Participatory PhotoMapping in Communitybased Environmental Health Research

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Participatory Photo-Mappingin Community-based
Environmental Health Research

• David Brown, PhD
• BC Mental Health and Addiction Research Institute

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Funding and support for this workshop is being
generously provided by

• The BC Child and Youth Health Research Networks
• The Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth
  Consortium, UBC School of Nursing
• The Community Based Research Hub, BC Mental
  Health and Addictions Research Network
• BC Mental Health and Addiction Services (PHSA)
• UBC Department of Sociology

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Workshop Presenters

• David Brown (PhD)
• Social Scientist, BC Mental Health and Addiction
  Services
• Samuel Dennis, Jr. (PhD, ASLA)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape
  Architecture
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Suzanne Gaulocher (MA, MPH)
• PhD Candidate, Nelson Institute in Environment
  and Resources
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Richard M. Carpiano (PhD)
• Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of
  British Columbia
• Karen Urbanoski (MA)
• Project Scientist, Centre for Addiction and
  Mental Health
• PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public
  Health, University of Toronto

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Participatory Photo Mapping (PPM) Projects

• PPM is a set of tools that help people explore
  their lived experience of health and place and
  for communicating this experience to people who
  share a common goal of addressing health and
  building community
• Using PPM helps to uncover opportunities and
  barriers related to using the built and social
  environment for healthy daily living
• Our goal is to use PPM to develop and design
  collaborative projects to improve health and
  well-being of communities by gathering and
  sharing information with community members and
  public health decision-makers

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Community-based health research

• Focused on particular community setting
• e.g., where people live, work, or study
• Generates findings that folks in the setting can
  use to improve it
• Problem defined by the folks, as are the
  solutions (experts in setting)
• Folks involved in data collection in a way that
  results in transfer of practical skills
• Facilitated by researchers (experts in method),
  who gain insights they can share more broadly

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PPM Foundations

• Theory of lived experience of place
• Locations
• Images
• Events
• Interactions

• Corresponding research methods

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PPM Foundations

• Theory of lived experience of place
• Locations
• Images
• Events
• Interactions

• Corresponding research methods
• Maps

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PPM Foundations

• Theory of lived experience of place
• Locations
• Images
• Events
• Interactions

• Corresponding research methods
• Maps
• Photography

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PPM Foundations

• Theory of lived experience of place
• Locations
• Images
• Events
• Interactions

• Corresponding research methods
• Maps
• Photography
• Narratives

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PPM Foundations

• Theory of lived experience of place
• Locations
• Images
• Events
• Interactions

• Corresponding research methods
• Maps
• Photography
• Narratives
• Networks

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PPM Foundations

• Theory of lived experience of place
• Locations
• Images
• Events
• Interactions

• Corresponding research methods
• Maps
• Photography
• Narratives
• Networks
• Readily used and interpreted by participants

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How PPM came to be

• Developed as a result of a lucky convergence of
  opportunities and interests in Madison, Wisconsin
• South Madison residents identified need for more
  information on threats to health and safety
  related to drug trade and other issues
• UW Dept of Family Medicine obtained funding from
  the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to pilot new
  approaches to community-based health research
• Interested UW researchers with diverse
  backgrounds and skills
• Everyone was willing to work together

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Interviews
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Data integration Layering
Map
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Data integration Layering
Photos
Map
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Data integration Layering
Stories
Photos
Map
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Data integration Layering
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Data integration Layering
GIS
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Data integration Layering
GIS
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Data integration Layering
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- Communicate, Change
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- Builds on

• Partner
• Engage
• Transfer

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Participatory Photo Mapping

• Partner
• Engage
• Transfer