Media portrayal of prenatal and postpartum marijuana use in an era of scientific uncertainty.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Objectives were to characterize how scientific information about prenatal and postpartum marijuana use was presented in online media content, and to assess how media portrayed risks and benefits of such marijuana use. METHODS:We analyzed online media items (n = 316) from March 2015 to January 2017. A codebook was developed to measure media content in 4 domains: scientific studies, information about health and well-being, mode of ingestion, and portrayal of risks and benefits. Content analysis was performed by two authors, with high inter-rater reliability (mean ĸ = 0.82). Descriptive statistics were used to characterize content, and regression analyses were used to test for predictors of media portrayal of the risk-benefit ratio of prenatal and postpartum marijuana use. RESULTS:

SUBMITTER: Jarlenski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5959784 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature