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Can drama be useful in promoting behaviour change in a context of HIV? There is ample evidence from literature that drama can create possibilities for change (Boal, 1979, 1995, 1996; Osterlind, 2008).
O’Neill (1996), for example, argues that “drama has the power to enlarge our frames of reference and to emancipate us from rigid ways of thinking and perceiving”.
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Francis, D.A. (2011). Using Forum Theatre to Engage Youth in Sexuality, Relationship And HIV Education*. In: Francis, D.A. (eds) Acting on HIV. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-594-9_2
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