Digital stories as a tool for health promotion and youth engagement
OBJECTIVES: To provide opportunities for intergenerational knowledge sharing for healthy lifestyles; to facilitate youth and Elder mentorship; and to increase the self-esteem of youth by celebrating identity, cultural practices and community connection through the creation and sharing of digital sto...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6972260 2023-05-15T16:15:55+02:00 Digital stories as a tool for health promotion and youth engagement Fletcher, Sarah Mullett, Jennifer 2016-03-01 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6972260/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27526216 https://doi.org/10.17269/cjph.107.5266 en eng Springer International Publishing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6972260/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27526216 http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.107.5266 © The Canadian Public Health Association 1996 Public Health Intervention Text 2016 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.17269/cjph.107.5266 2020-02-09T01:19:21Z OBJECTIVES: To provide opportunities for intergenerational knowledge sharing for healthy lifestyles; to facilitate youth and Elder mentorship; and to increase the self-esteem of youth by celebrating identity, cultural practices and community connection through the creation and sharing of digital stories. PARTICIPANTS: A youth research team (8 youth) aged 13–25, youth participants (60 core participants and 1 70 workshop participants) and Elders (14) from First Nations communities. SETTING: The project was conducted with participants from several communities on Vancouver Island through on-site workshops and presentations. INTERVENTION: Youth and Elders were invited to a 3-day digital story workshop consisting of knowledge-sharing sessions by Elders and digital story training by the youth research team. Workshop attendees returned to their communities to develop stories. The group re-convened at the university to create digital stories focused on community connections, family histories and healthy lifestyles. During the following year the research team delivered instructional sessions in communities on the digital story process. OUTCOMES: The youth involved reported increased pride in community as well as new or enhanced relationships with Elders. CONCLUSIONS: The digital stories method facilitated intergenerational interactions and engaged community members in creating a digital representation of healthy lifestyles. The process itself is an intervention, as it affords critical reflection on historical, cultural and spiritual ideas of health and what it means to be healthy in an Aboriginal community. It is a particularly relevant health promotion tool in First Nations communities with strong oral history traditions. Text First Nations PubMed Central (PMC) Canadian Journal of Public Health 107 2 e183 e187 |
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OBJECTIVES: To provide opportunities for intergenerational knowledge sharing for healthy lifestyles; to facilitate youth and Elder mentorship; and to increase the self-esteem of youth by celebrating identity, cultural practices and community connection through the creation and sharing of digital stories. PARTICIPANTS: A youth research team (8 youth) aged 13–25, youth participants (60 core participants and 1 70 workshop participants) and Elders (14) from First Nations communities. SETTING: The project was conducted with participants from several communities on Vancouver Island through on-site workshops and presentations. INTERVENTION: Youth and Elders were invited to a 3-day digital story workshop consisting of knowledge-sharing sessions by Elders and digital story training by the youth research team. Workshop attendees returned to their communities to develop stories. The group re-convened at the university to create digital stories focused on community connections, family histories and healthy lifestyles. During the following year the research team delivered instructional sessions in communities on the digital story process. OUTCOMES: The youth involved reported increased pride in community as well as new or enhanced relationships with Elders. CONCLUSIONS: The digital stories method facilitated intergenerational interactions and engaged community members in creating a digital representation of healthy lifestyles. The process itself is an intervention, as it affords critical reflection on historical, cultural and spiritual ideas of health and what it means to be healthy in an Aboriginal community. It is a particularly relevant health promotion tool in First Nations communities with strong oral history traditions. |
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