Creating inclusive and healthy communities for all: A photovoice approach with adults with mobility limitations

Labbé, Delphine; Mahmood, Atiya; Seetharaman, Kishore; Miller, William C.; Mortenson, W. Ben

doi:10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100173

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“…Participatory photography has been used to evaluate various aspects of the built environment, such as mobility barriers (Labbé et al, 2022;Swallow et al, 2015), walking behaviour (Bornioli et al, 2018;Lockett et al, 2005), neighbourhood perception (Alexander, 2013;Teixeira & Gardner, 2017), and health and safety or wellbeing (Dennis et al, 2009;Teixeira & Gardner, 2017). Most of these studies were at a neighbourhood scale, rather than an individual building or specific environment.…”

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“…Most of these studies were at a neighbourhood scale, rather than an individual building or specific environment. The participatory photography methods used across the studies in this area were very varied, described as photovoice (Labbé et al, 2022;Lockett et al, 2005), photo-elicitation (Alexander, 2013;Bornioli et al, 2018;Gerhardsson et al, 2019Gerhardsson et al, , 2021, photo-mapping (Dennis et al, 2009;Teixeira & Gardner, 2017), a photo diary (Swallow et al, 2015), and participant-produced photos (Tishelman et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In contrast to the precedents with autistic people, many precedents of participatory photography as an evaluation of the built environment are with seniors (Lockett et al, 2005;Swallow et al, 2015;Tishelman et al, 2016), or adults across the lifespan (Bornioli et al, 2018;Gerhardsson et al, 2019Gerhardsson et al, , 2021Labbé et al, 2022). The two studies using photo-mapping worked with children and teenagers (Dennis et al, 2009;Teixeira & Gardner, 2017), while one other study worked with people across the lifespan from teens to seniors (Alexander, 2013).…”

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“…Again, most studies use individual interviews with participants, including structured (Gerhardsson et al, 2019(Gerhardsson et al, , 2021, semi-structured (Bornioli et al, 2018), unstructured (Alexander, 2013), and unspecified (Labbé et al, 2022;Swallow et al, 2015;Tishelman et al, 2016). While precedents with autistic people reported using "group discussions", precedents of participatory photography as an evaluation of the built environment reported using focus groups (Labbé et al, 2022;Lockett et al, 2005;Teixeira & Gardner, 2017). Lockett et al (2005) asked participants to take a log of their photographs as they took them instead of an interview, and combined these logs with the results of a focus group with a limited number of participants.…”

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“…In most of these studies, a camera or device was provided to participants, either a disposable camera (Alexander, 2013;Lockett et al, 2005;Swallow et al, 2015) or digital camera (Dennis et al, 2009;Tishelman et al, 2016), or an iPad/iPod (Labbé et al, 2022;Teixeira & Gardner, 2017). Swallow et al (2015) reported that some of their participants chose to use their own cameras instead.…”

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