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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2001): |
Utilizing traditional storytelling to promote wellness in American Indian communities.
Full Abstract
Utilizing storytelling to transmit educational messages is a traditional pedagogical method practiced by many American Indian tribes. American Indian stories are effective because they present essential ideas and values in a simple, entertaining form. Different story characters show positive and negative behaviors. The stories illustrate consequences of behaviors and invite listeners to come to their own conclusions after personal reflection. Because stories have been passed down through tribal communities for generations, listeners also have the opportunity to reconnect and identify with past tribal realities. This article reports on a research intervention that is unique in promoting health and wellness through the use of storytelling. The project utilized stories to help motivate tribal members to once more adopt healthy, traditional life-styles and practices. The authors present and discuss the stories selected, techniques used in their telling, the preparation and setting for the storytelling, and the involvement and interaction of the group.
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Author information
Author/s: Hodge, Felicia Schanche (FS); Pasqua, Anna (A); Marquez, Carol A (CA); Geishirt-Cantrell, Betty (B);
Affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Center for American Indian Research and Education, USA.
Grants: R01NR04528 (Agency:United States NINR)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society / Transcultural Nursing Society (J Transcult Nurs), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jan; vol 13 (issue 1) : pp 6-11
Dates: Created 2002/01/03; Completed 2002/03/01; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 11776018, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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