Photovoice participatory-action research design and adaptations for adverse fieldwork conditions / James Falconer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falconer, James, author.

Series:

SAGE research methods. Cases.

SAGE research methods. Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical assistance--Nicaragua--Research--Case studies.

Medical assistance.

Photography in ethnology--Nicaragua--Case studies.

Photography in ethnology.

Participant observation--Case studies.

Participant observation.

Action research in public health--Methodology.

Action research in public health.

Public health--Fieldwork--Case studies.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, 2014.

Summary:

Photovoice is a qualitative participatory-action research method suitable for the needs and goals of public-health research and promotion. This method puts cameras in the hands of research participants, giving them a 'voice' to document their surroundings, empowering them to construct the knowledge and representations of their own environment and encouraging sharing and critical dialogue among the participants and their communities. Photovoice has significant advantages over other qualitative research methods in some circumstances, but its implementation in the field may require adaptation to adverse fieldwork conditions. This research project case describes the use of Photovoice during fieldwork for a medical sociology study accompanying a medical-humanitarian mission to an impoverished rural area of Nicaragua in 2009.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 25, 2015).

ISBN:

9781473949294 (ebook) :

OCLC:

953359942