Using a digital storytelling assignment to teach public health advocacy

The need and expectation for advocacy is central to public health nursing practice. Advocacy efforts that effectively call attention to population health threats and promote the well‐being of communities rely on strategies that deliver influential messaging. The digital story is a lay method to capt...

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Published in:Public health Nursing 2018-03, Vol.35 (2), p.157-164
Main Authors: Castro, A.B., Levesque, Salem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
community health nursing
Consumer Advocacy - education
Curricula
Curriculum
Digital broadcasting
Digital media
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - methods
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - organization & administration
Health risks
Humans
Internet
Narration
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Methodology Research
Public health
Public Health Nursing - education
Storytelling
Students, Nursing - psychology
undergraduate nursing education
Well being
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Summary:The need and expectation for advocacy is central to public health nursing practice. Advocacy efforts that effectively call attention to population health threats and promote the well‐being of communities rely on strategies that deliver influential messaging. The digital story is a lay method to capture meaningful, impactful stories that can be used to advocate for public health concerns. Readily available, user‐friendly digital technologies allow engagement in digital media production to create digital stories. This paper describes how digital story making can be utilized as an academic assignment to teach public health advocacy within an undergraduate nursing curriculum. Providing nursing students this artistic outlet can facilitate meeting academic learning goals, while also equipping them with creative skills that can be applied in future professional practice. Nursing educators can take advantage of institutional resources and campus culture to support the use of novel digital media assignments that facilitate application of advocacy concepts.
ISSN:0737-1209
1525-1446
DOI:10.1111/phn.12371