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The Stop Hepatitis Mobile Theatre is an
inspirational interactive educational theatre performance that utilizes
improvisation to adjust to the audience's learning needs, cultural sensitivities
and/or agency guidelines. This public health intervention was developed based on
focus groups with youth, school nurses and health educators (in public, private
and alternative schools and rehab and detention centers). As noted above, the
program has expanded. The program is designed to prevent young people from
becoming infected with hepatitis A, B, and C viruses by providing tools and
encouraging dialog with adults and peers about safe choices, transmission,
prevention and delaying or choosing not to initiate high risk behaviors. The
program was produced by the Concerned Citizens for Humanity, Ltd, Interactive
Educational Theatre, Rapid Exposure, Inc and the State of CT Department of
Public Health. The interactive performance can expand or contract to the
audience needs. The average performance is about 40 minutes with time for
questions and answers. A typical performance is archived on a DVD that captures
the essence of using improvisational theatre as a platform to educate young
people about highly complex and sensitive issues. The DVD is intended to extend,
NOT replace, the impact of the Stop Hepatitis Mobile Theatre's live performances
within and beyond CT's borders. DVDs are being distributed to public and private
high school nurses in CT, state public libraries and the national viral
hepatitis C coordinators. This program also includes the development of an
interactive scratch-off brochure and a bilingual (English and Spanish) award
winning Hepatitis Risk Alert Poster. This project is made possible by CDC
funding (cooperative agreement #02086 Prevention of Viral Hepatitis Among High
Risk Youth Through Integrating Prevention Services into Existing Programs). See:
www.dph.state.ct.us
(programs/hepatitis)
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