title: Photovoice as a community-based participatory research method among women living with HIV/AIDS: ethical opportunities and challenges.
abstract: Photovoice is a method in which participants use photography to identify, express, and disseminate their experiences. We conducted photovoice projects with women living with HIV/AIDS (N=21) to explore opportunities and challenges associated with the method. Photovoice provided a means to achieve two key principles of ethical public health practice: It gives participants opportunities to define their health priorities, and facilitates participant empowerment. Ethical challenges that were encountered related to exposing, through photographs, one's identity as living with HIV/AIDS, illicit activities, and other people. We discuss lessons learned for future practice to maximize the ethical opportunities and manage the challenges associated with using photovoice as an HIV-related CBPR strategy.
authors.affiliation: SHP/Health Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. tetim@health.missouri.edu
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teti
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: LaShaune
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Binson
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000941:ethics*; D030881:Disclosure / Q000941:ethics; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012106:Research; D012945:Social Values; D014930:Women; D055815:Young Adult