Salud de la mujer: using fotonovelas to increase health literacy among Latinas.
BACKGROUND
There is an identified need for health literacy strategies to be culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate.


OBJECTIVE
The goal of our community-based participatory research (CBPR) project related to health and nutrition is to demonstrate that active community involvement in the creation of health education fotonovelas that are relevant to culture, ethnicity, gender, social class, and language can increase the health literacy of women in a disadvantaged community.


METHODS
We recruited 12 women to take part in our pilot fotonovela intervention about healthy eating and nutrition. Pre- and post-test assessments of knowledge, attitudes, and behavior around nutrition were given at baseline and will be collected after the completion of the project.


RESULTS
We hypothesize that post-test assessments of our participants will reveal increased nutrition knowledge as well as positive changes in attitudes and behavior toward healthy eating.


CONCLUSIONS
We believe that our fotonovelas will represent experiences of community members and encourage good health practices by increasing knowledge and cooperation among community members.
Sberna Hinojosa
Melanie
M
Medical College of Wisconsin, USA.
Hinojosa
Ramon
R
Nelson
David A
DA
Delgado
Angelica
A
Witzack
Bernadette
B
Gonzalez
Magdalisse
M
Farias
Rene
R
Ahmed
Syed
S
Meurer
Linda
L
D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy; D006293:Health Promotion; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D010781:Photography; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014505:Urban Population