Performing arts as a social technology for community health promotion in northern Ghana  

作　　者：Michael Frishkopf Hasan Hamze Mubarak Alhassan Ibrahim Abukari Zukpeni Sulemana Abu David Zakus 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry,University of Alberta,382 FAB,Edmonton AB T6H 3S9,Canada [2]9851 Waller Court,Richmond BC V7E5S9 Canada [3]Grooming Dot Org,P.O.Box TL 1324,Postal Code 00233,House No.CH.EXT 14,Bolga Road,Agric Area,Tamale,Northern Region,Ghana,West Africa [4]Grooming Dot Org,P.O.Box TL 1817,Post Code:00233,Tamale,Northern Region,Ghana,West Africa [5]Tamale Youth Home Cultural Group,P O Box 601,Tamale N/R,A Ext.32 Hiltop,Ghana,West Africa [6]Faculty of Community Studies,School of Occupational and Public Health,Ryerson University,Room POD249,350 Victoria Street,Toronto,ON M5B 2K3,Canada

出　　处：《Family Medicine and Community Health》2016年第1期22-36,共15页家庭医学与社区卫生（英文）

基　　金：This project was enabled by a Killam Cornerstone Grant;together with additional contributions from the Faculty of Arts,the Office of Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry,the Centre for Health and Culture at the University of Alberta,as well as a subgrant from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs,Trade,and Development.

摘　　要：Objective:We present first-phase results of a performing arts public health intervention,‘Singing and Dancing for Health,’aiming to promote healthier behaviors in Ghana’s impoverished Northern Region.We hypothesize that live music and dance drama provide a powerful technology to overcome barriers such as illiteracy,lack of adequate media access,inadequate health resources,and entrenched sociocultural attitudes.Our research objective is to evaluate this claim.Methods:In this first phase,we evaluated the effectiveness of arts interventions in improv-ing knowledge and behaviors associated with reduced incidence of malaria and cholera,focusing on basic information and simple practices,such as proper hand washing.Working with the Youth Home Cultural Group,we codeveloped two‘dance dramas’delivering health messages through di-alog,lyrics,and drama,using music and dance to attract spectators,focus attention,infuse emotion,and socialize impact.We also designed knowledge,attitude,and behavior surveys as measurement instruments.Using purposive sampling,we selected three contrasting test villages in the vicinity,contrasting in size and demographics.With cooperation of chiefs,elders,elected officials,and Gha-na Health Service officers,we conducted a baseline survey in each village.Next,we performed the interventions,and subsequently conducted follow-up surveys.Using a more qualitative approach,we also tracked a select subgroup,conducted focus group studies,and collected testimonials.Sur-veys were coded and data were analyzed by Epi Info.Results:Both quantitative and qualitative methods indicated that those who attended the dance drama performances were likelier than those who did not attend to list the causal,preven-tive,and transmission factors of malaria and cholera.Also,the same attendees were likelier than nonattendees to list some activities they do to prevent malaria,cholera,and other sanitation-related diseases,proving that dance dramas were highly effective both in raising awareness and in trans-forming beha

关 键 词：Music DANCE DRAMA EDUTAINMENT community health SANITATION MALARIA Ghana 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]