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Integrating Photovoice and Citizen Science: The

Zha, Caroline C; Jansen, Brice; Banchoff, Ann; Fernes, Praveena; Chong, Jennifer; Castro, Vanessa; Vallez-Kelly, Theresa; Fenton, Mark; Rogers, Jayna; King, Abby C

Authors

Caroline C Zha

Brice Jansen

Ann Banchoff

Praveena Fernes

Jennifer Chong

Vanessa Castro

Theresa Vallez-Kelly

Mark Fenton

Jayna Rogers

Abby C King



Abstract

Community engagement methods like photovoice have allowed researchers to gather and incorporate the experiences and perspectives of community members in their work but have at times faced challenges regarding systematization, accessibility, and scalability. This practice note describes the Our Voice initiative, one example of a community-based participatory research framework that aims to build on photovoice theories and best practices and address these challenges by incorporating the use of a mobile app as well as elements of participatory action-based citizen science to support community-driven data collection, analysis, and advocacy. We explore the application of the Our Voice method and evaluation of multilevel participant and community outcomes across three different Bay Area, California, communities. In doing so, we hope to provide a potential example for practitioners of other community-based participatory research and photovoice-based models to draw from when working with diverse communities to integrate local perspectives and insights in the generation and implementation of sustainable community health improvements.

Citation

Zha, C. C., Jansen, B., Banchoff, A., Fernes, P., Chong, J., Castro, V., Vallez-Kelly, T., Fenton, M., Rogers, J., & King, A. C. (2022). Integrating Photovoice and Citizen Science: The. Health Promotion Practice, 23(2), 241-249. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399211054784

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Mar 1, 2022
Deposit Date Mar 30, 2022
Journal Health Promotion Practice
Print ISSN 1524-8399
Electronic ISSN 1552-6372
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 23
Issue 2
Pages 241-249
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399211054784
Keywords photovoice, physical environment, Discovery Tool, community health, community-based participatory research, citizen science, community needs/assets assessment: social determinants of health


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