title: Picture this!: using participatory photo mapping with Hispanic girls.
abstract: Hispanic girls are burdened with high levels of obesity and are less active than the general adolescent population, highlighting the need for creative strategies developed with community input to improve physical activity behaviors. Involving girls, parents, and the community in the intervention planning process may improve uptake and maintenance of physical activity. The purpose of this article was to describe how we engaged adolescent girls as partners in community-based intervention planning research. We begin with an overview of the research project and then describe how we used Participatory Photo Mapping to engage girls in critical reflection and problems solving.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
authors.forename: Daisy Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Morales-Campos
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parra-Medina
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Esparza
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008377:Maps as Topic; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010781:Photography; D011340:Problem Solving; D016730:Program Development; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013781:Texas