ArticleHealth education journal2017
Storybridging: Four steps for constructing effective health narratives.
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- A Medication Management App (Smart-Meds) for Patients After an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Pilot Pre-Post Mixed Methods Study.JMIR cardio · 2025Article
- Erasing stigmas through storytelling: why interactive storytelling environments could reduce health-related stigmas.Design for health (Abingdon, England) · 2024Article
- Facts Tell, Stories Sell? Assessing the Availability Heuristic and Resistance as Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying the Persuasive Effects of Vaccination Narratives.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo develop a practical step-by-step approach to constructing narrative health interventions in response to the mixed results and wide diversity of narratives used in health-related narrative persuasion research.
methodDevelopment work was guided by essential narrative characteristics as well as principles enshrined in the Health Action Process Approach.
resultsThe 'storybridging' method for constructing health narratives is described as consisting of four concrete steps: (a) identifying the stage of change, (b) identifying the key elements, (c) building the story, and (d) pre-testing the story. These steps are illustrated by means of a case study in which an effective narrative health intervention was developed for Dutch truck drivers: a high-risk, underprivileged occupational group.
conclusionAlthough time and labour intensive, the Storybridging approach suggests integrating the target audience as an important stakeholder throughout the development process. Implications and recommendations are provided for health promotion targeting truck drivers specifically and for constructing narrative health interventions in general.
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