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September 10, 2025Journal of Health CommunicationOpen Access

Using Theater as a Health Promotion Tool: A Scoping Review

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YGYue Leon GuoShandong UniversityCSChristopher C. SonnEdith Cowan UniversityMPMichaela C. PascoeMonash Health

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Overview

Scoping review highlights theater's diverse roles in health promotion, suggesting improvements needed in evaluations and inclusivity.

Key Points

  • Non-interactive theater is widely used for health promotion across various contexts, enhancing health-related knowledge and behaviors.
  • Community-based interventions target a broad age range (7-94 years) for disease prevention, while schools focus on social health issues like bullying.
  • Gaps include limited mental health focus and underrepresentation of marginalized populations, indicating a need for diverse frameworks in programs.
  • The findings suggest improvements in evaluations, including mixed-methods approaches and culturally tailored co-design strategies.

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Guo et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1d5f754b1d3bfb60f8e2fhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2025.2547052
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