PMID- 38264858
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20240301
IS  - 1524-8399 (Print)
IS  - 1524-8399 (Linking)
DP  - 2024 Jan 24
TI  - Disseminating Community-Engaged Research Involving People Experiencing 
      Homelessness and Diabetes Using Participatory Theater.
PG  - 15248399231221731
LID - 10.1177/15248399231221731 [doi]
AB  - People experiencing homelessness balance competing priorities resulting in 
      reduced capacity to meet the care demands of chronic conditions, including Type 2 
      Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Arts-based performances present an avenue to expose 
      others to these challenges. This article describes the process of incorporating 
      qualitative research findings in a community-based participatory theater 
      production to expose audiences to the day-to-day realities of living with T2DM 
      while simultaneously experiencing homelessness. We conducted five focus groups 
      and two individual interviews with people living with T2DM who had experienced 
      homelessness with guidance from a community-engaged research team. We then 
      collaborated with a local theater company to present common themes from these 
      focus groups in a co-created play about the experience of managing T2DM while 
      being homeless. We performed a staged reading of the play and assessed audience 
      members' perceived stigma through a pre- and post-survey to determine if audience 
      engagement within our theatrical production could reduce stigma toward 
      individuals living with diabetes and/or people experiencing homelessness. This 
      theatrical production is titled "Life Heist: Stealing Hope While Surviving 
      Diabetes and Homelessness." Our work illustrates the feasibility and 
      effectiveness of using participatory theater to disseminate qualitative research 
      findings.
FAU - Sekar, Preethiya
AU  - Sekar P
AD  - Health, Homelessness, & Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research 
      Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Ward, Maren
AU  - Ward M
AD  - zAmya Theater Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Gust, Susan
AU  - Gust S
AD  - Partners Three Consulting, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Ford, Becky R
AU  - Ford BR
AD  - Health, Homelessness, & Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research 
      Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Franco, Moncies
AU  - Franco M
AD  - Health, Homelessness, & Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research 
      Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Adair, Edward
AU  - Adair E
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Bryant, Annette
AU  - Bryant A
AD  - zAmya Theater Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Ngwu, Denita
AU  - Ngwu D
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Cole, Jonathan M
AU  - Cole JM
AD  - zAmya Theater Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Brito, Lelis
AU  - Brito L
AD  - zAmya Theater Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - The Center for Moving Cultures, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Barnes, Marcia
AU  - Barnes M
AD  - zAmya Theater Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Robinson, Tahiti
AU  - Robinson T
AD  - zAmya Theater Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Anderson-Campbell, Ali 'Cia
AU  - Anderson-Campbell A'
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Gray, Joel
AU  - Gray J
AD  - Hennepin County, MN, USA.
FAU - Ouray, Esther
AU  - Ouray E
AD  - zAmya Theater Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Carr, Alphonse
AU  - Carr A
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
FAU - Vickery, Katherine Diaz
AU  - Vickery KD
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1083-838X
AD  - Health, Homelessness, & Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research 
      Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - Quorum for Community-Driven Wellness Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
AD  - Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - K23 DK118117/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240124
PL  - United States
TA  - Health Promot Pract
JT  - Health promotion practice
JID - 100890609
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - community-based participatory theater
OT  - homelessness
OT  - stigma
OT  - type 2 diabetes mellitus
EDAT- 2024/01/24 06:43
MHDA- 2024/01/24 06:43
CRDT- 2024/01/24 04:33
PHST- 2024/01/24 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/24 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/24 04:33 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/15248399231221731 [doi]
PST - aheadofprint
SO  - Health Promot Pract. 2024 Jan 24:15248399231221731. doi: 
      10.1177/15248399231221731.