TY - JOUR
T1 - A brief evaluation of a project to engage american indian young people as agents of change in health promotion through radio programming, Arizona, 2009-2013
AU - Chico-Jarillo, Tara M.
AU - Crozier, Athena
AU - Teufel-Shone, Nicolette I.
AU - Hutchens, Theresa
AU - George, Miranda
N1 - Funding Information:
This manuscript was supported by the National Institute of Minor-ity Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under award no. P20MD006872 and through the National Institutes of Health Native American Research Center for Health awarded to the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona (IS0G6MO87175). The authors thank the young participants and the Hualapai Tribal Council.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - Young people can be valuable motivational resources for health promotion. A project implemented from 2009 through 2013 in a small American Indian community in northwest Arizona recruited American Indian young people aged 10 to 21 as agents of change for health promotion through radio programming. Thirty-seven participants were recruited and trained in broadcasting and creative writing techniques; they produced and aired 3 radio dramas. In post-project evaluation, participants were confident they could influence community behaviors but thought that training techniques were too similar to those used in school activities and thus reduced their drive to engage. Effective engagement of young people requires creativity to enhance recruitment, retention, and impact.
AB - Young people can be valuable motivational resources for health promotion. A project implemented from 2009 through 2013 in a small American Indian community in northwest Arizona recruited American Indian young people aged 10 to 21 as agents of change for health promotion through radio programming. Thirty-seven participants were recruited and trained in broadcasting and creative writing techniques; they produced and aired 3 radio dramas. In post-project evaluation, participants were confident they could influence community behaviors but thought that training techniques were too similar to those used in school activities and thus reduced their drive to engage. Effective engagement of young people requires creativity to enhance recruitment, retention, and impact.
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U2 - 10.5888/pcd13.150416
DO - 10.5888/pcd13.150416
M3 - Article
C2 - 26866949
AN - SCOPUS:84963623291
SN - 1545-1151
VL - 13
JO - Preventing Chronic Disease
JF - Preventing Chronic Disease
IS - 2
M1 - 150416
ER -