Entertainment-Education? A Fotonovela? A New Strategy to Improve Depression Literacy and Help-Seeking Behaviors in At-Risk Immigrant Latinas
Entertainment-Education? A Fotonovela? A New Strategy to Improve Depression Literacy and Help-Seeking Behaviors in At-Risk Immigrant Latinas
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DOI：
10.1007/s10464-013-9587-1
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Organista, Kurt C.
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作者：
Hernandez, Maria Y.;Organista, Kurt C.
研究表明，在文化适应过程中，拉丁裔移民患抑郁症的风险很高。一些障碍，如耻辱和健康知识水平低，导致这些妇女对所需治疗的利用不足。作为回应，这项研究复制了西班牙语fotonovela的有效性，这是一种娱乐教育（E-E）形式，旨在提高抑郁症的识字率，减少耻辱感，并增加拉丁美洲人寻求帮助的知识和行为。具体而言，本研究评估了一个fotonovela提供了一个多方面的方法来健康教育所使用的promotoras。一个前测后测随机对照组实验设计与142移民拉丁裔抑郁症的风险。结果表明，显着的后测改善抑郁症的知识，自我效能感，以确定是否需要治疗，并减少耻辱在实验组相比，控制组的参与者。调查结果支持电子健康素养工具，如fotonovelas，提供了多方面的健康教育方法所使用的promotoras，拉丁美洲人的心理健康问题的风险。
Research shows high risk for depression among immigrant Latinas known to increase during the acculturation process. Several barriers such as stigma and low health literacy result in an under-utilization of needed treatment among these women. In response, this study replicated the effectiveness of a Spanish language fotonovela, a form of Entertainment-Education (E-E), designed to increase depression literacy, decrease stigma, and increase help-seeking knowledge and behavior in Latinos. Specifically, this study evaluated a fotonovela delivered in a multifaceted approach to health education used by promotoras. A pretest-posttest randomized control group experimental design with 142 immigrant Latinas at risk for depression was employed. Results indicate significant posttest improvements in depression knowledge, self-efficacy to identify the need for treatment, and decreased stigma in experimental as compared to control group participants. Findings support the application of E-E health literacy tools such as fotonovelas, delivered in multifaceted approaches to health education used by promotoras, to Latinas at risk for mental health concerns.