Photovoice Method

An Action Research Approach:

As an example of a community-based participatory research (CBPR), Photovoice is unique method used to gather qualitative participatory observation on a range of issues including climate change.

Over the last number of years there has been growing interest in the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) for preventing and controlling complex public health problems. Photovoice is one of several qualitative methods utilized in CBPR, as it is a participatory method that has community participants use photography, and stories about their photographs, to identify and represent issues of importance to them.

Over the past several years photovoice methodology has been frequently used to explore community health and social issues.

One emerging opportunity for the utilization of photovoice methodology is research on community built and social environments, particularly when looking at the context of the neighbourhood. What is missing from the current body of photovoice literature is a critique of the strengths and weaknesses of photovoice as a method for health promotion research (which traditionally emphasizes capacity-building, community-based approaches) and as a method for revealing people's perceptions of community as a source of health opportunities or barriers.

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