Further Than the Eye Can See? Photo Elicitation and Research With Men

Bibliographic Data

ID5454848
AuthorsJohn L Oliffe (0000-0001-9029-4003, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada), Joan L Bottorff (0000-0001-9724-5351, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada)
Year2007
Volume17
Issue6
Pages850-858
Publication date2007-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732306298756
PMID17582026
OpenAlexW2027691215
LanguageEN
Citations received113
References cited28

Photo elicitation studies have attracted modest attention in qualitative health research. However, few researchers have focused exclusively on men's health and/or illness experiences. In this article, the authors discuss the benefits of using photo elicitation among a subcohort of 19 prostate cancer survivors from a larger ethnographic study. Specifically, participants were asked to imagine that they were being paid to mount a photographic exhibition entitled Living With My Prostate Cancer, an exhibition that would show prostate cancer from their unique perspective. The authors subsequently discussed the photographs with the participants during individual interviews using photo elicitation techniques. The methods provided some unique and unanticipated benefits, the details of which the authors share to guide researchers considering similar approaches. In addition, the authors make specific recommendations for future photo elicitation applications to men's health research

Cancer · Ethnography · Exhibition · Knowledge management · Medical education · Photo elicitation · Preference elicitation · Prostate cancer · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Medicine · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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