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The mouse gave life to the mountain: Gramsci and health promotion
- Source :
- Health Promotion International. 30:746-755
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014.
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Abstract
- Health promotion and salutogenesis are embodied in people's everyday lives and in their stories. The assumptions of these scientific theories are similar to Gramsci's theory for better wellbeing in a community, where praxis and capacity building for reflective practice is the way forward for an equal global change. By explaining the road for transformation through narratives, particularly fables, Gramsci manages to reach people from all walks of life, from academics to children. One of these fables, the mouse and the mountain, is here presented as a trigger to health promotion action and as a metaphor for salutogenic thinking. The narrative paradigm for health promotion is the context within which the analogies among 'the mouse's plan', health promotion theory, the salutogenic model, empowerment as well as the practitioners' opinions and experience are discussed and presented. In so doing, a 'storytelling bridge' is created between academics, practitioners and other stakeholders from the health, social and pedagogical arenas in knowledge construction environments. Hence, the article confers the possible contribution of Gramsci's educational perspective within health promotion by presenting a practical example of the use of narratives for capacity building. This is described through the interpretation of the same story in a hypothetical speech told by different storytellers, communicating their personal vision of the mouse's plan and so create a narrative-centered health promotion communication for meaning-making and for embracing theories among scholars and practitioners.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Attitude of Health Personnel
media_common.quotation_subject
Reflective practice
Health Promotion
Professional Role
Pedagogy
medicine
Humans
Narrative
Sociology
Philosophy, Medical
Program Development
Social science
Empowerment
media_common
Narration
Praxis
Communication
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Salutogenesis
Leadership
Health promotion
Socioeconomic Factors
Power, Psychological
Program Evaluation
Storytelling
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14602245 and 09574824
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Health Promotion International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ab626c5093ec6adc5193cdd0b92fc2ef