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dc.contributor.authorPatterson, Chrisen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSemple, Seanen_UK
dc.contributor.authorWood, Karenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDuffy, Sheilaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHilton, Shonaen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-17T00:28:40Z-
dc.date.available2018-04-17T00:28:40Z-
dc.date.issued2015-08-08en_UK
dc.identifier.other760en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/27034-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mass media representations of health issues influence public perceptions of those issues. Despite legislation prohibiting smoking in public spaces, second-hand smoke (SHS) remains a health risk in the United Kingdom (UK). Further legislation might further limit children's exposure to SHS by prohibiting smoking in private vehicles carrying children. This research was designed to determine how UK national newspapers represented the debate around proposed legislation to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children.  Methods: Quantitative analysis of the manifest content of 422 articles about children and SHS published in UK and Scottish newspapers between 1st January 2003 and 16th February 2014. Researchers developed a coding frame incorporating emergent themes from the data. Each article was double-coded. Results: The frequency of relevant articles rose and fell in line with policy debate events. Children were frequently characterised as victims of SHS, and SHS was associated with various health risks. Articles discussing legislation targeting SHS in private vehicles carrying children presented supportive arguments significantly more frequently than unsupportive arguments.  Conclusions: The relatively positive representation of legislation prohibiting smoking in vehicles carrying children is favourable to policy advocates, and potentially indicative of likely public acceptance of legislation. Our findings support two lessons that public health advocates may consider: the utility of presenting children as a vulnerable target population, and the possibility of late surges in critical arguments preceding policy events.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_UK
dc.relationPatterson C, Semple S, Wood K, Duffy S & Hilton S (2015) A quantitative content analysis of UK newsprint coverage of proposed legislation to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children. BMC Public Health, 15, Art. No.: 760. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2110-xen_UK
dc.rights© Patterson et al. 2015 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectSecond hand smokeen_UK
dc.subjectprivate vehicleen_UK
dc.subjectcritical argumenten_UK
dc.subjectsupportive argumenten_UK
dc.subjectsecond hand smoke exposureen_UK
dc.titleA quantitative content analysis of UK newsprint coverage of proposed legislation to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying childrenen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-015-2110-xen_UK
dc.identifier.pmid26253515en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleBMC Public Healthen_UK
dc.citation.issn1471-2458en_UK
dc.citation.volume15en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.citation.date08/08/2015en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Social Marketingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationASH Scotland (Action on Smoking and Health)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000359109900001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84938685078en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid881607en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-0462-7295en_UK
dc.date.accepted2015-07-29en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-07-29en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2018-04-11en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorPatterson, Chris|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSemple, Sean|0000-0002-0462-7295en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWood, Karen|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDuffy, Sheila|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHilton, Shona|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2018-04-16en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2018-04-16|en_UK
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