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Grace Ann Gordon

"Ouch!: A Content Analysis of the Racial Gap in Children’s Picture Books Related to Health and Illness”. Grace Ann Gordon. Thesis :.

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Grace Ann Gordon

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  1. "Ouch!: A Content Analysis of the Racial Gap in Children’s Picture Books Related to Health and Illness” Grace Ann Gordon

  2. Thesis: Given the existing research on children’s literature, the media, and how children interpret messages, the goal of this study is to assess the racial gap in children’s picture books focusing on health and illness. Through a content analysis, health related children’s picture books will be analyzed for racial and ethnic representation.

  3. Lit Review • Harris (1990) reading books is beneficial • Roethler (1998)children absorb images, have power to influence the adult they will become • Collier (2000)books must be representative of demographics • Purves and Beach’s (1972) • Bishop (1990) • Turner (2006)

  4. Media Theory • Stuart Hall (1974) “encoding and decoding” • Encoder- Decoder Model • Croteau and Hoynes (2003)

  5. Methods • Content Analysis • 60 Children’s picture books pertaining to health and illness issues were coded. • Books were obtained from three locations: Barnes and Noble, Borders, and the Wilmette Public Library • Coding sheets were used to identify the following variables: -skin color of main character -skin color of other characters in book -skin color of adults -skin color of health care professional -health issue being portrayed

  6. Methods • Children’s picture books were sorted into eight categories: • Human Body • Hospital Experiences • Nutrition • Disability • Diabetes • Asthma • Sickle Cell • Other diseases

  7. Sickle Cell Findings Table 1: Race of Child on Cover of Book

  8. Sickle cell Table 2: Race of Children in Book

  9. Sickle cell Table 3: Race of Health Care Professional

  10. Discussion • Unequal representation of minority children • Significant findings for race of health care professional • Hispanic population of health care professional missing • Children may decode images in negative ways • Sickle cell healthcare professionals only 11%, • Minority parents face problem of finding books • that are fairly representative.

  11. Questions?

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