MyPaTH Story Booth
University of Pittsburgh
Summary
The MyPaTH Story Booth will use an (audio) "document" approach to elicit in depth experiential knowledge or perspectives from patients and caregivers by recording their personal stories.
Description
Modeled after the Storycorps project and healthtalk.org, MyPaTH Story Booth will use an (audio) "document" approach to elicit in depth experiential knowledge or perspectives from patients and caregivers by recording their personal stories. Narratives provide a powerful framework for understanding patient problems and the larger process of illness, coping, and seeking health care. Narratives can provide meaning, context, and perspective for patients' situations and insight into failures in health care delivery, particularly for marginalized patients. MyPaTH Story Booth will provide simple instr…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–99 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria: * Over the age of 18 Exclusion Criteria: * Researchers will exclude individuals who are not 18 years of age or older and/or do not provide informed consent
Location
- University of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania