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Public health storytelling (PHS) refers to community-engaged storytelling methods that critically examine public health issues and seek to identify sustainable and systemic solutions to health inequalities. For participatory and critical researchers, PHS methods offer a powerful array of tools to engage myriad stakeholders in producing and consuming knowledge about the social world. Digital storytelling (DST) is a PHS method used in global public health research and practice to instigate empathy, equity, and collective social change. In this chapter, the authors draw from their collective experience using digital storytelling in the USA, Ghana, and, Nepal to advocate for reproductive rights and justice. This chapter outlines the theoretical foundations of DST and describes the method, including suggested adaptations for online and under-resourced settings. This chapter additionally outlines an ethical framework for DST and concludes by identifying four critical applications of DST for global public health. It is the hope and intent of the authors that this chapter provides inspiration and a roadmap for public scholarship and research activism.
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Fiddian-Green, A., Gubrium, A., Hill, A. (2023). Digital Storytelling. In: Liamputtong, P. (eds) Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96778-9_61-1
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