Taking Pictures to Take Control: Photovoice as a Tool to Facilitate Empowerment Among Poor and Racial/Ethnic Minority Women With HIV

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• 作者：Michelle Teti ; Latrice Pichon ; Allison Kabel ; Rose Farnan ; Diane Binson
• 关键词：empowerment ; Photovoice ; racial/ethnic minorities ; women living with HIV
• 刊名：Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：November-December, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：24
• 期：6
• 页码：539-553
• 全文大小：1325 K

文摘

Poor and racial/ethnic minority women comprise the majority of women living with HIV (WLH) in the United States. Race, gender, class, and HIV-based stigmas and inequities limit women's powers over their health and compromise their quality of life. To help WLH counter this powerlessness, we implemented a Photovoice project, called Picturing New Possibilities (PNP), and explored how women experienced empowerment through Photovoice. PNP participants (n = 30) photographed their life experiences, attended 3 group discussions and a community exhibit of their photos, and completed a follow-up interview. We used strategies of Grounded Theory to identify key empowerment themes. Participants described empowerment through enhanced self-esteem, self-confidence, critical thinking skills, and control. Our findings suggest that Photovoice is an important tool for WLH. It offers women a way to access internal strengths and use these resources to improve their quality of life and health.