title: Readers' theatre as cancer education: an organic inquiry in Alaska awakening possibilities in a living spiral of understanding.
abstract: Organic inquiry, as the qualitative research design method, provided for a richness of data to more fully appreciate how 24 diverse adult learners in Alaska described their experience with Readers' Theatre as cancer education both during a workshop and over time that allowed for reflection and contemplation. Readers' Theatre, as a pathway for cancer education, nurtured healing, renewal, affirmation, and shifts in knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, which empowered action. Readers' Theatre created a respectful environment for adult learners from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds in Alaska to engage in meaningful conversations that awakened possibilities in a living spiral of understanding.
authors.affiliation: mcueva@acsalaska.net
authors.forename: Melany
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cueva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000413:Alaska; D003142:Communication; D054521:Cultural Competency; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D044469:Racial Groups