the burden of mental health disorders, but community-based suicide data are scarce in many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) including Kenya. Available data on suicide underestimates the true burden due to underreporting related to stigma and legal restrictions, and under-representation of those not utilizing health facilities. Methods We estimated the cumulative incidence of suicide via verbal autopsies from the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Kisumu County, Kenya. We then used content analysis of open history forms among deaths coded as accidents to identify those who likely died by suicide but were not coded as suicide deaths. We finally conducted a case-control study of suicides (both verbal autopsy confirmed and likely suicides) compared to accident-caused deaths to assess factors associated with suicide in this HDSS. Results A total of 33 out of 4306 verbal autopsies confirmed suicide as the cause of death. Content analysis of a further 228 deaths originally attributed to accidents identified 39 additional likely suicides. The best estimate of suicide-specific mortality rate was 14.7 per 100,000 population per year (credibility window = 11.3 – 18.0). The most common reported method of death was self-poisoning (54%). From the case-control study interpersonal difficulties and stressful life events were associated with increased odds of suicide in both confirmed suicides and confirmed combined with suspected suicides. Other pertinent factors such as age and being male differed depending upon which outcome was used. Conclusion Suicide is common in this area, and interventions are needed to address drivers. The twofold increase in the suicide-specific mortality rate following incorporation of misattributed suicide deaths exemplify underreporting and misclassification of suicide cases at community level. Further, verbal autopsies may underreport suicide specifically among older and female populations.

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