biostudies-literatureUnknown13Gertz S<h4>Introduction</h4>People with lower health literacy and those living in limited-resource communities often experience poorer health outcomes. Leveraging stories for health promotion can be particularly beneficial as stories are more engaging and memorable than other outreach materials. Co-designing health-promotion stories with representatives from target communities ensures their cultural relevance.<h4>Methods</h4>We Engage 4 Health (WE4H), a 20 + member community-academic partnership, developed an iterative co-design and testing process for creating engaging and culturally tailored health promotion stories that initiate meaningful discussions about diverse and often complex health topics. Using a graphic-style format, the stories were designed to be read aloud as the story characters Frontiers in public health1500711https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12450922biostudies-literatureGraphic-style stories to engage limited resource communities and promote health: methods for iterative co-design with community representatives.PMC12450922Wagner EWilson KLWijesooriya JPettus-Ogelsby LBeckham CTawwab VKohli EBaker TAButsch Kovacic MMabisi KLee SYHumphries JMartin LJBates LHershberger SGertz SSherman PElshaer SMorris EfalseGraphic-style stories to engage limited resource communities and promote health: methods for iterative co-design with community representatives.<h4>Introduction</h4>People with lower health literacy and those living in limited-resource communities often experience poorer health outcomes. Leveraging stories for health promotion can be particularly beneficial as stories are more engaging and memorable than other outreach materials. Co-designing health-promotion stories with representatives from target communities ensures their cultural relevance.<h4>Methods</h4>We Engage 4 Health (WE4H), a 20 + member community-academic partnership, developed an iterative co-design and testing process for creating engaging and culturally tailored health promotion stories that initiate meaningful discussions about diverse and often complex health topics. Using a graphic-style format, the stories were designed to be read aloud as the story characters 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z20252026-06-03T19:15:46.886Z2026-04-30T03:11:17.734ZS-EPMC124509224098867310.3389/fpubh.2025.1500711