- Title
- The cost of privatisation to the profession : media representation of audiology in Australia
- Creator
- Šarkić, Bojana; Simpson, Andrea; Heine, Chrysse
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article; Review
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/195079
- Identifier
- vital:18492
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.653
- Identifier
- ISSN:1036-1073 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Purpose: To investigate how the profession of audiology was represented in the media in Australia and how the increased privatisation of the profession may have shaped this representation. Methods: A systematic search of English language media records was conducted from 1 January 2000 to 17 July 2020 using ANZ News Stream, TV News, Google News and INFORMIT. Twenty-four of 1056 originally identified articles were retained. The findings were extracted and synthesised. Results: Context and content analyses were preformed, revealing a predominantly negative portrayal of Audiology as a profession in 21 (87.5%) of 24 articles. Predominant themes included: sales driven by incentives; predatory strategies and malpractice; non-regulation and privatisation of the hearing care industry; and conflict of interest. Conclusions: The media was found to highlight consumer mistrust in the profession in recent years. Increased regulation of the profession of audiology is recommended to protect the population against exploitative practices and to renew faith in the profession by the public. © 2022 The Authors. Health Promotion Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Health Promotion Association.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc
- Relation
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia Vol. 34, no. 2 (2023), p. 603-611
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2022 The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 4203 Health services and systems; 4206 Public health; 3210 Nutrition and dietetics; Absence of government regulation; Commodifying audiological services; Corporate hearing service provision; Privatisation
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- Open access publishing facilitated by La Trobe University, as part of the Wiley - La Trobe University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.
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