In what appears to be a useful planning tool, Photovoice is a process in which people are given cameras to take photos of what's important to them in their community. This is not only an excellent way of problem identification, but also a form of data collection. The resulting images can be quite compelling and the process has several useful side effects. It engages the participants in the planning work by getting people to feel involved, to think about the problem as they are documenting it, and potentiating action to solve it.
Shawn Vestal of the Spokesman-Review wrote a story about a Photovoice joint venture between Washington State University and the Quincy Community Health Center. Here are the English language and Spanish language videos they produced:
En Español:
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