Using Photovoice to Identify the Physical Activity Practices of Children Residing in Alabama’s Black Belt Region

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ID6076664
AuthorsKara C Hamilton (Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA, corresponding author), Mark T Richardson (0000-0003-3431-916X, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA), Teirdre Owens (Whatley Health Services, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA), Lea G Yerby (0000-0001-5328-3233, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA), Felecia L Lucky (Black Belt Community Foundation, Selma, AL, USA), Felecia Lucky (Black Belt Community Foundation), John C Higginbotham (0000-0002-6447-5828, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA)
Year2017
Volume25
Issue3-4
Pages488-503
Publication date2017-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10705422.2017.1350611
OpenAlexW2738842557
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

Photovoice is a community-based participatory research method wherein participants communicate their life’s experiences through photography. In this study, a group of rural children used Photovoice to communicate their physical activity preferences to researchers, their peers, and community partners. Thereafter, the information from the Photovoice project was used by the researchers and community partners in a physical activity intervention to teach children about physical activity. The purpose of this article is to discuss and describe the Photovoice project and to explain how the information obtained from that project was uniquely used in the design of a subsequent physical activity intervention

Citizen journalism · Community-based participatory research · Intervention (counseling · Medical education · Participatory action research · Photovoice · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Sociology · World Wide Web · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Gerontology

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