Impact on mental health and well-being of the dialogic literary gathering among women in a primary healthcare centre.

ABSTRACT: There is strong scientific evidence on the academic, cognitive, social, and emotional benefits of Dialogic Literary Gatherings (DLG) for diverse people in a wide range of settings. However, the transference of DLG to a primary healthcare centre has not yet been studied. To address this gap a case study was conducted on the impact of a DLG in a primary healthcare centre on participants' mental health and wellbeing from the perception of participants and professionals involved in it. To that end, four daily life stories and a focus group with women participating in the DLG, most of them over 75 years old with no higher education, were conducted, as well as two in-depth interviews, one with the DLG facilitator and one with the director of the health centre. Results show that participants perc

SUBMITTER: Padros-Cuxart M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11216242 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature