Designing health promoting lifestyle educational content using photovoice qualitative approach in pre-diabetic people: A community-based participatory research

Designing health promoting lifestyle educational content using photovoice qualitative approach in pre-diabetic people: A community-based participatory research Majed Meripour 1 , Morteza Khafaie 1 , Hashem mohamadian 1 1. Health Faculty, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Received: 24 February 2020 Accepted for publication: 15 November 2020 [EPub a head of print-10 January 2021] Payesh: 2021; 20 (1):49-57 Objective (s): Diabetes and its chronic complications is one of the major public health issues worldwide. The present study aimed to use photovoice in pre-diabetic people to design health promoting lifestyle educational content. :. Methods: This community-based participatory research was performed on 40 pre-diabetic participants in Hoveizeh health centers, Khozestan Province, Iran in 2018. Photovoice was used to better understand pre-diabetic adults about their experiences. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. All data were recorded and analyzed through content analysis based on narratives. Results: Data analysis revealed four main themes including daily living needs ,neglect of the disease ,education and provision of health care, lack of support to adapt physical environment. Conclusion: In designing educational content, it is necessary to place more emphasis on the four main themes extracted from the experiences of pre-diabetic people in order to provide more comprehensive services by health care personnel.