title: Moving Beyond "Health Education": Participatory Filmmaking for Cross-Cultural Health Communication.
abstract: In the process of developing short films with women in Australian Aboriginal (Yolŋu) communities in northeast Arnhem Land, questions arose about how the content and the process of production were defined and adjusted to suit both parties. This research examines how filmmakers take roles as health educators and how Yolŋu women as the "actors" define and direct the film. It explores ways that the filmmakers tried to ensure that Yolŋu identity was maintained in a biomedical agenda through the use of storytelling in language. An important dialogue develops regarding ownership and negotiation of health information and knowledge, addressing this intersection in a way that truly characterizes the spirit of community-based participatory research. Although the filmmaking processes were initially analyzed in the context of feminist and educational empowerment theories, we conclude that Latour's (2005) theory of actor networks leads to a more coherent way to explore participatory filmmaking as a health education tool. The analysis in this work provides a framework to integrate health communication, Indigenous women's issues, and filmmaking practices. In contrasting participatory filmmaking with health promotion and ethnographic film, the importance of negotiating the agenda is revealed.
authors.affiliation: a School of Academic Language and Learning , Charles Darwin University.
authors.forename: Birut
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zemits
authors.affiliation: b Yalu Marnggithinyaraw Research Centre.
authors.forename: Lawurrpa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maypilama
authors.affiliation: c School of Nursing & Midwifery , La Trobe University.
authors.forename: Kayli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.affiliation: d Charles Darwin University/Menzies School of Health Research.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: e Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , University of Adelaide.|f Epidemiology and Health Systems Division , Menzies School of Health Research.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rumbold
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D058015:Health Communication / Q000379:methods*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D019266:Iron, Dietary; D007802:Language; D009040:Motion Pictures; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D019266:Iron, Dietary