ESL speaking immigrant women's responses to creating and using a photonovel in order to raise their critical consciousness and understand a specific health topic

Nimmon, Laura2007-08-222007-08-2220062007-08-22http://hdl.handle.net/1828/199The process of creating and using participatory photonovels can empower immigrant ESL speaking women and also act as a tool to educate these women about a specific health topic. This was a qualitative case study that was conducted at an immigrant society in an urban center in British Columbia. The ESL speaking immigrant women in this study created a photonovel called From Junk Food to Healthy Eating: Tanya’s Journey to a Better Life. The findings of this research reveal some of the health experiences of ESL speaking immigrant women in Canada. The results also contribute to the growing body of knowledge that discusses effective or ineffective means to educate ESL speakers about health by improving their health literacy. Most notably, however, the photonovel project engaged the women in an educational process that raised their critical consciousness.enAvailable to the World Wide WebImmigrant WomenHealth LiteracyUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social SciencesESL speaking immigrant women's responses to creating and using a photonovel in order to raise their critical consciousness and understand a specific health topicThesisNimmon L. (2007). Within the eyes of the people: Using a photonovel as a consciousness-raising health literacy tool with ESL-speaking immigrant women. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 98(4).