Aim: This research was conducted with the purpose of making content analysis of the news about midwifery and fertility covered on newspapers in Turkey.Material and Method: Population of this retrospective descriptive study consisted of news of nine newspapers with the highest circulation in Turkey which were accessible on the internet.The data was obtained from the newspaper news that were included in the scope of the research as a result of review using the determined keywords (mother, breast milk, baby, birth, midwife, midwifery, breastfeeding, pregnant, gestation, pregnancy, postpartum, newborn).The data obtained was recorded on the ‘News Evaluation Form’ by the researchers.Percentage distribution,arithmetic average and standard deviation were used in the statistical evaluation.Results:Highest percentage of reviewed news were obtained from Newspaper 4 by 27.8%, Newspaper 6 by 24.7% and Newspaper 1 by 11.1% respectively.It was determined that 9.5% of the news were in the headline,1.6% were in subheading,72.5% had appropriate picture and 67.1% were of newsworthy.It was determined that only 28.5% of the news were written by healthcare professionals, 55.4% covered special days for midwives and 63.9% did not include the source of the article.It was determined that titles of 49.4% of the news were perceived as positive impact and 33.9% contained titles in relation to pregnant-pregnancy words.It was determined that physical status and/or problem (22.5%) matters were discussed most frequently in the contents of newspaper news.Conclusion:It was determined that the news obtained were intended for giving updated status, of informative news quality in general and a very few of them were discussed by healthcare professionals.In addition, it was determined that more than half of the newspapers covered news of special days for midwives,only one third of the news contained the source for the article, approximately half of them were positive news and news regarding pregnant-pregnancy keywords were written most frequently.
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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim: This research was conducted with the purpose of making content analysis of the news about midwifery and fertility covered on newspapers in Turkey.Material and Method: Population of this retrospective descriptive study consisted of news of nine newspapers with the highest circulation in Turkey which were accessible on the internet.The data was obtained from the newspaper news that were included in the scope of the research as a result of review using the determined keywords (mother, breast milk, baby, birth, midwife, midwifery, breastfeeding, pregnant, gestation, pregnancy, postpartum, newborn).The data obtained was recorded on the ‘News Evaluation Form’ by the researchers.Percentage distribution,arithmetic average and standard deviation were used in the statistical evaluation.Results:Highest percentage of reviewed news were obtained from Newspaper 4 by 27.8%, Newspaper 6 by 24.7% and Newspaper 1 by 11.1% respectively.It was determined that 9.5% of the news were in the headline,1.6% were in subheading,72.5% had appropriate picture and 67.1% were of newsworthy.It was determined that only 28.5% of the news were written by healthcare professionals, 55.4% covered special days for midwives and 63.9% did not include the source of the article.It was determined that titles of 49.4% of the news were perceived as positive impact and 33.9% contained titles in relation to pregnant-pregnancy words.It was determined that physical status and/or problem (22.5%) matters were discussed most frequently in the contents of newspaper news.Conclusion:It was determined that the news obtained were intended for giving updated status, of informative news quality in general and a very few of them were discussed by healthcare professionals.In addition, it was determined that more than half of the newspapers covered news of special days for midwives,only one third of the news contained the source for the article, approximately half of them were positive news and news regarding pregnant-pregnancy keywords were written most frequently.
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Key Findings & Data:Aim: This research was conducted with the purpose of making content analysis of the news about midwifery and fertility covered on newspapers in Turkey.Material and Method: Population of this retrospective descriptive study consisted of news of nine newspapers with the highest circulation in Turkey which were accessible on the internet.The data was obtained from the newspaper news that were included in the scope of the research as a result of review using the determined keywords (mother, breast milk, baby, birth, midwife, midwifery, breastfeeding, pregnant, gestation, pregnancy, postpartum, newborn).The data obtained was recorded on the ‘News Evaluation Form’ by the researchers.Percentage distribution,arithmetic average and standard deviation were used in the statistical evaluation.Results:Highest percentage of reviewed news were obtained from Newspaper 4 by 27.8%, Newspaper 6 by 24.7% and Newspaper 1 by 11.1% respectively.It was determined that 9.5% of the news were in the headline,1.6% were in subheading,72.5% had appropriate picture and 67.1% were of newsworthy.It was determined that only 28.5% of the news were written by healthcare professionals, 55.4% covered special days for midwives and 63.9% did not include the source of the article.It was determined that titles of 49.4% of the news were perceived as positive impact and 33.9% contained titles in relation to pregnant-pregnancy words.It was determined that physical status and/or problem (22.5%) matters were discussed most frequently in the contents of newspaper news.Conclusion:It was determined that the news obtained were intended for giving updated status, of informative news quality in general and a very few of them were discussed by healthcare professionals.In addition, it was determined that more than half of the newspapers covered news of special days for midwives,only one third of the news contained the source for the article, approximately half of them were positive news and news regarding pregnant-pregnancy keywords were written most frequently.
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Conclusion & Impact:Aim: This research was conducted with the purpose of making content analysis of the news about midwifery and fertility covered on newspapers in Turkey.Material and Method: Population of this retrospective descriptive study consisted of news of nine newspapers with the highest circulation in Turkey which were accessible on the internet.The data was obtained from the newspaper news that were included in the scope of the research as a result of review using the determined keywords (mother, breast milk, baby, birth, midwife, midwifery, breastfeeding, pregnant, gestation, pregnancy, postpartum, newborn).The data obtained was recorded on the ‘News Evaluation Form’ by the researchers.Percentage distribution,arithmetic average and standard deviation were used in the statistical evaluation.Results:Highest percentage of reviewed news were obtained from Newspaper 4 by 27.8%, Newspaper 6 by 24.7% and Newspaper 1 by 11.1% respectively.It was determined that 9.5% of the news were in the headline,1.6% were in subheading,72.5% had appropriate picture and 67.1% were of newsworthy.It was determined that only 28.5% of the news were written by healthcare professionals, 55.4% covered special days for midwives and 63.9% did not include the source of the article.It was determined that titles of 49.4% of the news were perceived as positive impact and 33.9% contained titles in relation to pregnant-pregnancy words.It was determined that physical status and/or problem (22.5%) matters were discussed most frequently in the contents of newspaper news.Conclusion:It was determined that the news obtained were intended for giving updated status, of informative news quality in general and a very few of them were discussed by healthcare professionals.In addition, it was determined that more than half of the newspapers covered news of special days for midwives,only one third of the news contained the source for the article, approximately half of them were positive news and news regarding pregnant-pregnancy keywords were written most frequently.
🔬Design:Review & Systematic Survey
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Anne · Doğurganlık · Ebe
Abstract
Aim: This research was conducted with the purpose of making content analysis of the news about midwifery and fertility covered on newspapers in Turkey.Material and Method: Population of this retrospective descriptive study consisted of news of nine newspapers with the highest circulation in Turkey which were accessible on the internet.The data was obtained from the newspaper news that were included in the scope of the research as a result of review using the determined keywords (mother, breast milk, baby, birth, midwife, midwifery, breastfeeding, pregnant, gestation, pregnancy, postpartum, newborn).The data obtained was recorded on the ‘News Evaluation Form’ by the researchers.Percentage distribution,arithmetic average and standard deviation were used in the statistical evaluation.Results:Highest percentage of reviewed news were obtained from Newspaper 4 by 27.8%, Newspaper 6 by 24.7% and Newspaper 1 by 11.1% respectively.It was determined that 9.5% of the news were in the headline,1.6% were in subheading,72.5% had appropriate picture and 67.1% were of newsworthy.It was determined that only 28.5% of the news were written by healthcare professionals, 55.4% covered special days for midwives and 63.9% did not include the source of the article.It was determined that titles of 49.4% of the news were perceived as positive impact and 33.9% contained titles in relation to pregnant-pregnancy words.It was determined that physical status and/or problem (22.5%) matters were discussed most frequently in the contents of newspaper news.Conclusion:It was determined that the news obtained were intended for giving updated status, of informative news quality in general and a very few of them were discussed by healthcare professionals.In addition, it was determined that more than half of the newspapers covered news of special days for midwives,only one third of the news contained the source for the article, approximately half of them were positive news and news regarding pregnant-pregnancy keywords were written most frequently.
Özet
Amaç: Bu araştırma, Türkiye’deki gazetelerde yer alan ebelik ve doğurganlık ile ilgili haberlerin içerik analizini yapmak amacıyla gerçekleştirildi. Materyal ve Metot Retrospektif tanımlayıcı türde olan bu araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye’de en yüksek tiraja sahip dokuz gazetenin internet ortamında ulaşılabilen haberleri oluşturdu. Veriler, araştırma kapsamına alınan gazete haberlerinden, belirlenen anahtar kelimeler (anne, anne sütü, bebek, doğum, ebe, ebelik, emzirme, gebe, gebelik, hamilelik, lohusa, yenidoğan) ile yapılan tarama sonucunda elde edildi Elde edilen veriler araştırmacılar tarafından ‘Haber Değerlendirme Formu’na kaydedildi. İstatistiksel değerlendirmede; yüzdelik dağılım, aritmetik ortalama ve standart sapma kullanıldı. Bulgular: İncelenen haberler sırasıyla en fazla % 27.8 ile Gazete 4, %24.7 ile Gazete 6, %11.1 ile Gazete 1’den elde edilmiştir. Haberlerin; %9.5’inin manşet, %1.6’inin sürmanşette yer aldığı, %72.5’inde konuya uygun görselin olduğu, %67.1’inin ise aktüel haber niteliği taşıdığı belirlendi. Haberlerin sadece %28.5’inin sağlık çalışanları tarafından yazıldığı, %55.4’ünde ebelere ait özel günlerin konu edildiği ve %63.9’unun yazı içeriğine ilişkin kaynağının belirtilmediği saptandı. Haberlerin; %49.4’ünün başlığının olumlu etki olarak algılandığı ve %33.9’unun gebe-gebelik-hamile-hamilelik kelimelerine ilişkin başlık içerdiği saptandı. Gazetelerdeki haber içeriklerinde en sık fiziksel durum ve/veya problem (%22.5) konularının ele alındığı belirlendi. Sonuç: Elde edilen haberlerin genellikle güncel durum vermeye yönelik, bilgilendirici haber niteliğinde olduğu ve çok az bir kısmının sağlık çalışanları tarafından ele alındığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca gazetelerin yarıdan fazlasında ebelere ait özel günlere ilişkin haberlerin yer aldığı, haberlerin sadece üçte birinin yazı içeriğine ilişkin kaynağının belirtildiği, yaklaşık yarısının olumlu haber niteliğinde olduğu ve en sık gebe-gebelik-hamile-hamilelik anahtar kelimelerine ilişkin haberlerin kaleme alındığı belirlenmiştir.
ALTIPARMAK, S., CİHAN, E. G., ÖZTAŞ, H. G., KAMALAK, H. (2021). Review on News About Midwifery and Fertility Covered on Newspapers in Turkey. Medical Records, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2, 118–124. https://ajindex.com/articles/910157
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