Samuel Lalitha, Goodstein Laura, Basch Corey H
Department of Health Promotion and Nutrition Sciences, Lehman College, The City University of New York, Bronx, NY, United States of America.
Department of Public Health, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, United States of America.
Dialogues Health. 2022 Oct 30;1:100065. doi: 10.1016/j.dialog.2022.100065. eCollection 2022 Dec.
This study aimed to describe the content of internet news specific to the 2022 infant formula shortage in the United States. First hundred English news articles on Google News were coded for content categories to reflect recommendations for affected families by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chi-square test of independence (α = 0.05) determined if content categories was statistically affected by whether the news article was professionally authored or an internet news article. Only 17% of the articles were professionally authored. Hardships to parents was the predominant theme (73% of news articles); 53% mentioned challenges for infants needing hypoallergenic or specialized formulas; 52% addressed food safety. Coverage of feeding guidelines, challenges for specialized formula requirements, introduction to solid foods, re-lactation, breastfeeding support, and food safety were not significantly impacted by whether the article was professionally authored or not ( > .05). Results point to the need for health professionals to increase their online presence as a vital source of accurate information during a public health crisis.
本研究旨在描述美国2022年婴儿配方奶粉短缺相关的网络新闻内容。在谷歌新闻上搜索到的前100篇英文新闻文章，按照内容类别进行编码，以反映美国儿科学会和疾病控制与预防中心对受影响家庭的建议。独立性卡方检验（α = 0.05）确定内容类别是否在统计学上受到新闻文章是专业撰写还是网络新闻文章的影响。只有17%的文章是专业撰写的。父母面临的困难是主要主题（73%的新闻文章）；53%提到了需要低敏或特殊配方奶粉的婴儿所面临的挑战；52%涉及食品安全问题。喂养指南、特殊配方奶粉需求挑战、固体食物引入、重新哺乳、母乳喂养支持和食品安全等方面的报道，在文章是否为专业撰写方面没有受到显著影响（P>0.05）。结果表明，在公共卫生危机期间，卫生专业人员需要增加其在线影响力，作为准确信息的重要来源。
