Salud de la mujer: using fotonovelas to increase health literacy among Latinas.

Background: There is an identified need for health literacy strategies to be culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate.

Objectives: The goal of our community-based participatory research (CBPR) project related to health and nutrition is to demonstrate that active community involvement in the creation of health education fotonovelas that are relevant to culture, ethnicity, gender, social class, and language can increase the health literacy of women in a disadvantaged community.

Methods: We recruited 12 women to take part in our pilot fotonovela intervention about healthy eating and nutrition.