Creativity within Qualitative Research on Families: New Ideas for Old Methods

Deacon, Sharon A.

doi:10.46743/2160-3715/2000.2077

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“…Our experience demonstrates that the use of photovoice in this community-based project with First Nations girls was beneficial and helped to contribute to a decolonizing approach through enhanced collaboration and participation in the co-creation of knowledge with the girls. The integration of visual methods in participatory approaches provides the opportunity for youth to create knowledge, express creativity, and become integrated more fully in the process (Deacon, 2000; MacDonald et al, 2011). Furthermore, as argued by Absolon and Willett (2005), “the process of telling a story is as much the point as the story itself” (p. 98); therefore, honouring Indigenous voices needs to be paramount in decolonizing projects.…”

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Reflections from a Creative Community-Based Participatory Research Project Exploring Health and Body Image with First Nations Girls

Shea

Poudrier

Thomas

et al. 2013

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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In Canada, Aboriginal peoples often experience a multitude of inequalities when compared with the general population, particularly in relation to health (e.g., increased incidence of diabetes). These inequalities are rooted in a negative history of colonization. Decolonizing methodologies recognize these realities and aim to shift the focus from communities being researched to being collaborative partners in the research process. This article describes a qualitative community-based participatory research project focused on health and body image with First Nations girls in a Tribal Council region in Western Canada. We discuss our project design and the incorporation of creative methods (e.g., photovoice) to foster integration and collaboration as related to decolonizing methodology principles. This article is both descriptive and reflective as it summarizes our project and discusses lessons learned from the process, integrating evaluations from the participating girls as well as our reflections as researchers. Keywords:Aboriginal peoples, adolescents, youth, health and well-being, photography, photovoice, community-based participatory research Acknowledgements: We especially wish to acknowledge our participants for sharing their knowledge with us. Community partners Janice Kennedy, Jessica Rae Atcheynum, Kimberly Burnouf, Kellie Wuttunee; community research assistants Tanya Delmore, Lillian Blackstar, Sonya Whitecalf; Elder Melvina Thomas; and Iskwewak Miwayawak project co-ordinator Carolyn Brooks for their assistance in carrying out this project.

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Reflections from a Creative Community-Based Participatory Research Project Exploring Health and Body Image with First Nations Girls

Shea

Poudrier

Thomas

et al. 2013

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“… 15 16 In this current study, the drawing technique was presented to participants as a timeline to assist participants to organise information and analyse the impact of previous experiences on current life. 17 Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim.…”

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The trajectory to diagnosis with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a qualitative study

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ObjectivesTo investigate the patient's experience of the trajectory to receiving a diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and inform the provision of care for this patient group.DesignQualitative study using in-depth one-to-one interviews and pictorial representations. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.SettingParticipants were interviewed in their own homes across England.Participants30 patients with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (18 participants were women, mean age 56 and range 26-80 years and time since diagnosis ranged from a few months to more than 12 years) participated.ResultsAll participants, regardless of the time since diagnosis, vividly described the process from manifestation of symptoms to receiving a confirmed diagnosis. The authors present data using three major themes: (i) making sense of symptoms, (ii) process of elimination and (iii) being diagnosed with PAH. Making sense of symptoms represented an early period of perseverance—people tried to carry-on as usual despite ‘unexplained breathlessness’. As time progressed, this period was punctuated by critical events that triggered seeking medical advice. Once medical contact had been made, patients described a period of ‘elimination’ and convoluted contact with the medical profession. Dyspnoea misdiagnosis was a key factor that delayed the PAH diagnosis. Diagnosis disclosure by some medical professionals was also viewed as lacking empathy. More positive experiences were relayed when the medical team disclosing the diagnosis acknowledged previous limitations.ConclusionsA lack of awareness of this illness from both the sufferer themselves and the medical profession emerged as a central theme and led to prolonged periods of being misdiagnosed. The application of a diagnostic pathway for unexplained dyspnoea that alerts practitioners to rare conditions could expedite the process of correct diagnosis.

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“…The language arts teacher asked the adolescents to develop metaphors to describe their relationship with their computer/ Internet, create a collage that depicted their metaphor, and write descriptive paragraphs explaining their metaphors. Metaphors allowed for personal, deep accounts (Zaltman and Coulter 1995) and were engaging to these young adolescents, matching their active contexts (Deacon 2000). The metaphor descriptions were vivid and rich.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Coconstructed World: Adolescent Self-Socialization on the Internet

Anderson

McCabe

2012

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

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This article examines the ubiquitous Internet as a context for socialization for both younger and older adolescents. This research finds that the Internet adds dimensions to and takes away elements in the socialization process that have not been manifest in the same way in the past. The Internet serves as both an influence agent and an interactive context in which socialization and identity development takes place. The authors find that the lack of the usual adult socialization agents in this context challenges the more traditional view of adolescent socialization and results in a self-socialization process. The authors attempt to understand some of the more subtle practices of self-socializing and identity development that occur during adolescence by describing the interrelated themes that arose from the data, including (1) the online structure and context that supported this self-socialization, (2) adolescents' goals while online, (3) predominant socialization and identity development activities that they partake in, (4) negotiated norms of this online coconstructed world, (5) multiple identities related to their identity development, and (6) carryover to the offline world. By examining the confluence of these adolescents with the often "hot" context of Internet social space, this article demonstrates how self-socialization and the negotiated norm of deception and lying gives rise to both benefits and potentially risky behaviors.

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Creativity within Qualitative Research on Families: New Ideas for Old Methods

Cited by 28 publications

References 15 publications

Reflections from a Creative Community-Based Participatory Research Project Exploring Health and Body Image with First Nations Girls

Reflections from a Creative Community-Based Participatory Research Project Exploring Health and Body Image with First Nations Girls

The trajectory to diagnosis with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a qualitative study

A Coconstructed World: Adolescent Self-Socialization on the Internet

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