Telenovela: An innovative colorectal cancer screening health messaging tool

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cueva, Melany ^a   Kuhnley, Regina ^a   Slatton, Jozieta ^b   Dignan, Mark ^c   Underwood, Emily ^c   Landis, Kate ^d  

^a ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b Arctic Slope Regional Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Alaska Colorectal Cancer Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; Colorectal cancer screening; Community Health Workers; Health communication; Storytelling; Telenovela

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCTIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INUIT; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881272493     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21301     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Kelly J, Schade T, Starkey M, Ashokkumar R, Lanier AP. Cancer in Alaska Native People 1969-2008 40-Year report. Anchorage: Alaska Native Tumor Registry Alaska Native Epidemiology Center Division of Community Health Services Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. 2012.
2. Cueva M, Kuhnley R, Lanier AP, Dignan M. Story: the heartbeat of learning. Convergence. 2007;39:81-8.
3. Cueva M, Dignan M, Kuhnley R. Readers' theatre: a communication tool for colorectal cancer screening. J Canc Educ. 2012;27:281-6.
4. Wilken H, Valente T, Murphy S, Cody M, Huang G, Beck V. Does entertainment-education work with Latinos in the United States? Identification and the effects of a telenovela breast cancer storyline. J Health Comm. 2007;12:455-69.
5. Vaughn S. Stroke and heart disease prevention education via telenovela: a focus group's evaluation. Rehabil Nurs. 2012; 37:215-7.
6. Kreuter M, McClure S. The role of culture in health communication. Annu Rev Public Health. 2004;25:439-55.
7. Mayo W, Natives of Alaska. Alaska Native ways: what the elders have taught us. Portland: Graphic Arts Center; 2002. p. 13.
8. Frieden T. A framework for public health action: the health impact pyramid. Am J Public Health. 2010;100:590-5.
9. McLeroy K, Bibeau D, Steckler A, Glanz K. An ecological perspective on health promotion programs. Health Educ Q. 1988;15:351-77.
10. Freire P. Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: Continuum; 2003.
11. Rios D. U.S. Latino audiences of "telenovelas". J Latinos Educ. 2003;2:59-65.