Development of radio dramas for health communication pilot intervention in Canadian Inuit communities.

Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9008939 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1460-2245 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09574824 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Promot Int Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Eynsham, Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, c1990-

Drama* ; Mass Media* ; Radio*; Health Communication/*methods ; Inuit/*education; Adolescent ; Adult ; Community-Based Participatory Research ; Feeding Behavior ; Focus Groups ; Food Supply ; Humans ; Nunavut ; Pilot Projects ; Young Adult

A mixed-methods approach was used to develop a culturally appropriate health intervention over radio within the Inuit community of Pangnirtung, Nunavut (NU), Canada. The radio dramas were developed, recorded and tested pre-intervention through the use of Participatory Process and informed by the extended elaboration likelihood model (EELM) for education-communication. The radio messages were tested in two focus groups (n = 4 and n = 5) to determine fidelity of the radio dramas to the EELM theory. Focus group feedback identified that revisions needed to be made to two characteristics required of educational programmes by the EELM theorem: first, the quality of the production was improved by adding Inuit youth recorded music and second, the homophily (relatability of characters) of radio dramas was improved by re-recording the dramas with voices of local youth who had been trained in media communication studies. These adjustments would not have been implemented had pre-intervention testing of the radio dramas not taken place and could have reduced effectiveness of the overall intervention. Therefore, it is highly recommended that media tools for health communication/education be tested with the intended target audience before commencement of programmes. Participatory Process was identified to be a powerful tool in the development and sustainability of culturally appropriate community health programming.
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#77673 Canada Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Keywords: extended elaboration likelihood model (EELM); health communication; nutrition education; traditional food (TF)

Date Created: 20140625 Date Completed: 20161104 Latest Revision: 20221207

20221213

PMC4745614

10.1093/heapro/dau024

24957329