News of disparity: Content analysis of news coverage of African American healthcare inequalities in the USA, 1994-2004

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-417

  Taylor Clark, Kalahn Alexandra ^a   Mebane, Felicia E ^b   SteelFisher, Gillian K ^a   Blendon, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Agenda setting; Content analysis; Healthcare; Healthcare inequalities; Media; Politics; Public opinion; USA

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RACIAL DISPARITY; SERVICE PROVISION;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICS; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347334414     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.039     Document Type: Article

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