DiFulvio Gloria T, Gubrium Aline C, Fiddian-Green Alice, Lowe Sarah E, Del Toro-Mejias Lizbeth Marie
University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Amherst, MA, USA
University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Amherst, MA, USA.
Int Q Community Health Educ. 2016 Apr;36(3):157-64. doi: 10.1177/0272684X16647359. Epub 2016 May 10.
Digital storytelling (DST) engages participants in a group-based process to create and share narrative accounts of life events. The process of individuals telling their own stories has not been well assessed as a mechanism of health behavior change. This study looks at outcomes associated with engaging in the DST process for vulnerable youth. The project focused on the experiences of Puerto Rican Latinas between the ages of 15 to 21. A total of 30 participants enrolled in a 4-day DST workshops, with 29 completing a 1 to 3-minute digital story. Self-reported data on several scales (self-esteem, social support, empowerment, and sexual attitudes and behaviors) were collected and analyzed. Participants showed an increase in positive social interactions from baseline to 3-month post workshop. Participants also demonstrated increases in optimism and control over the future immediately after the workshop, but this change was not sustained at 3 months. Analysis of qualitative results and implications are discussed.
数字叙事（DST）让参与者参与一个基于群体的过程，以创作和分享生活事件的叙述性记录。个体讲述自己故事的过程作为一种健康行为改变机制尚未得到充分评估。本研究考察了弱势青少年参与DST过程所带来的结果。该项目聚焦于15至21岁波多黎各裔拉丁女性的经历。共有30名参与者参加了为期4天的DST工作坊，其中29人完成了1至3分钟的数字故事。收集并分析了关于几个量表（自尊、社会支持、赋权以及性态度和行为）的自我报告数据。参与者从基线到工作坊结束后3个月，积极的社会互动有所增加。参与者在工作坊结束后立即表现出乐观情绪增强以及对未来掌控感增强，但这种变化在3个月时未持续。文中讨论了定性结果分析及相关影响。
