International Journal of Communication and Public Relation
Purpose: The study examined how the framing of intellectual disability in television influenced t... more Purpose: The study examined how the framing of intellectual disability in television influenced the level of involvement of learners with intellectual disability in inclusive education in Kenya. Methodology: The study which was guided by the framing theory utilized the descriptive cross-sectional research design. A sample of 10 teachers in inclusive education schools, 10 Sub-County Education Officers, three television stations, three television producers and five key informants from the Kenya Association of the Intellectually Handicapped was drawn. Data was gathered through questionnaires, interview guides and code sheets. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics while thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. Findings: The study found that TV programmes aired disability thematic frames that did not support the mainstreaming of intellectual disability in education. The correlation between intellectual disability thematic frames in tel...
International journal of scientific and research publications, 2020
Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health ... more Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health information. It incorporates the ability to understand health information from pamphlets, obtain applicable health information during an interview with health experts, and to access and assess health information from other platforms. Patients with inadequate critical health literacy have a poorer understanding of their disease progression, medication regimens, and techniques for dealing with their disease. This study was carried out to establish the influence of critical health literacy in doctor-patient communication among HIV/AIDS patients in Homa Bay county, Kenya. The results showed that 51% of the 362 participants involved in the study were females, and the majority (30.9%) of respondents fell in the age group of 45 years and above. The level of critical health literacy among the study participants was adequate at a mean of 3.515 and Standard Deviation (SD) of 1.186. Critical Functi...
International Journal of Communication and Public Relation
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to examine the influence of television story angle and the... more Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to examine the influence of television story angle and the involvement on learners with intellectual disability in inclusive education in Kenya. The paper was guided by the framing theory. Methodology: The study utilized the descriptive cross-sectional research design. A sample of 40 inclusive education schools, 16 Sub-County Education Officers, three television stations, 72 television programmes, three television producers and five key informants from the Kenya Association of the Intellectually Handicapped was drawn. Data was gathered through questionnaires, interview guides and code sheets. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics while thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. Findings: The study established that while television stations have aired stories about inclusive education, the content aired seemed to portray people with disabilities as objects of pity, curiosity, evil, laughable, an...
Patient involvement in the health care process has been documented as a critical component of suc... more Patient involvement in the health care process has been documented as a critical component of successful disease management. However, inadequate functional health literacy among patients is a well-known barrier to effective doctor-patient communication, which has an adverse effect on health outcomes. This study aimed at investigating the association of functional health literacy and doctor-patient communication among HIV/AIDS patients in Homa Bay County, Kenya. It was a cross-sectional hospital-based survey conducted among 362 HIV/AIDS patients receiving care at the eight sub-county hospitals of Homa Bay county. Data was collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha and confirmatory factor analysis tests were used to ascertain the reliability and validity of study instruments, while Logistic regression logistic analysis was used to measure the association between functional health literacy and doctor-patient communication. 51% of the respondents were...
Most television newscasts often relay crime stories with detailed descriptions and vivid images. ... more Most television newscasts often relay crime stories with detailed descriptions and vivid images. Literally, the media set the agenda of what the audience should pay attention to and think about by selecting crime stories. The audiences are however not usually told how to think about those selected stories. This could mean that the degree to which exposure to televised crime news stories influences audience perception about crime is not explicit and therefore not clear. This study aimed at documenting audience perception of prevalent crime topics in televised news content, in order to infer the priming and framing tendencies of such news. This article presents results obtained from a qualitative study undertaken in Milimani geographical area of Nakuru town. The study was guided by McCombs and Shaw's Agenda Setting and Gerbner's Media Effects theories to collect and analyze data. The population comprised all categories of people residing, working or learning within Milimani area of Nakuru town. The total sample was 30 participants. The results show that audience perceive terror attacks, murder, carjacking, sexual violence, burglary, street muggings, violent robbery and abductions as prevalent crime topics in televised news in Kenya. The participants however indicated that the agenda setting dimensions of priming and framing, which have been described as having strong sociological roots, determined how such news topics are selected and relayed in televised crime news. This is an indicator that priming and framing is utilized in the preparation and presentation of televised crime news, which in turn determine the amount of audience following and focusing. Consequently, this affirms the influence of televised news bulletins on audience perception of social issues, and in the process, they influence the audience with what to think about because of the emotions they evoke.
