PHOTOVOICE

What is a photovoice?

• mainly used to advocacy

• can be used for evaluation

• can be used for outreach

• can be use for health and public health research

• more on the qualitative side

ways to gather info

• observe

  • community mapping

  • counting

  • photovoice (or video)

• study

  • reports from health orgs

  • vital stats, gov’t surveys

  • policies

• ask

  • surveys

  • interviews

  • focus groups

  • community forums

data collection

• PV is a way of gathering information - with and about the community

  • working with the community to observe what’s going on, document it, and get a conversation going

• CBPR (review) - community is involved in deciding what info needs to be collected and how its interpreted (community based participatory research)

PV summary

• CBPR

• photos + captions = voice

• group discussion to find themes

• promotes dialog, awareness, action

• visual presentation to policymakers, media

PV goals (1)

• tell the story

• discuss the issues

• take action

pv goals (2)

1. to enable people to record and reflect their community’s strength and concerns

2. to promote critical dialogue and knowledge about important issues through large and small group discussion of photographs

3. to reach policymakers

ethics and safety

• ask for permission

• can you recognize their face?

  • release form needed

• don’t take photos of someone doing something illegal

• be aware of your surroundings

• don’t go anywhere you wouldn’t normally go