Using Photovoice to Explore the Structured Environment and Advance Policy in Multiple Contexts

Saturday, November 5, 2022

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Location: 203 CC

CE: 1.5

Chair(s)

Melissa Hladek, PhD, CRNP

Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Discussant(s)

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Hae-Ra Han, PhD

Professor
School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

Melissa Hladek, PhD, CRNP

Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Emerald Jenkins, PhDc, MSN, RN

PhD-DNP Student
School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Carrie Nieman, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Anika Hines, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Health Behavior and Policy
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Richmond, Virginia, United States

Contextual factors, including social determinants of health, have gained recognition for greatly influencing aging trajectories and chronic disease progression. Although traditional qualitative research gives a rich understanding of the internal psychological experience, it is unable to assess socio-cultural and built environment aspects of life apart from the verbal descriptions from participants. This symposium examines the use of Photovoice as a tool to assess the socio-cultural and structural context surrounding the participant. This symposium will present a narrative review on the use of current Photovoice methodologies in dementia care; results from three studies using photovoice, one with participants with mild cognitive impairment and their caregivers to explore their perceptions of aging in their home, the second exploring the lived experience and structural barriers among older adults with pre-frailty or frailty awaiting kidney transplant, and the third exploring the older adult peer mentors’ experience providing community-delivered hearing care. The talks will also address practical aspects of using photovoice such as institutional review board tips, logistical challenges, interview preparation and coding approaches. The fifth talk will describe Photovoice result dissemination strategies, including photo exhibits and stakeholder meetings, used to engage the community and advance policy to improve disparities. Photovoice as a research tool originally aimed to reinforce empowerment for those marginalized in society to describe their lived environment. This important aim is augmented in this symposium by improving researchers’ understanding of context to design more impactful research.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this session, participants will be able to describe Photovoice and articulate multiple ways and contexts that Photovoice can be used to illicit information.
After attending this session, participants will understand the utility and challenges of using Photovoice in their community-based research designs.
After attending this session, participants will understand best dissemination practices of photovoice findings to advance policy to improve disparities.

Presentations:

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Narrative Literature Review of Photovoice Studies to Explore Methodology, Analysis, and the Dementia Experience
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Emerald Jenkins, PhDc, MSN, RN – Johns Hopkins University
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Using Photovoice to Understand the Lived Experience and Environment of Older Adults Awaiting Kidney Transplant
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Melissa Hladek, PhD, CRNP – Johns Hopkins University
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Photovoice Study to Explore the Physical Disability Experience in Older Adults With MCI/Early Dementia
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Emerald Jenkins, PhDc, MSN, RN – Johns Hopkins University
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Capturing Older Adult Peer Mentors' Experience With Community-Delivered Hearing Care Through Photovoice
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET

“We Will Survive … but I Just Want More for Us”: Disseminating PhotoVoice Findings to Advance Food Policy and Equity
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Anika L. Hines, PhD, MPH – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine