Article: Drama-based education to motivate participation in substance abuse prevention.

Authors: Aileen B Stephens-Hernandez [1,2]; Jonathan N Livingston [2]; Karen Dacons-Brock [3]; Howard L Craft [3]; Amura Cameron [1,2]; Steven O Franklin [1]; Allyn C Howlett (corresponding author) [1,4]

Background

The allure of using theatre as an educational device naturally stems from the art form's inherent ability to engage and entertain audiences. Theatre's role in medieval Europe emerged from ritual in the Christian church [1], to one in which re-enactments of biblical events were used to teach the scriptures to the attending public in a way that these congregations would more likely remember them [2]. Today, the use of drama as a ...

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