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Public health responses for skin cancer prevention: the policy framing of Sun Safety in Australia, Canada and England

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  • Garvin, Theresa
  • Eyles, John

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This paper employs the policy analytic approaches of framing and narrative to examine national differences in public health policies using a case study of Sun Safety programs in Australia, Canada and England. The study shows how a single public health issue identified at the global scale (rising skin cancer rates) is framed differently based upon specific social, cultural and political situations. The result is a different story, or narrative, embedded in each national policy. This study provides an example of how health policy is defined, constrained and limited through the process of problem identification and policy resolution. The paper concludes that framing and narrative analysis are powerful tools for understanding the place-specific implementation of public health policies and initiatives.

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  • Garvin, Theresa & Eyles, John, 2001. "Public health responses for skin cancer prevention: the policy framing of Sun Safety in Australia, Canada and England," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 53(9), pages 1175-1189, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:53:y:2001:i:9:p:1175-1189
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    1. Browne, Jennifer & de Leeuw, Evelyne & Gleeson, Deborah & Adams, Karen & Atkinson, Petah & Hayes, Rick, 2017. "A network approach to policy framing: A case study of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 172(C), pages 10-18.
    2. Ribeiro, Barbara & Hartley, Sarah & Nerlich, Brigitte & Jaspal, Rusi, 2018. "Media coverage of the Zika crisis in Brazil: The construction of a ‘war’ frame that masked social and gender inequalities," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 137-144.
    3. Han, Albert T. & Go, Min Hee, 2019. "Explaining the national variation of land use: A cross-national analysis of greenbelt policy in five countries," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 644-656.
    4. Olaf Gefeller & Jiang Li & Wolfgang Uter & Annette B. Pfahlberg, 2014. "The Impact of Parental Knowledge and Tanning Attitudes on Sun Protection Practice for Young Children in Germany," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-14, May.

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