Citation

Mejía Montoya CC, González Pérez GJ, Vega López MG. Salud Colect. 2015; 11(4): 497-507.

Vernacular Title

Violencia y salud pública en la prensa escrita de Guadalajara, México.

Affiliation

Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, México.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Universidad Nacional de Lanús)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26676593

Abstract

This study seeks to describe how violence and its link to public health is represented in the written press of Guadalajara, Mexico. To this end, we carried out a mixed-content analysis of news pieces on violence published in the local sections of the four newspapers with greatest circulation in Guadalajara from the period of September 1 to 15, 2013. A total of 1,465 local news stories were reviewed, of which 399 were identified as being about violence. Of these, only 103 included healthcare aspects in their contents, generally making reference to medical services. The contents of these press articles did not identify violence as a critical public health issue, but rather as a safety issue affecting the community.

Language: es