Mahmood Hina, Mejia Pamela, Perez-Sanz Sarah B, Garcia Kim, Gollust Sarah, Niederdeppe Jeff, Fowler Erika, Baum Laura, Floyd Breeze, Dorfman Lori E
Berkeley Media Studies Group, Public Health Institute, Oakland, California, USA.
Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Health Equity. 2023 Aug 10;7(1):411-414. doi: 10.1089/heq.2023.0016. eCollection 2023.
To understand how equity appeared in news about food assistance from 2021.
We assessed a national sample of news articles (=298) for equity arguments and language about racial and health equity.
Only 28% of coverage argued that food assistance programs promote equity. Just 6% mentioned people of color or named racial disparities in food access.
Narratives that explain how food assistance programs reduce inequities could deepen their policy appeal and broaden public perceptions around recipients.
There are opportunities for news coverage to expand the discussion of how food assistance programs improve racial and health equity outcomes.
了解2021年以来食品援助新闻中公平性是如何体现的。
我们评估了一个全国性的新闻文章样本（=298篇），以分析其中关于公平性的论点以及有关种族和健康公平性的表述。
只有28%的报道认为食品援助计划促进了公平。仅有6%提到了有色人种或指出了食品获取方面的种族差异。
解释食品援助计划如何减少不公平现象的叙述，可能会增强其政策吸引力，并拓宽公众对受助者的认知。
新闻报道有机会扩大关于食品援助计划如何改善种族和健康公平结果的讨论。
