A framing analysis of Canadian household food insecurity policy illustrates co-construction of an intractable problem

McIntyre, Lynn; Patterson, Patrick B.; Mah, Catherine L.

doi:10.1080/19460171.2016.1253491

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“…The analysis we present in this paper builds upon earlier work we conducted 11,13,14 using conventional qualitative content analysis 27 and interpretive policy analysis methodology 17,24,28 to discern trends in Hansard records of legislators' debates related to household food insecurity over time. As a federal parliamentary democracy (Westminister system of government), Canada produces Hansard records, near-verbatim records of legislatives debates including committee hearings, at both the provincial and federal levels.…”

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“…11 This relative policy inaction is despite the issue's prevalence and persistence, and a core political understanding of the structural disparities underpinning it. [12][13][14] Our past policy research on this topic has gradually exposed the nature of this disconnect in Canadian policymaking, between those factors driving an understanding of the cause of food insecurity departing from factors driving solutions. 13 In this paper, our aim was to examine this further, through a focus on the content of what Deborah Stone has referred to as 'causal stories' in policy.…”

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“…[12][13][14] Our past policy research on this topic has gradually exposed the nature of this disconnect in Canadian policymaking, between those factors driving an understanding of the cause of food insecurity departing from factors driving solutions. 13 In this paper, our aim was to examine this further, through a focus on the content of what Deborah Stone has referred to as 'causal stories' in policy. 15 Stone explained how stories are used to describe societal situations that might be addressed by government through policy; in doing so, the story identifies the features and motivations of the policy actors in the story, ascribing responsibilityand blame.…”

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Who Is Food Insecure? Political Storytelling on Hunger, Household Food Choices, and the Construction of Archetypal Populations

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Knox

Lynch

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Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

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Food insecurity, inadequate access to adequate food due to economic constraints, affects one in eight households. Food insecurity is a serious structural problem affecting health, but dedicated policy action has been limited. In this study, we analyzed causal stories in Canadian political discussion about household food insecurity in provincial and federal Hansard records over two decades. Specifically, we examined patterns of archetypes -dominant characterizations of individuals and populations who experience food insecurity -and how these were used to convey a collective consciousness about 'model' food-insecure persons or groups.Archetypes aligned only with selected evidence of populations actually experiencing food insecurity.

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Who Is Food Insecure? Political Storytelling on Hunger, Household Food Choices, and the Construction of Archetypal Populations

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Lynch

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“…However, after publishing a series of framing studies of HFI in Canada to discern how the problem is understood and solutions posited (13) , what legislation has been tabled in the name of HFI (14) , why the problem has become intractable (15) , the role of political rhetoric (12) and valence of the idea of HFI (16) , we are now more circumspect that one can actively (i.e., cognitively) reframe the issue for policy change (5,16) . Russell et al also add the caveat that further research is needed to develop framing strategies, calling for participatory and action-oriented research with advocates themselves (9) .…”

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Framing analysis: its usefulness as a tool for advocacy on public health nutrition problems

McIntyre¹

2020

Public Health Nutr.

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Public health nutrition remains a place where empirical work about natural phenomena (e.g., nutrients) co-exists with studies interrogating how meaning is constructed. Framing is a process by which people orient their thinking about a problem (1) , and framing analysis is the study of how people's ideas might be influenced, which is a key function of advocacy. Framing analysis could thus be helpful to public health nutrition professionals seeking to mitigate health problems. The purpose of this commentary is first, to introduce public health nutrition specialists to framing analysisits origins, theory and methods, and second, to consider its usefulness as a tool for advocacy on public health nutrition problems. Framing analysis Allen's definition of frame (or framing) analysis is a theoretical, methodological and critical tool for exploring processes of meaning making and influence among governmental and social elites, news media and the public (2). Framing analysis comes from the social sciences, particularly political science, communication/media studies and sociology; the origins of framing are attributed to sociologist Goffman in 1974 (3). Goffman's work produced two somewhat distinct threads of inquiry: the cognitive and the social-relational. Public health nutrition retains these threads in its work today with cognition studies attentive to how eating behaviours are learned and postmodernist research revealing how the social construction of meaning around food is influenced by contexts in the social environment. Two successive generations of framing theorists have sharpened framing analysis and its application in the public policy realm, notably Americans Martin Rein and Donald Schön for their introduction of frame-critical policy analysis (4) and European scholars DeWulf et al. (5) and Merlijn van Hulst and Dvora Yanow (6) who represent broadening perspectives on how framing can be more actionable through greater attention to its socio-relational aspects. At the heart of the latter's critique is that there are still two threads of inquiry; on the one hand, there are 'frames' (the noun, known through coding/measurement) and on the other, 'framing' (the verb, known through critical

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“…A small number of studies on the political framing of food insecurity in Canada demonstrate that although a diversity of opposing causes and solutions frames are deployed by parliamentarians, the framing of some key issues (including poverty) is universal and uncontested (41)(42)(43) . However, these studies also show that conflicting frames and opposing symbolic devices deployed by opposing parties contributes to the intractability of PHN problems, thereby resulting in a lack of political commitment for legislative change (44) . Otherwise, current literature on the framing of child obesity and junk-food marketing focuses on the media (45)(46)(47) .…”

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The political construction of public health nutrition problems: a framing analysis of parliamentary debates on junk-food marketing to children in Australia

Russell

Lawrence

Cullerton

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Public Health Nutr.

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AbstractObjective:Junk-food marketing contributes significantly to childhood obesity, which in turn imposes major health and economic burdens. Despite this, political priority for addressing junk-food marketing has been weak in many countries. Competing interests, worldviews and beliefs of stakeholders involved with the issue contribute to this political inertia. An integral group of actors for driving policy change are parliamentarians, who champion policy and enact legislation. However, how parliamentarians interpret and portray (i.e. frame) the causes and solutions of public health nutrition problems is poorly understood. The present study aimed to understand how Australian parliamentarians from different political parties frame the problem of junk-food marketing.Design:Framing analysis of transcripts from the Australian Government’s Parliamentary Hansard, involving development of a theoretical framework, data collection, coding transcripts and thematic synthesis of results.Settings:Australia.Participants:None.Results:Parliamentarian framing generally reflected political party ideology. Liberal parliamentarians called for minimal government regulation and greater personal responsibility, reflecting the party’s core values of liberalism and neoliberalism. Greens parliamentarians framed the issue as systemic, highlighting the need for government intervention and reflecting the core party value of social justice. Labor parliamentarians used both frames at varying times.Conclusions:Parliamentarians’ framing was generally consistent with their party ideology, though subject to changes over time. This project provides insights into the role of framing and ideology in shaping public health policy responses and may inform communication strategies for nutrition advocates. Advocates might consider using frames that resonate with the ideologies of different political parties and adapting these over time.

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A framing analysis of Canadian household food insecurity policy illustrates co-construction of an intractable problem

Cited by 15 publications

References 40 publications

Who Is Food Insecure? Political Storytelling on Hunger, Household Food Choices, and the Construction of Archetypal Populations

Who Is Food Insecure? Political Storytelling on Hunger, Household Food Choices, and the Construction of Archetypal Populations

Framing analysis: its usefulness as a tool for advocacy on public health nutrition problems

The political construction of public health nutrition problems: a framing analysis of parliamentary debates on junk-food marketing to children in Australia

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