Creating Collaborative Visions with Aboriginal Women: A Photovoice Project

Brooks, Carolyn; Poudrier, Jennifer; Thomas-MacLean, Roanne

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8567-3_13

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“…We used a modified version because the population was not a unified community residing in the same geographic area and, similar to other studies, individuals joined at different points over several months (e.g. Brooks et al, 2008;Drew et al, 2010;Thompson et al, 2008). Although a photograph sharing session would have been ideal, it became evident that this would be challenging given participants' diverse experiences and variance in how they were coping with illness.…”

Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

confidence: 97%

‘But they’re happening to you at the wrong time’: Exploring young adult women’s reflections on serious illness through photovoice

Burles

Thomas

2012

Qualitative Social Work

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Although serious illness is often associated with aging, many young adults are affected by various life-threatening and chronic illnesses, and thus have experiences that do not correspond to socio-cultural expectations for young adulthood. In this article, we describe a qualitative study exploring young adult women's experiences of serious illness. Ten participants diagnosed with a life-threatening or chronic illness in the previous three years participated in phenomenological interviews and photovoice project that focused on what it is like to be seriously ill during young adulthood. Our analysis reveals that participants experienced serious illness with respect to their position in the life course; specifically, participants perceived ill health as being inconsistent with young adulthood. This finding is illustrated by three inter-related themes: feeling abnormal and 'off time,' realizing vulnerabilities, and renegotiating expectations for young adulthood and the future. We propose that these themes offer evidence of how illness is experienced within the broader socio-cultural context of individuals' lives. We conclude that social workers involved in supporting this population are well positioned to address life course disruptions brought about by illness and aid in negotiating ill health with respect to expectations for young adulthood.

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‘But they’re happening to you at the wrong time’: Exploring young adult women’s reflections on serious illness through photovoice

Burles

Thomas

2012

Qualitative Social Work

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“…In the afternoon, key stakeholders from advocacy groups including the Saskatoon Health Region, Breast Health Centre, Breast Cancer Action Saskatchewan and Breast Cancer Community of Stakeholders were invited to join us in a workshop to discuss forming new networks this new group of women. This process is further described and analysis of its benefits for working with Aboriginal women is further explored elsewhere (Brooks, Poudrier and Thomas‐MacLean 2008).…”

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“…Herein we describe our shared exploration of the experiences of work with Aboriginal women through the use of photovoice in a research project entitled Visualizing Breast Cancer: Exploring Aboriginal Women's Experiences (VBC) (see also Thomas‐MacLean, Poudrier and Brooks (2007); Brooks, Poudrier and Thomas‐MacLean 2008). The main objective of our work was to explore and make visible Aboriginal women's experiences of breast cancer through photovoice, a qualitative, participatory and visual research methodology where participants take photographs, are interviewed individually and then participate in a group discussion about collective experiences and needs.…”

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‘We've fallen into the cracks’: Aboriginal women's experiences with breast cancer through photovoice

Poudrier

Mac-Lean

2009

Nursing Inquiry

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Despite some recognition that Aboriginal women who have experienced breast cancer may have unique health needs, little research has documented the experiences of Aboriginal women from their perspective. Our main objective was to explore and to begin to make visible Aboriginal women's experiences with breast cancer using the qualitative research technique, photovoice. The research was based in Saskatchewan, Canada and participants were Aboriginal women who had completed breast cancer treatment. Although Aboriginal women cannot be viewed as a homogeneous group, participants indicated two areas of priority for health-care: (i) Aboriginal identity and traditional beliefs, although expressed in diverse ways, are an important dimension of breast cancer experiences and have relevance for health-care; and (ii) there is a need for multidimensional support which addresses larger issues of racism, power and socioeconomic inequality. We draw upon a critical and feminist conception of visuality to interrogate and disrupt the dominant visual terrain (both real and metaphorical) where Aboriginal women are either invisible or visible in disempowering ways. Aboriginal women who have experienced breast cancer must be made visible within health-care in a way that recognizes their experiences situated within the structural context of marginalization through colonial oppression.

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“…Our research team is involved in a program of research involving Indigenous peoples affected by cancer. The program was initiated by a pilot study on First Nations and Métis experiences with breast cancer, which found that many women feel they have “fallen through the cracks” of cancer care . More research is needed on how women experience and combat these inequities.…”

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Cycles of silence: First Nations women overcoming social and historical barriers in supportive cancer care

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Widespread silence around cancer reflects both the limited access First Nations people have to formal, supportive programs and services, as well as the creative ways they provide emotional, social, and financial support within their informal networks. Beyond the support of their communities, they also required institutional provision of care that is culturally safe, addressing the colonial impacts on cancer communication and the disproportionate burdens of disease in First Nations communities.

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Creating Collaborative Visions with Aboriginal Women: A Photovoice Project

Cited by 21 publications

References 10 publications

‘But they’re happening to you at the wrong time’: Exploring young adult women’s reflections on serious illness through photovoice

‘But they’re happening to you at the wrong time’: Exploring young adult women’s reflections on serious illness through photovoice

‘We've fallen into the cracks’: Aboriginal women's experiences with breast cancer through photovoice

Cycles of silence: First Nations women overcoming social and historical barriers in supportive cancer care

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