NAACHO Data Storytelling Guide
Description
This guide is intended for use by local public health departments and their partners in all functions of public health practice: assessment, assurance, and program/policy development. Participatory approaches to multimedia making such as digital stories and photovoice are a process that increases the validity of data and information being used to accomplish these functions because they center community engagement and voice. The validity of the data and information for program design and policy development, in turn increases its effectiveness and impact on public health.
The communities most impacted by health disparities and inequities have the knowledge and experience to identify contributing factors, both risk and protective, and social determinants of health impacting their community. Effective programs and policies that result from collaborations with community members to create stories and images of their truths and realities contribute to strengthening local public health systems.
This Data Storytelling Guide was prepared by the National Association of City & County Health Officials, Creative Narrations, and Seven Directions.
Details
Published By:
Seven Directions
Category:
Indigenous Evaluation,Qualitative Research
Type:
Toolkit
Link to Resource:
About Our Practice
The Seven Sacred Directions
Seven Directions was born from a desire to create greater connectivity across the many tribes, communities and organizations that have the health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native people at the heart of what they do. We are guided by the “seven directions” of practice: Integration & Holistic Wellness, Culture & Identity, Families & Communities, Respect for Sovereignty, Service, Indigenous Knowledge, and Tribal Governance.
The Seven Sacred Directions serve as an indigenous framework for presenting the strategic directions for the public health agenda.
