Barriers Remain: Perceptions and Uses of Comics by Mental Health and Social Care Library Users

Farthing, Anthony; Priego, Ernesto

doi:10.16995/olh.98

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“…Aspects that can be developed include health condition knowledge, treatment adherence, self-management assistance, support in dealing with disease, empathy in illness, or engagement in preventive healthy habits. Comics can therefore be included in an interdisciplinary field of practice (Kuttner et al, 2018; 2020) in science and health communication (e.g., Alemany-Pagès et al, 2020; Farinella, 2018a, 2018b, McNicol, 2014, 2016; Varela Amaral et al, 2015), science learning and teaching (e.g., Monastersky & Sousanis, 2015; Ramalho-Santos, 2015; Azul et al, 2018), clinical and healthcare practice (e.g., Al-Jawad, 2015; Dobbins, 2016; Green & Myers, 2010; Czerwiec et al, 2015; Ashwal & Thomas, 2018), medical education and training (e.g., Green, 2013; Ronan & Czerwiec, 2020; Maatman et al, 2021), or health and social care (e.g., Dobbins, 2016; Priego & Farthing, 2020).…”

Section: Comics In Science Learning and Health Promotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comics in Science and Health Communication: Insights From Mutual Collaboration and Framing a Research Practice

Tavares,

Alemany-Pagès,

Araújo

et al. 2023

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Comics have been used as a tool for learning, teaching, understanding, raising awareness and changing behaviours. Researchers are taking more advantage of this medium as comics in research has become a growing field. Notwithstanding, comics as research practice/method has received less attention, particularly the research framework involved in making comics. Here, we detail the research process through the drawing to create a comic about non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. We argue that deciding on visual choices intersecting the perspectives of both artist and researchers whilst promoting reflexivity can be best understood through mutual collaboration. We depict examples of how the active inter/trans/disciplinary research environment, incorporating perceptions, experiences, tensions, from the artist and researchers, and respective disciplines, also informed by patient testimonies, resulted in (new) meanings and ways of thinking in terms of visual content and structure. Particularly when creating the characters and when using multimodality and resources afforded by comics –visual metaphor, anthropomorphism, and scientific sketchnote–, to portray the human body and bring familiarity and simplicity to complex cellular and metabolic events. We end with a comic strip framing comics as research practice, outlining the active engagement during the drawing processes and the research framework that combined a mixed method research approach for creating a tool useful towards understanding science and health promotion.

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Section: Comics In Science Learning and Health Promotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comics in Science and Health Communication: Insights From Mutual Collaboration and Framing a Research Practice

Tavares,

Alemany-Pagès,

Araújo

et al. 2023

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…Graphic medicine has been considered a valid medical information tool beyond comics scholarship circles to include medical journals (for example, Gray & Back 2020). Graphic medicine proponents argue that, comics can provide 'new insights into the personal experience of illness' (Green & Myers 2010), and previous work has looked into the role of graphic medicine linking graphic narratives to medical education, narrative medicine and/or the medical humanities (Farthing & Priego 2016;Priego & Farthing 2020). In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are precedents of comics created as 'communication aids […] to promote rapid sharing of communication skills with clinicians across diverse disciplines' (Gray & Back 2020).…”

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Social Distancing while Blind: A Co-Designed COVID-19 Rapid Response Comic

Priego

2021

Graphic Medicine Review

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According to the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), more than two million people have sight loss and about 350,000 people are registered blind or partially sighted in the UK (RNIB 2019). Information about social distancing measures in the UK has been mainly visual and therefore poses specific challenges for visually impaired persons. We present a COVID-19 rapid response two-page comic created employing co-design methods adapting an interview with a visually impaired person and their experience of the communication of social distancing measures during the early stages of the first COVID-19 pandemic UK lockdown between March and April 2020.

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“…35–37 Despite the challenges, art-based methods are proposed as worthwhile in qualitative research endeavors and the field of knowledge translation, to understand and communicate complex experiences. 35,37–39 The potential value of introducing comics in palliative care, specifically, has already been argued, 19 but empirical research regarding the use and (emotional) impact of comics in healthcare is lacking, 20,24,33,40 palliative care included.…”

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Facilitators and barriers in using comics to support family caregivers of patients receiving palliative care at home: A qualitative study

Haan¹,

Gurp²,

Knippenberg³

et al. 2022

Palliat Med

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Background: Family caregiving at home is highly important for people receiving palliative treatment, but also a complex experience, subject to implicit social expectations. This study empirically explored the claim that comics benefit palliative care practice, through evaluating a graphic novel’s value as an aid in supportive conversations with family caregivers. Aim: To identify facilitators and barriers in using Naasten (Loved ones), a Dutch research-based graphic novel about family caregivers providing care at the end-of-life. Design: Qualitative study, following thematic content analysis. participants: Three focus groups with family caregiver consultants, palliative care volunteers, and healthcare professionals (total N = 23) who supported family caregivers; and individual telephone interviews with family caregivers to whom the book was presented ( N = 4). Results: Barriers and facilitators related to: (1) the family caregiver, (2) impact on the family caregiver, (3) impact on the conversation between the person who provides support and the family caregiver, (4) their relationship, and (5) the person who provides support. Naasten was reported as recognizable and supportive, and powerful in raising emotions, awareness and conversation. Barriers concerned the book’s impact due to its style and guidance of a conversation, and doubts about its surplus-value. Conclusions: Emotionally impactful comics may support bereaved family caregivers, but should be introduced with care among current family caregivers, for example, ensuring a right fit, introduction, and follow-up—while taking into account a caregiver’s individual situation, needs, abilities, and affinity with the medium. Comics are preferably used in educational settings, contributing to professional awareness and tailored support of family caregivers.

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Barriers Remain: Perceptions and Uses of Comics by Mental Health and Social Care Library Users

Abstract: This article has been peer reviewed through the double-blind process of Open Library of Humanities, which is a journal published by the Open Library of Humanities.

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

Comics in Science and Health Communication: Insights From Mutual Collaboration and Framing a Research Practice

Comics in Science and Health Communication: Insights From Mutual Collaboration and Framing a Research Practice

Social Distancing while Blind: A Co-Designed COVID-19 Rapid Response Comic

Facilitators and barriers in using comics to support family caregivers of patients receiving palliative care at home: A qualitative study

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