Photovoice as a research method in health education: an integrative review

Authors

  • Carla Silvia Fernandes Health School, Fernando Pessoa University
  • Jacira Nunes Carvalho Federal University of Pará
  • Elisa da Silva Feitosa Federal University of Pará
  • Nadia Pinheiro da Costa Family Health Program, Health Secretariat of the municipality of Ananindeua
  • Thayse Moraes de Moraes Nursing Graduate Program, Federal University of Pará
  • Ana Rafaela Souza Rodrigues Nursing Graduate Program, Federal University of Pará
  • Thais Cristina Flexa Souza Nursing Graduate Program, Federal University of Pará
  • Lucia Hisako Takase Gonçalves Nursing Graduate Program, Federal University of Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v21.51434

Keywords:

Photograph, Health Education, Nursing Research

Abstract

Photovoice is a research method in which participants register their experiences as photographs and analyze them in reflection, evaluation, and action cycles. The objective of the present study was to examine publications that report the use of photovoice by nurses in health education. An integrative literature review was carried out by searching and analyzing data available in the following databases: the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Latin America and Caribbean Center of Health Science Information, Scopus, Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud, Banco de Dados em Enfermagem, and the Coordination for Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Twenty-seven studies published between 2007 and 2018 were selected, in which two subject areas were identified: health-illness transition and creation of health-enabling environments. Conclusion: a) the studies have guiding resources for research in health education using photovoice, both to understand and act in different circumstances of the health-illness process and to develop educational strategies that enable healthy environments; b) a scarce production by Brazilian nurses on photovoice shows the lack of knowledge of the possibilities the method offers in nursing studies, which encourages the authors of the present study to emphasize the need to disseminate it among nursing researchers, stressing its useful research features.

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Fernandes CS, Carvalho JN, Feitosa E da S, Costa NP da, Moraes TM de, Rodrigues ARS, Souza TCF, Gonçalves LHT. Photovoice as a research method in health education: an integrative review. Rev. Eletr. Enferm. [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 20 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];21:51434. Available from: https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/51434

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