Communication of health messages using theatre: Appreciative inquiry from Ubuntu theatre group

Health SA Gesondheid

 
 
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Title Communication of health messages using theatre: Appreciative inquiry from Ubuntu theatre group
 
Creator Gause, Gopolang Lebese, Rachel T. Mulaudzi, Fhumulani M. Matsipane, Molekodi J. Moloko-Phiri, Seepaneng S. Tshivhase, Shonisani
 
Subject Health Sciences; Health Sciences Education; Ubuntu appreciative inquiry; communication; health messages; innovation; Ubuntu; theatre
Description Background: Theatre involves expressing meaning in a collaborative art using words, movements, and visual elements. However, theatre remains poorly used as a viable teaching strategy or a method for communicating health messages. Instead, it is relegated to solemnly transmitting indigenous knowledge.Aim: To explore and describe communication of educational health messages through theatre using an appreciative inquiry approach.Setting: The study was conducted among the Ubuntu theatre group from a rural province in South Africa. The group is famous for using theatre to communicate educational health messages through the lens of Ubuntu philosophy.Methods: A qualitative exploratory descriptive design was followed. A non-probability purposive sampling was used to select thirteen members of the Ubuntu theatre group. Data were collected by two moderators from the two focus group discussions through conference calls. Deductive thematic content data analysis was used to describe the 4-Ds of appreciative inquiry.Results: Theatre is a playful pedagogy that can cut through language and cultural barriers when used to communicate educational health messages. There is a need to formalise it as an alternative pedagogy within the health care sciences curriculum. Furthermore, the sustainability of theatre as an educational tool is dependent on expanding educational practices, documenting its success stories and periodical in-service training.Conclusion: Using Ubuntu innovation to communicate complex educational health messages through theatre can maximise learning. This study recommends that Ubuntu-infused health messages be conveyed using theatre.Contribution: The study adds to the body of knowledge by presenting Ubuntu innovation in communicating health messages through theatre. 
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
Contributor National Research Foundation Ubuntu Community Model in Nursing
Date 2024-07-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Qualitative research; Appreciative Inquiry
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hsag.v29i0.2622
 
Source Health SA Gesondheid; Vol 29 (2024); 9 pages 2071-9736 1025-9848
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Africa — 22-65; Males and females; African
Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Gopolang Gause, Rachel T. Lebese, Fhumulani M. Mulaudzi, Molekodi J. Matsipane, Seepaneng S. Moloko-Phiri, Shonisani Tshivhase https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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