health and wellness
Tasks
1. Click here to first understand photovoice:
http://www.photovoiceworldwide.com/what_is_photovoice.htm#sthash.LhuqVBhd.nnFTJi8P.dpbs (Links to an external site.)
2. Assess a health issue or topic within your community, school, worksite, home, or a combination of multiple environments using photos to tell the story
- Issues/Topics to investigate:
Availability/Access to tobacco products, e-cigarettes, marijuana
Opportunities to be physically active
Parks/green space
Access to reproductive health services, other medical services
Health messaging
Availability/access to alcohol
A day in the life of a child, senior, a person with a disability or chronic condition
Active transportation (opportunities to walk, bike, use public transit)
Community appearance
Health-promoting or inhibiting work environments
Community Resources
Homelessness
Availability/access of fast food,
Availability/access to healthy foods
3. Photos/Pictures must be your own original work. Photos/Pictures taken from the internet will not receive credit.
Submission Format
PowerPoint
- Slide 1: Title Slide
- Slide 2: Description slide- Include the topic you will cover, the city where your assessment took place, 2-3 sentences that describe why you chose to investigate this issue within your community, workplace, school, home, or combination of environments
- Slide 3: Justify slide- Justify your selection of this topic by citing at least 3 references (1 website and 2 journal articles). Include the following information in your justification:
Relevant statistics- how widespread is this issue, trends over time, others you feel make the case for investigating this issue
Disparities related to this issue
Impacts of this issue - Slides 4-8: At least 5 photos plus a short description of each photo in the body of each slide
- Slide 9: 3-4 sentence conclusion on your findings
- Slide 10: references
You must follow the APA Style rules for writing and formatting your in-text citations and reference list.