The Reception of Translated and Adapted Texts on Disease Prevention for Preadolescents Using Graphic Medicine Strategie

Abstract

In recent years, the links between translation studies and graphic medicine have strengthened to enhance the dissemination of specialized health information for lay audiences. While in the Anglo-Saxon context, graphic medicine has typically used only comics as a genre for health information dissemination, in Spain, other textual genres, such as infographics, have also entered into the domain of graphic medicine. An example of the translation-graphic medicine pairing in the Spanish context is the oncotrad project, within which numerous health-related materials aimed at patients and their close ones have been designed. Despite the important number of materials produced, their reception by target audiences has not been studied. To address this gap, this article substantially expands on a prior pilot study examining the reception by children and preadolescents of translated and adapted disease prevention texts, counting on a larger sample (n = 154) and an improved questionnaire. Findings show a positive reception of a comic and an infographic on disease prevention targeting children. These findings highlight the potential of the translation-graphic medicine pairing for disseminating health information among children and preadolescents, thereby contributing to the improvement of health literacy in our societies.