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Melany Cueva1, Regina Kuhnley, Laura Revels
1Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA. mcueva@anthc.org
The wellness picnic activity encourages self-reflection on health behaviors. Participants visually represent wellness, uncovering personal strategies for healthy living and cancer risk reduction.
Area of Science:
- Health Promotion
- Behavioral Science
- Community Health Education
Background:
- Traditional health education methods may not fully engage individuals in understanding their personal wellness journey.
- There is a need for innovative, interactive approaches to foster self-reflection on health behaviors.
- Understanding individual perceptions of wellness is crucial for effective health interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce the "wellness picnic," an interactive learning activity designed to promote reflective conversations about health behaviors.
- To explore how participants visually represent their personal wellness through a hands-on activity.
- To identify pathways for healthy living and cancer risk reduction emerging from participant self-reflections.
Main Methods:
- Development and implementation of the "wellness picnic" interactive activity.
- Participants engaged in a hands-on process using pictures, colors, and words on a paper plate.
- Analysis of symbolic representations to understand individual wellness perspectives and identify actionable insights.
Main Results:
- The "wellness picnic" effectively engaged participants in reflective conversations about their wellness journey.
- Paper plate creations served as symbolic representations of individual wellness understandings.
- Emergent themes from the activity highlighted pathways for living well and cancer risk reduction.
Conclusions:
- The "wellness picnic" is a valuable tool for facilitating personal insights into health behaviors and wellness.
- This interactive approach can create a supportive environment for sharing knowledge on wellness and cancer risk reduction.
- Visual and symbolic representation can be a powerful method for understanding and promoting health.
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