Using PhotoVoice with Youth to Develop a Drug Prevention Program in a Rural Hawaiian Community
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
Abstract
Substance use represents a significant and persistent health disparity among Native Hawaiian youth and communities. A community-university participatory action research project was conducted to develop a Native Hawaiian model of drug prevention. Methods: Ten youth participated in eight Photovoice focus groups. Focus group transcripts and the youths’ SHOWED (see, happening, our, why, empower, do) worksheets were analyzed. Results: Emergent analyses are described regarding focus group theme identification and the meaning of each theme. Youth-selected exemplary photographs and researcher-selected exemplary quotations are provided. Implications: Native Hawaiian drug prevention will be place-based in culturally significant community locations, experiential, and guided by multigenerational teaching and learning.
Recommended Citation
Helm S, Lee W, Hanakahi V, Gleason K, McCarthy K, Haumana. Using Photovoice with youth to develop a drug prevention program in a rural Hawaiian community. Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res. 2015;22(1):1-26. doi: 10.5820/aian.2201.2015.1. PMID: 25768388; PMCID: PMC4401743.
Comments
* The word haumana translates to apprentice. The youth who participate in this project are referred to as haumana. Their names are not being used; however, they have made significant contributions to the project and are listed as co-authors in scholarly dissemination.
Copyright: Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health
The research was supported by funding from The Queen’s Medical Center-Queen’s Research Fund, the University of Hawai`i Diversity & Equity Initiative, the Society for Community Research and Action minigrant, and the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (G12 MD007601).