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Using Photovoice with Youth to Develop a Drug Prevention Program in a Rural Hawaiian Community

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Substance use represents a significant and persistent health disparity among Native Hawaiian youth and communities. A community-university participatory action research project was conducted to develop a Native Hawaiian model of drug prevention. METHODS: Ten youth participated in eight Photovoice focus groups. Focus group transcripts and the youths' SHOWED (see, happening, our, why, empower, do) worksheets were analyzed. RESULTS: Emergent analyses are described regarding focus group theme identification and the meaning of each theme. Youth-selected exemplary photographs and researcher-selected exemplary quotations are provided. IMPLICATIONS: Native Hawaiian drug prevention will be place-based in culturally significant community locations, experiential, and guided by multigenerational teaching and learning.

Source: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research

DOI: 10.5820/aian.2201.2015.1

Author: Helm

Language: English

Topic: Participatory Visual Research Methods

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Awards: RCMI Translational Research Network (RTRN), Bioscience Research Infrastructure Development for Grant Enhancement and Success