Sarah Flicker1, Ciann Wilson2, Renée Monchalin3, Jean-Paul Restoule4, Claudia Mitchell5, June Larkin1, Tracey Prentice2, Randy Jackson6, Vanessa Oliver7. 1. York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 3. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 4. University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 5. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 6. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 7. Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This article reports on the micro-, meso-, and macro-level impacts of sharing digital stories created by Indigenous youth leaders about HIV prevention activism in Canada. METHOD: Eighteen participants created digital stories and hosted screenings in their own communities to foster dialogue. Data for this article are drawn from individual semistructured interviews with the youth leaders, audio-recordings of audience reflections, and research team member's field notes collected between 2012 and 2015 across Canada. Data were coded using NVivo. A content analysis approach guided analysis. RESULTS: The process of sharing their digital stories had a positive impact on the youth themselves and their communities. Stories also reached policymakers. They challenged conventional public health messaging by situating HIV in the context of Indigenous holistic conceptions of health. DISCUSSION: The impact(s) of sharing digital stories were felt most strongly by their creators but rippled out to create waves of change for many touched by them. More research is warranted to examine the ways that the products of participatory visual methodologies can be powerful tools in creating social change and reducing health disparities.
INTRODUCTION: This article reports on the micro-, meso-, and macro-level impacts of sharing digital stories created by Indigenous youth leaders about HIV prevention activism in Canada. METHOD: Eighteen participants created digital stories and hosted screenings in their own communities to foster dialogue. Data for this article are drawn from individual semistructured interviews with the youth leaders, audio-recordings of audience reflections, and research team member's field notes collected between 2012 and 2015 across Canada. Data were coded using NVivo. A content analysis approach guided analysis. RESULTS: The process of sharing their digital stories had a positive impact on the youth themselves and their communities. Stories also reached policymakers. They challenged conventional public health messaging by situating HIV in the context of Indigenous holistic conceptions of health. DISCUSSION: The impact(s) of sharing digital stories were felt most strongly by their creators but rippled out to create waves of change for many touched by them. More research is warranted to examine the ways that the products of participatory visual methodologies can be powerful tools in creating social change and reducing health disparities.
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HIV/AIDS; Indigenous; digital stories; impact; social change; youth
Authors: Abby M Lohr; Jhenitza P Raygoza Tapia; Elizabeth Salerno Valdez; Leslie C Hassett; Aline C Gubrium; Alice Fiddian-Green; Linda Larkey; Irene G Sia; Mark L Wieland Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2022-06-14 Impact factor: 4.135