Digital storytelling: A tool for health promotion and cancer awareness in rural Alaskan communities

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cueva, Melany ^a   Kuhnley, Regina ^a   Revels, Laura ^a   Schoenberg, Nancy E ^b   Dignan, Mark ^b  

^a ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska native; Cancer communication; Cancer education materials; Cancerrelated digital stories; Community cancer education; Digital storytelling; Digital storytelling as adult education; Digital storytelling as health promotion; Indigenous research; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALASKA; AWARENESS; COMPUTER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; POPULATION GROUP; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ALASKA; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; POPULATION GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84940999578     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v74.28781     Document Type: Article

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