Brief Overview:
Participatory Action Research Participatory action research (PAR) is a form of research that includes participants as researchers to generate representative and relevant results. Significant features of PAR include the community being at the center of the research, commitment to balancing the power between researchers and subjects, nontraditional role for the main researcher, participants are actively engaged throughout all stages of the research, creation of useful knowledge, and commitment to action (Northway, 2010).
Photovoice is a creative form of PAR. Photovoice programs focus on building voices, creating portals for communication, and instigating community impact and change. Some of the initial Photovoice researchers defined it as a method of seeing the world through the viewpoint of people who are leading different lives (Wang & Burris, 1994). The Photovoice process has three main goals that work together to benefit the participants, including to enable, to promote, and to reach. The goals include:
enabling people to record and reflect upon their community’s strengths and concerns,
promoting critical dialogue and knowledge about important community issues through large and small group discussion of photographs, and
reaching policy makers (Wang & Burris, 1997).
Discussion Post #6: Food, Our Common Ground: A Photovoice Study
(Refer to Attached Article)
Malova E, Aerpati A, Mao B, Shah K, Tian S, Zhang Z and Harrison TR (2021).
Food, Our Common Ground: A Photovoice Study. Front. Commun. 6:549105.
doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.549105
Discussion Post Overview:
The course textbook introduced Photovoice and provided an example (Appendix 7A) of how the concept/strategy is implemented in the health industry. In order to expand your knowledge base regarding the use of Photovoice, the attached article, Food, Our Common Ground: A Photovoice Study (2021)m provides a comprehensive overview of a research study in which college students are engaged in capturing information (data) applicable to the overarching goals of participatory engagement.
Step #1: Read the attached article:
Malova E, Aerpati A, Mao B, Shah K, Tian S, Zhang Z and Harrison TR (2021). Food, Our Common Ground: A Photovoice Study. Front. Commun. 6:549105. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.549105.
Step #2: Key discussion points (Must be 200 words or more):
(Note: Do NOT merely copy and paste the content from the article. As professionals in the health industry, it is vital to review, understand, and transfer/apply information obtained. Work towards professional composition. If you quote content then appropriate references must be incorporated. This composition should not be filled with quotes, rather it is important to focus on application of the content.)
Provide an overview of the Photovoice study and highlight the goals of the Photovoice study
Discuss how the students became involved and what the students did as part of Photvoice
Discuss the findings of the Photovoice study (ex: themes) Do not merely list the themes, discuss the impact.
Based on the findings, how was Photovoice used to promote Action? Think about policymaking at the University.
Step #3: After reading this study, address the following as a health industry professional (Must be 200 words or more) :
What value does this 2021 Photovoice study bring to reviewing and potentially reshaping food/nutrition availability on campus (ex: Georgia Southern University)?
What recommendations would you propose to improve overall access to food/nutrition? (ex: options, affordability, health communication)
What recommendations would you pose to address cultural options since most campuses reflect a student population with an array of backgrounds/cultures (nationally and internationally)?
Step #4: (Must be 200 words or more)
Pose three (3) questions as a health industry professional conducting the research on campus and briefly respond as a student to the questions.
Health Industry Professional: What three (3) questions would be effective to ask students on campus in order to identify the challenges aligned with accessing healthier food/nutrition options?
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