The Comic Research Abstract: Graphic Medicine as Interdisciplinary Health Research (Example: Intergenerational Storytelling).

IF 1.2 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI:10.1007/s10912-025-09931-y

Andrea Charise

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Abstract

This article explores the rise of comics-based research (CBR) as an innovative method for disseminating and translating academic findings to broader audiences. Rooted in the established use of comics in technical communication, CBR takes the unique strengths of graphic media-accessibility, multimodal engagement, and visual storytelling-to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences, particularly in health-related disciplines. A recent development in this field is the comic research abstract, a concise, visually enriched alternative to traditional textual abstracts. By integrating clarity, brevity, and expressive visuals, this format enhances research accessibility and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration. Drawing on an example from the author's work on intergenerational storytelling, this article introduces the comic research abstract as a transformative interdisciplinary tool that bridges the arts, humanities, and health sciences. It highlights how this format translates research into advocacy-driven narratives, fostering inclusion, activism, and public engagement. By combining written and visual content, the comic research abstract underscores the potential of comics for advancing health humanities, arts-based academic communication, and inclusive scholarship.

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摘要：平面医学作为跨学科的健康研究（以代际叙事为例）。

本文探讨了基于漫画的研究（CBR）作为一种创新方法的兴起，这种方法可以将学术成果传播和翻译给更广泛的受众。基于漫画在技术交流中的既定使用，CBR利用图形媒体的独特优势——可访问性、多模式参与和视觉故事讲述——向不同的受众传达复杂的概念，特别是在与健康相关的学科中。这一领域的最新发展是漫画研究摘要，这是一种简洁、视觉丰富的传统文本摘要的替代品。通过整合清晰、简洁和富有表现力的视觉效果，这种格式提高了研究的可及性，促进了跨学科的合作。本文以作者关于代际故事的研究为例，介绍了漫画研究摘要作为一种跨领域的变革工具，它连接了艺术、人文和健康科学。它强调了这种形式如何将研究转化为倡导驱动的叙事，促进包容、行动主义和公众参与。通过结合书面和视觉内容，漫画研究摘要强调了漫画在促进健康人文、基于艺术的学术交流和包容性学术方面的潜力。

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Journal of Medical Humanities HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

1.90

自引率

11.10%

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期刊介绍： Journal of Medical Humanities publishes original papers that reflect its enlarged focus on interdisciplinary inquiry in medicine and medical education. Such inquiry can emerge in the following ways: (1) from the medical humanities, which includes literature, history, philosophy, and bioethics as well as those areas of the social and behavioral sciences that have strong humanistic traditions; (2) from cultural studies, a multidisciplinary activity involving the humanities; women''s, African-American, and other critical studies; media studies and popular culture; and sociology and anthropology, which can be used to examine medical institutions, practice and education with a special focus on relations of power; and (3) from pedagogical perspectives that elucidate what and how knowledge is made and valued in medicine, how that knowledge is expressed and transmitted, and the ideological basis of medical education.