Burt Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 7837575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Burt Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Burt |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4286-1354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Educating marginalised adolescents about teenage pregnancy: How effective is a health-related photo story
Purpose One way to improve health education, particularly to marginalised groups, could be to use photo stories: booklets in dialogic form in which photos and captions tell a dramatic story about a health topic. Unlike health communication in testimonial form, in which a narrator tells a story to convey a health message, stories in dialogic form feature characters who communicate directly with each other. Printed health communication in dialogic …
Educating vulnerable communities about diabetes: Can a fotonovela work
Objectives: This study evaluated the effects of reading different versions of a fotonovela about diabetes in resource-poor settings in South Africa. Design: An experimental study was conducted with 411 participants, comparing a fotonovela with a younger protagonist, a similar fotonovela version with an older protagonist and a no message control condition. Differences between the two fotonovela versions were analysed for two age groups of readers …
Deploying a Fotonovela to Combat Methamphetamine Abuse among South Africans with Varying Levels of Health Literacy
Poor health literacy in the Western Cape Province of South Africa is one of the main factors hampering methamphetamine (MA) use prevention efforts in the area, where the abuse of this drug is a major health and social problem affecting especially previously disadvantaged communities. In the first part of a two-part study, we compared a health-related fotonovela about MA to an existing brochure group and a control group. Main findings show that th…
Using a fotonovela to battle crystal meth in South Africa
This study evaluated the effects of a health-related fotonovela about crystal meth (S-methamphetamine hydrochloride) among "Colored" people (an ethnic label for people of mixed race) in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Crystal meth use is most common among Colored people in this province and it is considered a major social problem. The fotonovela was compared to a no-message control group and a traditional brochure in a randomized contr…
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Using a fotonovela to battle crystal meth in South Africa
This study evaluated the effects of a health-related fotonovela about crystal meth (S-methamphetamine hydrochloride) among "Colored" people (an ethnic label for people of mixed race) in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Crystal meth use is most common among Colored people in this province and it is considered a major social problem. The fotonovela was compared to a no-message control group and a traditional brochure in a randomized contr…
Deploying a Fotonovela to Combat Methamphetamine Abuse among South Africans with Varying Levels of Health Literacy
Poor health literacy in the Western Cape Province of South Africa is one of the main factors hampering methamphetamine (MA) use prevention efforts in the area, where the abuse of this drug is a major health and social problem affecting especially previously disadvantaged communities. In the first part of a two-part study, we compared a health-related fotonovela about MA to an existing brochure group and a control group. Main findings show that th…
Educating vulnerable communities about diabetes: Can a fotonovela work
Objectives: This study evaluated the effects of reading different versions of a fotonovela about diabetes in resource-poor settings in South Africa. Design: An experimental study was conducted with 411 participants, comparing a fotonovela with a younger protagonist, a similar fotonovela version with an older protagonist and a no message control condition. Differences between the two fotonovela versions were analysed for two age groups of readers …
Educating marginalised adolescents about teenage pregnancy: How effective is a health-related photo story
Purpose One way to improve health education, particularly to marginalised groups, could be to use photo stories: booklets in dialogic form in which photos and captions tell a dramatic story about a health topic. Unlike health communication in testimonial form, in which a narrator tells a story to convey a health message, stories in dialogic form feature characters who communicate directly with each other. Printed health communication in dialogic …
Media Influence and Health (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (1 works) · Diabetes mellitus (1 works)