Honoring our teachings: children’s storybooks as indigenous public health practice
IntroductionAmerican Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities continue to flourish and innovate in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Storytelling is an important tradition for AIAN communities that can function as an intervention modality. To support the needs of AIAN children and caregivers, we...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:20d3eebe7cde411392dc6842570f41c5 2024-09-15T18:41:28+00:00 Honoring our teachings: children’s storybooks as indigenous public health practice Tara L. Maudrie Fiona Grubin Maisie Conrad Jocelyn Velasquez Baez Jessica Saniguq Ullrich Joshuaa Allison-Burbank Lisa Martin Crystal Austin Joelle Joyner Marcella Ronyak Kristin Masten Allison Ingalls Emily E. Haroz Victoria M. O’Keefe 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1354761 https://doaj.org/article/20d3eebe7cde411392dc6842570f41c5 EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1354761/full https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565 2296-2565 doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1354761 https://doaj.org/article/20d3eebe7cde411392dc6842570f41c5 Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024) culturally grounded American Indian/Alaska native storytelling COVID-19 indigenous research Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1354761 2024-08-05T17:49:46Z IntroductionAmerican Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities continue to flourish and innovate in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Storytelling is an important tradition for AIAN communities that can function as an intervention modality. To support the needs of AIAN children and caregivers, we (a collaborative workgroup of Indigenous health researchers) developed a culturally grounded storybook that provides pandemic-related public health guidance and mental health coping strategies woven with Inter-Tribal values and teachings.MethodsA collaborative workgroup, representing diverse tribal affiliations, met via four virtual meetings in early 2021 to discuss evolving COVID-19 pandemic public health guidance, community experiences and responses to emerging challenges, and how to ground the story in shared AIAN cultural strengths. We developed and distributed a brief survey for caregivers to evaluate the resulting book.ResultsThe workgroup iteratively reviewed versions of the storyline until reaching a consensus on the final text. An AI artist from the workgroup created illustrations to accompany the text. The resulting book, titled Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: Honoring Our Teachings during COVID-19 contains 46 pages of text and full-color illustrations. An online toolkit including coloring pages, traditional language activities, and caregiver resources accompanies the book. We printed and distributed 50,024 physical copies of the book and a free online version remains available. An online survey completed by N = 34 caregivers who read the book with their child(ren) showed strong satisfaction with the book and interest in future books.DiscussionThe development of this storybook provides insights for creative dissemination of future public health initiatives, especially those geared toward AIAN communities. The positive reception and widespread interest in the storybook illustrate how braiding AIAN cultural teachings with public health guidance can be an effective way to disseminate health ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Alaska ren Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Frontiers in Public Health 12 |
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IntroductionAmerican Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities continue to flourish and innovate in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Storytelling is an important tradition for AIAN communities that can function as an intervention modality. To support the needs of AIAN children and caregivers, we (a collaborative workgroup of Indigenous health researchers) developed a culturally grounded storybook that provides pandemic-related public health guidance and mental health coping strategies woven with Inter-Tribal values and teachings.MethodsA collaborative workgroup, representing diverse tribal affiliations, met via four virtual meetings in early 2021 to discuss evolving COVID-19 pandemic public health guidance, community experiences and responses to emerging challenges, and how to ground the story in shared AIAN cultural strengths. We developed and distributed a brief survey for caregivers to evaluate the resulting book.ResultsThe workgroup iteratively reviewed versions of the storyline until reaching a consensus on the final text. An AI artist from the workgroup created illustrations to accompany the text. The resulting book, titled Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: Honoring Our Teachings during COVID-19 contains 46 pages of text and full-color illustrations. An online toolkit including coloring pages, traditional language activities, and caregiver resources accompanies the book. We printed and distributed 50,024 physical copies of the book and a free online version remains available. An online survey completed by N = 34 caregivers who read the book with their child(ren) showed strong satisfaction with the book and interest in future books.DiscussionThe development of this storybook provides insights for creative dissemination of future public health initiatives, especially those geared toward AIAN communities. The positive reception and widespread interest in the storybook illustrate how braiding AIAN cultural teachings with public health guidance can be an effective way to disseminate health ... |
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