Investigating the impact of parallel media engagement initiatives on suicide reporting in Canada and Israel.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To contrast changes in suicide-related media reporting quality during parallel initiatives to engage national media in Canada and Israel.

Methods

We coded media articles in Canada's and Israel's highest circulating newspapers (major broadsheet and tabloid newspapers, respectively) for putatively harmful and putatively protective suicide-related content. A sample of 150 articles (30/year) from each country was randomly selected for three time points: 2012 (T1; prior to media engagement), 2016-2017 (T2; early media engagement), and 2018-2019 (T3; late media engagement). Chi-square tests and binary logistic regression investigated overall between-country differences in reporting quality over time.

Results

Following media engagement, adherence to guidelines improv

SUBMITTER: Sinyor M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12325504 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature