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Title: | Harnessing the power of cultural health narratives when working with parents of young children | Contributor(s): | Rogers, Marg (author) | Publication Date: | 2019-09 | Early Online Version: | 2019-06-24 | DOI: | 10.1017/cha.2019.22 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27284 | Related Research Outputs: | 10.1017/cha.2016.8 10.1177/2158244017706711 |
Abstract: | Narratives are a powerful tool for transferring knowledge and culture. They have a profound effect on our psyche and our attitudes to messages and teachings. The transfer of information through traditional teaching and lectures is often less effective in changing a belief or understanding than using narrative. In this discussion paper, I explore this phenomenon and examine the persuasive effect of cultural narratives. The discussion also considers the impacts of cultural narrative as an educative tool on parental attitudes towards childhood immunisation. I explore the changing nature of the way parents with young children communicate and seek information and early childhood educators’ roles in their lives within the Australian context. Understanding the way humans are drawn to narrative may be beneficial to health workers, early childhood educators, family workers and those who plan health education programmes. To effectively target their messages, it would be of benefit to public health officials to have knowledge about how parents with young children inform themselves and develop health beliefs, and the extent to which parents’ ideas become fixed. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Children Australia, 44(3), p. 105-109 | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 2049-7776 1035-0772 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130210 Physical Education and Development Curriculum and Pedagogy 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori) |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390302 Early childhood education 390111 Physical education and development curriculum and pedagogy |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 939999 Education and Training not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 160101 Early childhood education | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Description: | The author of this publication has published two related publications (https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19286 and https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21011). The first of these is an article about 'Narrative, ritual and acculturation', so gives further insight into the powerful affect on family and community narratives. The second one is about 'Protective factors in families' and outlines the way narratives provide security, comfort, motivation and a sense of purpose to military families. |
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