Research Guides: Graphic Medicine for Patient Education: Articles

Articles about Graphic Medicine

"Developing a Web-Based Comic for Newly Diagnosed Women With Breast Cancer: An Action Research Approach"
Lee, T. et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(2), e10716, (Feb 2019). doi: 10.2196/10716
"Testing a Web-Based Interactive Comic Tool to Decrease Obesity Risk Among Minority Preadolescents: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Control Trial"
Leung, M., et al. JMIR Research Protocol, 7(11), e10682, (Nov 2018). doi: 10.2196/10682
"The potential of educational comics as a health information medium"
McNicol, S. Health Information Library Journal. 34(1), 20-31, (Mar, 2017). doi: 10.1111/hir.12145
"A Novel tool for Health Literacy: Using Comic Books to Combat Childhood Obesity"
Tarver, T. et al. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 16(2), 152-159, (Apr 20, 2016). doi: 10.1080/15323269.2016.1154768
"The Feasibility of Utilizing a Comic for Education in the Emergency Department Setting"
Hanson, A., et al. Health Communication. 32(5), 529-532, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1211076
"Medical Comics as Tools to Aid in Obtaining Informed Consent for Stroke Care"
Furuno, Y. and Sasajima, H. Medicine (Baltimore), 94(26), (2015). doi:10.1097/ND.0000000000001077
"Development and initial feedback about a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine comic book for adolescents"
Katz, M.L. Journal of Cancer Education. 29(2), 318-327, (Jun 2014). doi: 10.1007/s13187-013-0604-8
"The Native Comic Book Project: Native Youth Making Comics and Healthy Decisions"
Montgomery, M. et al. Journal of Cancer Education. 27(1 0), S1-S46. (Apr 2012). doi: 10.1007/s13187-012-0311-x

Where to Find More

PubMed Central (PMC)
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Search Terms

Here are some suggested search terms for looking up graphic medicine topics in scholarly databases:

graphic medicine
comics in healthcare
health comics
comics AND health information
comics AND health literacy
graphic novels
educational comics