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- Title
Türkiye'de Basın Gözüyle 'Acil Servis': Ulusal Gazetelerdeki Acil Servis Haberlerinin İçerik Analizi.
- Authors
ACAR, Yahya Ayhan; ÇEVİK, Erdem; UYGUNER, Cem; ÇINAR, Orhan
- Abstract
Objectives The aim of this study was to analyze the news content regarding emergency health services in Turkish newspapers. Methods News reporting on emergency health services from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012 from the five highest circulating online newspapers were analyzed. News that qualified for analysis had at least one word indicating emergency health services in the title or at least one paragraph reporting on emergency health services in the report. Four researchers graded the newspaper reports in a blinded fashion according to the 5-point Likert scale for content and tone. Then based on the scores, the news articles were categorized as either conveying positive (1-2 points), neutral (3 points), or negative (4-5 points) perspectives on emergency health care. Results In all, a total of 604 articles regarding emergency health services were analyzed. In regards to content it was found that 27% of the news reports described emergency health services positively, 12% portrayed emergency health in a neutral fashion, and 61% of the articles depicted emergency health services negatively. As for the tone of the articles, it was found that 63% of the reports took a neutral stance on emergency health services, 23% had a negative tone, and 14% had a positive tone. Most often, the news articles reported on patient transport to the emergency department while violence toward health workers was the second most commonly reported. Conclusions Emergency health services in Turkey are largely portrayed negatively in newspaper reports in both tone and content and mostly concern patient transport and violence toward healthcare providers.
- Subjects
EMERGENCY medical services; MEDICAL care; LIKERT scale; MILITARY airplanes; COMPUTER networks
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 4, p166
- ISSN
1304-7361
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5505/1304.7361.2013.54926