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<i>Sweet Temptations</i>: How Does Reading a Fotonovela About Diabetes Affect Dutch Adults with Different Levels of Literacy?
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recent studies suggest healthrelated fotonovelasbooklets portray dramatic story using photographs captionsmay effective health communication tools especially readers low level literacy experiment effects knowledge behavioral intentions assessed fotonovela originally developed latinamerican audience dutch readers low literacy group n 89 high literacy group n 113 randomly assigned one three conditions fotonovela condition captions translated dutch traditional brochure condition also dutch control condition knowledge diabetes participants fotonovela condition outperformed participants conditions finding consistent across literacy levels behavioral intentions however readers fotonovela score significantly higher participants conditions also evaluated hypotheses proposed entertainment overcoming resistance model eorm moyergus 2008 possible mechanisms underlying persuasion narratives support found mechanisms proposed eorm outcomes study suggest fotonovela may valuable health education format adults varying levels literacy even developed target group different cultural background