Using ethnographic film in tackling podoconiosis

BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has one of the worst podoconiosis rates in the world, affecting >1.5 million patients. We present our ethnographic film ‘Tigist, the story of a girl with podoconiosis’ and its potential use in tackling podoconiosis. METHODS: We conducted visual ethnography, consisting of vide...

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Autores principales: Cremers, A L, Visser, B J, Getahun, Z, Borku, M, Meskele, E, Ahmed, J, van Vugt, M, Birnie, E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7959008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33211884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa098
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has one of the worst podoconiosis rates in the world, affecting >1.5 million patients. We present our ethnographic film ‘Tigist, the story of a girl with podoconiosis’ and its potential use in tackling podoconiosis. METHODS: We conducted visual ethnography, consisting of video-recorded participant observations and interviews with seven patients, three healthcare workers and two podoconiosis experts. RESULTS: We acquired video recordings of social moments, the state of podoconiosis patients’ bodies and minds, their emotions and the impact of poverty. CONCLUSIONS: Our film allows for an intensified understanding of patients’ daily experiences with podoconiosis, potentially impacting care, awareness and medical teaching programs.

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