Creating a Narrative for Change: Health Promotion Students' Perspectives on the Power of Photovoice Research.

IF 1.6 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Health Promotion Practice Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-31 DOI:10.1177/15248399231162373
Breanna De Leon, Fatawu Mahama, Ashley Raymond, Cheryl A Palmer, Jean M Breny
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The use of Critical Race Theory, Photovoice, and Community-Based Participatory Research has helped uncover the root causes of issues such as systemic racism in the fields of public health and health promotion. Often, we see studies using traditional research methods to investigate potential causal factors of disparities in minoritized communities report only quantitative data. While these data are imperative for understanding the severity of disparities, quantitative-only approaches cannot address nor can they improve the critical root causes of these disparities. As a team of BIPOC graduate students in public health, we conducted a community-based participatory research project using Photovoice methodology to explore inequities in Black and Brown communities exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The participatory nature of this research revealed cumulative challenges across the social determinants of health in New Haven and Bridgeport, Connecticut. It allowed us to engage in local-level advocacy to promote health equity as our findings illuminated the need for community-led and community-engaged action. Health and racial inequities cannot be effectively addressed if public health research and programming do not collaborate with the community to build community capacity, empowerment, and trust. We describe our experiences doing community-based participatory research to investigate inequities and provide reflections on their value for public health students. As responses to health inequities and disparities become more politically polarized in the United States, it is critical for public health and health education students to use research methodologies that elevate communities that have been historically marginalized and neglected. Together, we can catalyze equitable change.

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批判种族理论、"摄影之声 "和 "社区参与式研究 "的使用有助于揭示公共卫生和健康促进领域系统性种族主义等问题的根源。我们经常看到,使用传统研究方法调查少数民族社区差异的潜在因果因素的研究只报告定量数据。虽然这些数据对于了解差异的严重程度至关重要,但仅靠定量方法无法解决也无法改善这些差异的关键根源。作为一个由黑人和棕色人种社区公共卫生研究生组成的团队,我们开展了一个基于社区的参与式研究项目,采用摄影荐言的方法来探讨在 COVID-19 大流行期间黑人和棕色人种社区中加剧的不平等现象。这项研究的参与性揭示了康涅狄格州纽黑文和布里奇波特市在健康的社会决定因素方面所面临的累积性挑战。由于我们的研究结果阐明了社区主导和社区参与行动的必要性,这使我们能够参与地方一级的宣传活动,以促进健康公平。如果公共卫生研究和计划不能与社区合作,建立社区能力、赋权和信任,就无法有效解决健康和种族不平等问题。我们介绍了我们开展基于社区的参与式研究以调查不平等现象的经验,并对其对公共卫生学生的价值进行了反思。在美国,应对健康不公平和差异的措施在政治上变得更加两极分化,因此,对于公共卫生和健康教育专业的学生来说,使用研究方法来提升历史上被边缘化和被忽视的社区至关重要。通过共同努力,我们可以推动公平的变革。
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Health Promotion Practice
Health Promotion Practice PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
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期刊介绍: Health Promotion Practice (HPP) publishes authoritative articles devoted to the practical application of health promotion and education. It publishes information of strategic importance to a broad base of professionals engaged in the practice of developing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs. The journal"s editorial board is committed to focusing on the applications of health promotion and public health education interventions, programs and best practice strategies in various settings, including but not limited to, community, health care, worksite, educational, and international settings. Additionally, the journal focuses on the development and application of public policy conducive to the promotion of health and prevention of disease.
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