Photo-Voice as a Tool for Analysis and Activism in Response to HIV and AIDS Stigmatisation in a Rural KwaZulu-Natal School
J. child adolesc. ment. health (Online)
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19(1): 19-28, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
This paper focuses on the use of participatory approaches to research and intervention and explores the uses of photo-voice as a methodology and a means of promoting childhood and youth activism in the context of HIV and AIDS.Method:
Photo-voice; a visual participatory methodology; was used with 21 Grade 8 and 9 learners in one of three schools participating in a larger project; to identify; understand and interpret incidents related to stigma and discrimination against people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS; as well as the strategies proposed by the learners to possibly reduce stigma.Results:
Three themes emerged awareness of HIV and AIDS; awareness of HIV-related stigma and its impacts; and acceptance of personal agency and taking action.Conclusions:
Understandings of and perceptions about HIV and AIDS are improving; yet significant pockets of ignorance about the dynamics of HIV infection still remain among the youth. Negative attitudes towards people infected with and affected by the virus remain; and stigmatisation continues. The use of photo-voice and other participatory methodologies offers alternative strategies for involving youth in their own knowledge production; as well as in the development of an individual sense of agency for taking action
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Assunto principal:
Instituições Acadêmicas
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Infecções por HIV
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Discriminação Psicológica
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Estigma Social
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. child adolesc. ment. health (Online)
Ano de publicação:
2007
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