HSC 310 Module 6 Health Communication in the Wild 3 Example

Course	HSC 310 Health Communication
Module	Module 6
Paper type	Arts and AI health communication analysis
Length	About 539 words, 4 pages
Format	APA 7 student paper
School	Arizona State University
Program	BS in Health Sciences
Updated	October 2026

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Stories in Pictures: A Fotonovela Analysis and an AI-Assisted Heat Safety Storyboard

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BS in Health Sciences, Arizona State University

HSC 310: Health Communication

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What this page is doingThe title joins the two parts of the assignment, the arts example and the AI-assisted tool.

Stories in Pictures: A Fotonovela Analysis and an AI-Assisted Heat Safety Storyboard

Part 1: The Arts Example

Fotonovelas are short booklets that tell a story through photographs, captions and speech bubbles, a format popular in Mexico and Latin America. Researchers developed a culturally tailored, bilingual fotonovela to teach Hispanic residents of multiunit housing about secondhand and thirdhand smoke and to encourage them to talk with neighbors and landlords about smoke-free policies (Unger et al., 2019).

How the Art Form Helps

The story format shows people like the reader facing a familiar problem, which can make the message feel personal rather than imposed. Pictures carry meaning for readers with limited literacy, and speech bubbles model exactly what to say to a neighbor or landlord, building confidence to act. Because the format is familiar entertainment, people may read it by choice.

What the Trial Found

In a trial with 403 Hispanic residents randomly assigned to the fotonovela, a text pamphlet or no materials, the groups did not differ overall at six months. Among people who actually read the booklets, however, fotonovela readers reported higher confidence to talk with others about smoke and more positive attitudes toward advocacy than pamphlet readers (Unger et al., 2019).

What this page is doingReporting the null overall result alongside the subgroup finding shows a fair reading of the evidence rather than cherry-picking.

Limits

The benefit appeared only among readers, so distribution and engagement matter as much as design. A fotonovela also takes time and money to photograph and test with the community.

Part 2: Using AI to Create a Tool

The Need

Outdoor workers face serious heat risk in Arizona. In Maricopa County, men working in agriculture had 3.5 times the odds, and men in construction 2.3 times the odds, of heat-associated death compared with other men (Petitti et al., 2013). A bilingual fotonovela could reach Spanish-speaking crews with limited time to read.

Prompts

Prompt 1: "Create an eight-panel fotonovela storyboard in English and Spanish about heat illness for construction workers in Phoenix."

Prompt 2: "Revise it. Show a crew leader noticing a worker who is dizzy and stops sweating. Include water, rest and shade, and calling 911 for confusion. Keep each caption under 15 words at a 5th-grade level. Use respectful, everyday Mexican Spanish."

What the AI Did Well

It produced a clear story arc in eight panels, simple captions and realistic dialogue, and the second prompt added the right action steps: drink water often, rest in the shade, watch coworkers and call 911 for confusion or collapse.

What It Did Badly

The first draft showed a worker "toughing it out" as a joke, which could normalize the risk. Some Spanish phrases were literal translations that sounded unnatural. It also invented a statistic about heat deaths, which I removed. Captions in panel 6 were above the reading level I asked for.

Next Steps

I would test the storyboard with three construction workers and a bilingual community health worker, replace the invented figure with sourced data and photograph real crew members with their permission. As national data show, a large share of adults have limited health literacy (Kutner et al., 2006), so I would keep pictures doing most of the work.

Reflection

The arts make health messages feel like stories rather than instructions, and AI can speed up drafting. Neither replaces testing with the people the tool is for.

References

Kutner, M., Greenberg, E., Jin, Y., & Paulsen, C. (2006). The health literacy of America's adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NCES 2006-483). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.

Petitti, D. B., Harlan, S. L., Chowell-Puente, G., & Ruddell, D. (2013). Occupation and environmental heat-associated deaths in Maricopa County, Arizona: A case-control study. PLOS ONE, 8(5), e62596. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062596

Unger, J. B., Soto, D. W., Rendon, A. D., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., & Cruz, T. B. (2019). Empowering Hispanic multiunit housing residents to advocate for smokefree policies: A randomized controlled trial of a culturally tailored fotonovela intervention. Health Equity, 3(1), 198-204. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2018.0098

HSC 310 Module 6 instructions, in plain terms

HCW #3, the last of the three 20-point analyses in HSC 310, belongs to Module 6, which covers writing, speaking and the arts in health communication. It has two goals: analyze how an art form, such as storytelling, music, visual art, theater or comics, helps health communicators reach people, using a real example, and use AI prompts to explore how the technology can help create a health communication tool. Keep a record of the prompts you use and what they produced. Check Canvas for the instructor's questions, length and whether the AI-created draft itself must be submitted. Comics, photo stories, songs, murals and theater all count as arts-based health communication, so choose the form you can document best.

How the HSC 310 Module 6 example is put together

The sample opens Part 1 by explaining the fotonovela form and its real example, then analyzes how the art form helps, reports a randomized trial's results fairly and notes limits. Part 2 states a local need with data, shows two prompts, and evaluates the AI storyboard under what it did well and what it did badly, including a fabricated statistic and awkward translation. Next steps and a two-sentence reflection close the paper. The two parts connect: the trial in Part 1 shows why a fotonovela suits Spanish-speaking audiences, and Part 2 applies that lesson to a new problem. The evaluation of the AI draft names four specific problems, including a fabricated statistic, and the student's fix for each.

Reading the HSC 310 Module 6 grading rubric

For these 20 points, instructors expect a real arts-based example described clearly, analysis of why the art form works for its audience, evidence where available, prompts that are shown and refined, and a critical evaluation of the AI output for accuracy, culture and literacy. Marks drop when the arts example is only described, when AI output is accepted without checking, when cultural fit is ignored and when the two parts are not connected. Strong submissions also discuss practical limits of arts-based tools, such as cost and the need for community testing, and show the prompts in full so the instructor can judge how the AI was directed.

HSC 310 Module 6 help: mistakes that cost marks

Pick an arts example with some published evaluation or documentation. Explain the specific feature of the art form that helps, such as characters, pictures or rhythm. In Part 2, give the AI a clear audience, format, reading level and action steps. Check every fact it produces and remove any number you cannot source. Ask a member of the audience to read the draft if possible. If you cannot find an arts example, the desk can suggest options. Ask the AI for a storyboard, not a finished product, then rewrite captions yourself. Check translations with a fluent speaker. Keep every prompt and response in an appendix if your instructor allows.

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HSC 310 Module 6 questions, answered

Where can I find a free HSC 310 Module 6 sample paper?

The full fotonovela analysis and AI-assisted heat safety storyboard is on this page.

What is a fotonovela?

A short booklet that tells a story through photographs, captions and speech bubbles.

Do fotonovelas work in health communication?

In one trial, readers of a fotonovela reported more confidence to talk about smoke exposure than readers of a text pamphlet.

How can AI help create health communication tools?

It can draft story structure and captions quickly, but its facts, language and cultural fit must be checked.

Who is at highest risk of heat death at work in Maricopa County?

Men in agriculture and construction had higher odds of heat-associated death in a county case-control study.

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