@article{ref1,
title="Storytelling/narrative theory to address health communication with minority populations",
journal="Applied nursing research",
year="2016",
author="Lee, Haeok and Fawcett, Jacqueline and DeMarco, Rosanna",
volume="30",
number="",
pages="58-60",
abstract="PURPOSE: To explain the development and application of storytelling/narrative theory in health disparities intervention research as a way to promote health communication and behavior change among racial, ethnic, and minority populations. <br><br>FINDINGS: The proposed storytelling theory helps explain that storytelling affects changes in attitude and health behavior of the viewer through realism, identification, and transportation. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The proposed storytelling/narrative theory can be a guide to develop culturally grounded narrative interventions that have the ability to connect with hard-to-reach populations. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Narrative communication is context-dependent because it derives meaning from the surrounding situation and provides situation-based stories that are a pathway to processing story content. Although storytelling is grounded in nursing practice and education, it is underutilized in nursing interventional research. Future efforts are needed to extend theory-based narrative intervention studies designed to change attitude and behaviors that will reduce health disparities among minorities.<br><br>Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0897-1897",
doi="10.1016/j.apnr.2015.09.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2015.09.004"
}