3140.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
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Photovoice is a new approach to health communication that entails providing people and communities with cameras so that they can take photographs, tell stories, and reach policy makers. The concept and methodology are underpinned by principles set forth in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, and by theoretical approaches to education for critical consciousness, feminist theory, and a community-based twist to documentary photography. This session features best practices, outcomes, and limitations of three photovoice projects conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand; Flint, Michigan; and the San Francisco Bay area. Taken together, they illustrate how public health professionals and community people can use photovoice as a tool to document health disparities; analyze causes; and influence policy makers and community leaders to change existing norms of institutionalized discrimination and to improve programs and policies | ||||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
Caroline C. Wang, DrPH, MPH | ||||
Photovoice: A Grassroots Tool for Communications and Policy Advocacy (proposed SESSION #2386) Caroline C. Wang, DrPH, MPH | ||||
Using photovoice to conduct a participatory needs assessment among residents in Klong Ngun, Thailand Madeline C. Fraser | ||||
Bridging the Gap Between People and Policies: Flint Photovoice as a Communications and Advocacy Tool Caroline C. Wang, DrPH, MPH, Susan Morrel-Samuels, MA, MPH, Lee Bell, Pete Hutchison, Lisa S. Powers | ||||
Photovoice as a strategy for school dropout and teen pregnancy prevention among Hispanic, urban youth Gerald W. Davoli, PhD, MPH, CHES, Victoria Castellone | ||||
Sponsor: | Public Health Education and Health Promotion | |||
Cosponsors: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Social Work; Women's Caucus |