Photovoice Research: Examining The Transition to Manhood For Young Black Men in Los Angeles
November 16, 2010
Photovoice is a participatory photography and digital storytelling methodology proposed by Caroline C. Wang and Mary Ann Burris 1994. They described it as a process that “entrusts cameras to the hands of people to enable them to act as recorders, and potential catalysts for change, in their own communities,” in their 1997 essay Photovoice: Concept, methodology, and use for participatory needs assessment.
In practice, photovoice is often used by public health researchers, exclusively or in tandem with other methodologies, to develop qualitative data. Pictures taken by respondents are used as a tool to help them describe their lives and health concerns to researchers.
While still considered an avant-garde research technique, photovoice is an emerging tool in the medical field. It presents a new way to gather data but, at the same time, raises ethical questions for some researchers. UCLA health services PhD candidate Nazleen Bharmal, M.D., recently completed a photovoice project that examines the turbulent transition to manhood young black men face in Los Angeles. [LINK] Click on to read more about her experience with photovoice.
Teen Photovoice Project | Health Advocacy
April 10, 2009
A Children’s Memorial Hospital researcher has developed a powerful and innovative health advocacy program that uses photovoice, a combination of digital photography and storytelling, to empower minority teens to identify and address important health problems in their communities. Read more
Photovoice: The Issue, The Image, The Voice, The Solution
March 30, 2009
You are cordially invited to a photography and creative writing exhibit focusing on the experiences of students with disabilities at the University of South Carolina at the Russell House Ballroom. The exhibit opened Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Through photographic images and the written word, Photovoice offers an insider’s view of the strengths displayed by this unique student population, as well as the challenges they face.
Engaging Young Adolescents in Social Action Through Photovoice
September 4, 2008
The Journal of Early Adolescence
Nance Wilson
Public Health Institute, California, nwilson@phi.org
Stefan Dasho
Public Health Institute, California
Anna C. Martin
Public Health Institute, California
Nina Wallerstein
University of New Mexico
Caroline C. Wang
University of Michigan
Meredith Minkler
University of California at Berkeley Read more
