“The drug issue really isn't the main problem”— A photovoice study on community perceptions of place, health, and substance abuse

D’Angelo, Karen; Her, Wonbin

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.05.001

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“…Cannabis use for personal consumption may be less visible to the wider community [48]. Visible cues of local disorder have been shown to influence public perceptions of crime and antisocial behavior [49], specifically for drug-related problems [50,51]. This may also explain why no other drug-related measure was associated with perceived drug problems.…”

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A Small Area Estimation Method for Investigating the Relationship between Public Perception of Drug Problems with Neighborhood Prognostics: Trends in London between 2012 and 2019

Sondhi

Leidi

Gilbert

2021

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The correlation of the public’s perception of drug problems with neighborhood characteristics has rarely been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate factors that correlate with public perceptions in London boroughs using the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) Public Attitude Survey between 2012 and 2019. A subject-specific random effect deploying a Generalized Linear Mixed Model (GLMM) using an Adaptive Gaussian Quadrature method with 10 integration points was applied. To obtain time trends across inner and outer London areas, the GLMM was fitted using a Restricted Marginal Pseudo Likelihood method. The perception of drug problems increased with statistical significance in 17 out of 32 London boroughs between 2012 and 2019. These boroughs were geographically clustered across the north of London. Levels of deprivation, as measured by the English Index of Multiple Deprivation, as well as the percentage of local population who were non-UK-born and recorded vehicle crime rates were shown to be positively associated with the public’s perception of drug problems. Conversely, recorded burglary rate was negatively associated with the public’s perception of drug problems in their area. The public are influenced in their perception of drug problems by neighborhood factors including deprivation and visible manifestations of antisocial behavior.

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A Small Area Estimation Method for Investigating the Relationship between Public Perception of Drug Problems with Neighborhood Prognostics: Trends in London between 2012 and 2019

Sondhi

Leidi

Gilbert

2021

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“…The Photovoice method has been widely used in public health work to give groups at risk of HIV exposure the possibility to voice their opinions, especially PWID who suffer from different forms of stigmatization (D’Angelo & Her, 2019; Drainoni et al, 2019; Carlberg-Racich, 2021; Fradet, 2012; Kabore et al, 2019; Salerno Valdez et al, 2019). Photovoice is primarily used to help people express their opinions (Bellot & Imbleau, 2012; Drainoni et al, 2019; Padilla et al, 2019; Sun et al, 2019), to improve prevention and health promotion tools (Helm, 2015; Teti et al, 2015), to increase adherence to treatment—in particular by creating less stigmatizing image-based prevention tools (posters, flyers, etc.)…”

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“The Slums Have To Be Shown”: Documenting Drug Injection in Public Spaces Ahead of the Opening of a Drug Consumption Room in Marseille

Dos Santos,

Girard,

Briand Madrid

et al. 2023

Qual Health Res

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EPOSIM is a community-based participatory research study which used the Photovoice method with people who inject drugs (PWID) ahead of a possible opening of a drug consumption room (DCR) in Marseille, France. It aimed to identify the strategies used by PWID when injecting, and the risks they take when they have no safe private space to inject in the area they live in. A total of 7 PWID participated in the full study process. The 189 photographs they took provided us with a good understanding of their injection practices in public places. The main results highlighted the spatiality and materiality of injecting experience in a context where no DCR was available. They also showed the relevance of Photovoice to valorize the voices of PWID when implementing a DCR. Through the showcasing of their photographs at various public exhibitions, the participants seized the opportunity to use Photovoice to make their voices heard beyond the group formed for the study, in order to show the different forms of stigma and insalubrious contexts which they faced on a daily basis. Furthermore, the photographs taken demonstrated that having only health and safety records is not enough to fully understand PWID injection practices. Future studies must take into account PWID perceptions of their relationship with injecting in public spaces and with the management of stigma. The questions of pleasure and comfort must also be explored in evaluation studies of harm reduction measures, for example, DCR.

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“…This research was based on the premise that involving affected communities in the development of responses to complex public health issues can contribute to acceptable, sustainable, equity-oriented responses [25,26]. While community participation is a key issue on national and international agendas, the concept remains poorly understood, especially at operational levels and communities grappling with AOD are rarely engaged in the development of responses [27][28][29]. Similarly, while research and intervention development are well-informed through processes involving researchers, professionals, and community members in problem definition, design, and analysis, AOD often is dealt with scientifically by quantitative methodology, where participation is not usually called for [30].…”

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Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process

Oladeinde

Mabetha

Twine

et al. 2020

Global Health Action

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Background: Alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse is a major public health challenge disproportionately affecting marginalised communities. Involving communities in the development of responses can contribute to acceptable solutions. Objectives: To: (1) document forms, processes, and contexts of engaging communities to nominate health concerns and generate new knowledge for action; (2) further build participation in the local health system by reflecting on and adapting the process. Methods: PAR was progressed with 48 community stakeholders across three rural villages in the MRC/Wits Agincourt Health and Socio Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Mpumalanga, South Africa. A series of workshops explored community-nominated topics, systematised lived experience into shared accounts and considered actions to address problems identified. Photovoice was also used to generate visual evidence. Narrative and visual data were thematically analysed, situated within practice frameworks, and learning and adaption elicited. Results: AOD abuse was identified as a topic of high priority. It was understood as an entrenched social problem with destructive effects. Biopsychosocial impacts were mapped and related to unemployment, poverty, stress, peer pressure, criminal activity, corruption, and a proliferating number of taverns. Integrated action agendas were developed focussed on demand, supply, and harm reduction underpinned by shared responsibility among community, state, and non-state actors. Community stakeholders appreciated systematising and sharing knowledge, taking active roles, developing new skills in planning and public speaking, and progressing shared accountability processes. Expectations required sensitive management, however. Conclusion: There is significant willingness and capacity among community stakeholders to work in partnership with authorities to address priority health concerns. As a process, participation can help to raise and frame issues, which may help to better inform action and encourage shared responsibility. Broader understandings of participation require reference to, and ultimately transfer of power towards, those most directly affected, developing community voice as continuous processes within social and political environments.

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“The drug issue really isn't the main problem”— A photovoice study on community perceptions of place, health, and substance abuse

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

A Small Area Estimation Method for Investigating the Relationship between Public Perception of Drug Problems with Neighborhood Prognostics: Trends in London between 2012 and 2019

A Small Area Estimation Method for Investigating the Relationship between Public Perception of Drug Problems with Neighborhood Prognostics: Trends in London between 2012 and 2019

“The Slums Have To Be Shown”: Documenting Drug Injection in Public Spaces Ahead of the Opening of a Drug Consumption Room in Marseille

Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process

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