Thanks for the clarification Paul. I am in agreement with you regarding the
need for additional research- I might add, on all our modes of
communicating!
Susan

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Susan:
 
All your points are valid. It would have been better if I had said, "we have
no idea of the relative value of photonovelas if they are just handout out"
rather than saying they are relatively ineffective if they are just handed
out. One just doesn't know if they are effective or not.  
 
The comment was based on my experience developing comics and a few
photonovelas for Big Pharma in one of my prior lives. They always handed
them out without assessing their effectiveness.  
 
"Passing around" photonovelas is definitely a common practice among Latinos,
which implies some degree of effectiveness, but with no learned behavior or
outcome measures, we continue to have no information (that I know of) of
their value vs their cost in the overall learning process. 
 
This said, although I have not read all of the postings on this subject due
to other commitments, I am glad to see the high interest in photonovelas. We
just need more Facts. 
 
Paul 
Learning About Diabetes, Inc.
www.learningaboutdiabetes.org 
 
 
 



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