This paper examines the effects of parental mediation and television co-viewing on adolescents’ s... more This paper examines the effects of parental mediation and television co-viewing on adolescents’ sexual initiation. Television plays an important role in the sexual socialization of adolescents. In Kenya, it has been established that sexual activity starts early, that 42 per cent of girls aged15-19 years have had sexual intercourse and 17 per cent are sexually active. Early sexual initiation (before age 16) is likely to involve sexual risktaking and expose young people to unwanted sex, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage pregnancy. Research has revealed that in Kenya early sexual behaviour is manifested in the youth's high incidence of pregnancies, abortions, stress and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. The paper sought to investigate the effects of parental mediation and TV coviewing on adolescents sexual initiation by addressing the following three fundamental concerns, (1) how television influences early sexual initiation of adolescents, (2) the exten...
Youth in Kenya are increasing accessing television which has become more saturated with sexual co... more Youth in Kenya are increasing accessing television which has become more saturated with sexual content and sexual initiation is an important social and health issue in Kenya. Young people in Kenya are engaging in sexual activity at early ages. The television content rarely includes messages on safe sex or consequences of engaging in early sexual behavior. This exposure may influence the behaviour and attitudes of the youth negatively leading to early onset of sexual initiation. A recent survey indicated that unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases are more common among those who begin sexual activity earlier. The current study mainly sought to establish the association between television sexual content the youth are exposed to and sexual initiation among the youth in Kenya. Specifically the study sought to answer the following research questions: What is the nature of TV sexual content the youth are exposed to and how is it associated with sexual initiation among the...
Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health ... more Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health information. It incorporates the ability to understand health information from pamphlets, obtain applicable health information during an interview with health experts, and to access and assess health information from other platforms. Patients with inadequate critical health literacy have a poorer understanding of their disease progression, medication regimens, and techniques for dealing with their disease. This study was carried out to establish the influence of critical health literacy in doctor-patient communication among HIV/AIDS patients in Homa Bay county, Kenya. The results showed that 51% of the 362 participants involved in the study were females, and the majority (30.9%) of respondents fell in the age group of 45 years and above. The level of critical health literacy among the study participants was adequate at a mean of 3.515 and Standard Deviation (SD) of 1.186. Critical Functi...
International Journal of Communication and Public Relation
Purpose: The study examined how the framing of intellectual disability in television influenced t... more Purpose: The study examined how the framing of intellectual disability in television influenced the level of involvement of learners with intellectual disability in inclusive education in Kenya. Methodology: The study which was guided by the framing theory utilized the descriptive cross-sectional research design. A sample of 10 teachers in inclusive education schools, 10 Sub-County Education Officers, three television stations, three television producers and five key informants from the Kenya Association of the Intellectually Handicapped was drawn. Data was gathered through questionnaires, interview guides and code sheets. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics while thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. Findings: The study found that TV programmes aired disability thematic frames that did not support the mainstreaming of intellectual disability in education. The correlation between intellectual disability thematic frames in tel...
International journal of scientific and research publications, 2020
Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health ... more Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health information. It incorporates the ability to understand health information from pamphlets, obtain applicable health information during an interview with health experts, and to access and assess health information from other platforms. Patients with inadequate critical health literacy have a poorer understanding of their disease progression, medication regimens, and techniques for dealing with their disease. This study was carried out to establish the influence of critical health literacy in doctor-patient communication among HIV/AIDS patients in Homa Bay county, Kenya. The results showed that 51% of the 362 participants involved in the study were females, and the majority (30.9%) of respondents fell in the age group of 45 years and above. The level of critical health literacy among the study participants was adequate at a mean of 3.515 and Standard Deviation (SD) of 1.186. Critical Functi...
International Journal of Communication and Public Relation
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to examine the influence of television story angle and the... more Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to examine the influence of television story angle and the involvement on learners with intellectual disability in inclusive education in Kenya. The paper was guided by the framing theory. Methodology: The study utilized the descriptive cross-sectional research design. A sample of 40 inclusive education schools, 16 Sub-County Education Officers, three television stations, 72 television programmes, three television producers and five key informants from the Kenya Association of the Intellectually Handicapped was drawn. Data was gathered through questionnaires, interview guides and code sheets. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics while thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. Findings: The study established that while television stations have aired stories about inclusive education, the content aired seemed to portray people with disabilities as objects of pity, curiosity, evil, laughable, an...
Patient involvement in the health care process has been documented as a critical component of suc... more Patient involvement in the health care process has been documented as a critical component of successful disease management. However, inadequate functional health literacy among patients is a well-known barrier to effective doctor-patient communication, which has an adverse effect on health outcomes. This study aimed at investigating the association of functional health literacy and doctor-patient communication among HIV/AIDS patients in Homa Bay County, Kenya. It was a cross-sectional hospital-based survey conducted among 362 HIV/AIDS patients receiving care at the eight sub-county hospitals of Homa Bay county. Data was collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha and confirmatory factor analysis tests were used to ascertain the reliability and validity of study instruments, while Logistic regression logistic analysis was used to measure the association between functional health literacy and doctor-patient communication. 51% of the respondents were...
Most television newscasts often relay crime stories with detailed descriptions and vivid images. ... more Most television newscasts often relay crime stories with detailed descriptions and vivid images. Literally, the media set the agenda of what the audience should pay attention to and think about by selecting crime stories. The audiences are however not usually told how to think about those selected stories. This could mean that the degree to which exposure to televised crime news stories influences audience perception about crime is not explicit and therefore not clear. This study aimed at documenting audience perception of prevalent crime topics in televised news content, in order to infer the priming and framing tendencies of such news. This article presents results obtained from a qualitative study undertaken in Milimani geographical area of Nakuru town. The study was guided by McCombs and Shaw's Agenda Setting and Gerbner's Media Effects theories to collect and analyze data. The population comprised all categories of people residing, working or learning within Milimani area of Nakuru town. The total sample was 30 participants. The results show that audience perceive terror attacks, murder, carjacking, sexual violence, burglary, street muggings, violent robbery and abductions as prevalent crime topics in televised news in Kenya. The participants however indicated that the agenda setting dimensions of priming and framing, which have been described as having strong sociological roots, determined how such news topics are selected and relayed in televised crime news. This is an indicator that priming and framing is utilized in the preparation and presentation of televised crime news, which in turn determine the amount of audience following and focusing. Consequently, this affirms the influence of televised news bulletins on audience perception of social issues, and in the process, they influence the audience with what to think about because of the emotions they evoke.
This paper examines the effects of parental mediation and television co-viewing on adolescents’ s... more This paper examines the effects of parental mediation and television co-viewing on adolescents’ sexual initiation. Television plays an important role in the sexual socialization of adolescents. In Kenya, it has been established that sexual activity starts early, that 42 per cent of girls aged15-19 years have had sexual intercourse and 17 per cent are sexually active. Early sexual initiation (before age 16) is likely to involve sexual risktaking and expose young people to unwanted sex, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage pregnancy. Research has revealed that in Kenya early sexual behaviour is manifested in the youth's high incidence of pregnancies, abortions, stress and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. The paper sought to investigate the effects of parental mediation and TV coviewing on adolescents sexual initiation by addressing the following three fundamental concerns, (1) how television influences early sexual initiation of adolescents, (2) the exten...
Youth in Kenya are increasing accessing television which has become more saturated with sexual co... more Youth in Kenya are increasing accessing television which has become more saturated with sexual content and sexual initiation is an important social and health issue in Kenya. Young people in Kenya are engaging in sexual activity at early ages. The television content rarely includes messages on safe sex or consequences of engaging in early sexual behavior. This exposure may influence the behaviour and attitudes of the youth negatively leading to early onset of sexual initiation. A recent survey indicated that unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases are more common among those who begin sexual activity earlier. The current study mainly sought to establish the association between television sexual content the youth are exposed to and sexual initiation among the youth in Kenya. Specifically the study sought to answer the following research questions: What is the nature of TV sexual content the youth are exposed to and how is it associated with sexual initiation among the...
Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health ... more Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health information. It incorporates the ability to understand health information from pamphlets, obtain applicable health information during an interview with health experts, and to access and assess health information from other platforms. Patients with inadequate critical health literacy have a poorer understanding of their disease progression, medication regimens, and techniques for dealing with their disease. This study was carried out to establish the influence of critical health literacy in doctor-patient communication among HIV/AIDS patients in Homa Bay county, Kenya. The results showed that 51% of the 362 participants involved in the study were females, and the majority (30.9%) of respondents fell in the age group of 45 years and above. The level of critical health literacy among the study participants was adequate at a mean of 3.515 and Standard Deviation (SD) of 1.186. Critical Functi...
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