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A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to explore the experiences of the residents of Samho-dong with the health environment in the local community, and their in-depth opinions on health promotion using a photovoice methodology. Alternatives to improve health among the residents of Samho-dong were also discus...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9454115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36071428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14111-x |
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author | Pyo, Jeehee Lee, Haneul Kang, Yangwha Oh, Jaewook Ock, Minsu |
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description | BACKGROUND: This study aimed to explore the experiences of the residents of Samho-dong with the health environment in the local community, and their in-depth opinions on health promotion using a photovoice methodology. Alternatives to improve health among the residents of Samho-dong were also discussed with the local residents, with the aim of translating suggestions from the discussion into practice. METHODS: A total of 195 photographs taken by the 15 participants over the course of 7 weeks were collected, along with 96 photovoice activity logs and transcription data from 5 rounds of focus group discussions. The photovoice activity logs consisted of the photographer’s name, the dates photos were taken, and a series of responses to the following SHOWeD questions: “What do you SEE here?”, “What is really HAPPENING?”, “How does this situation or scenario affect OUR lives/health?”, “WHY does this problem or strength Exist?”, “What can we DO about it?”. Direct content analysis was used for analysis. RESULTS: The analysis yielded a total of 247 semantic units, which were categorized into the themes, “the good, but insufficiency, living environment in Samho-dong,” “the health environment in Samho-dong needs improvement,” “small efforts to improve Samho-dong,” and “points of improvement for a better Samho-dong”. Samho-dong was found to have a poorer walking and transportation infrastructure than other regions, even though it was a town with a large elderly population. The dark streets in the residential complex made participants hesitate to engage in afternoon activities, and the insufficient traffic environment made it difficult to live a natural daily life by solving food, clothing, and shelter. Participants have made various attempts to solve areas that need improvement in the Samho-dong, which has led to actual improvement. It was analyzed that in order to make Samho-dong better, it was necessary to improve the perception of residents in Samho-dong and cooperate with the local community. CONCLUSIONS: This study was significant in that it enabled the in-depth exploration and identification of areas of improvement from the participants’ perception of their health environment, considering that as residents, they are the direct stakeholders of the community health environment. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-14111-x. |
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spelling | pubmed-94541152022-09-09 A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study Pyo, Jeehee Lee, Haneul Kang, Yangwha Oh, Jaewook Ock, Minsu BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: This study aimed to explore the experiences of the residents of Samho-dong with the health environment in the local community, and their in-depth opinions on health promotion using a photovoice methodology. Alternatives to improve health among the residents of Samho-dong were also discussed with the local residents, with the aim of translating suggestions from the discussion into practice. METHODS: A total of 195 photographs taken by the 15 participants over the course of 7 weeks were collected, along with 96 photovoice activity logs and transcription data from 5 rounds of focus group discussions. The photovoice activity logs consisted of the photographer’s name, the dates photos were taken, and a series of responses to the following SHOWeD questions: “What do you SEE here?”, “What is really HAPPENING?”, “How does this situation or scenario affect OUR lives/health?”, “WHY does this problem or strength Exist?”, “What can we DO about it?”. Direct content analysis was used for analysis. RESULTS: The analysis yielded a total of 247 semantic units, which were categorized into the themes, “the good, but insufficiency, living environment in Samho-dong,” “the health environment in Samho-dong needs improvement,” “small efforts to improve Samho-dong,” and “points of improvement for a better Samho-dong”. Samho-dong was found to have a poorer walking and transportation infrastructure than other regions, even though it was a town with a large elderly population. The dark streets in the residential complex made participants hesitate to engage in afternoon activities, and the insufficient traffic environment made it difficult to live a natural daily life by solving food, clothing, and shelter. Participants have made various attempts to solve areas that need improvement in the Samho-dong, which has led to actual improvement. It was analyzed that in order to make Samho-dong better, it was necessary to improve the perception of residents in Samho-dong and cooperate with the local community. CONCLUSIONS: This study was significant in that it enabled the in-depth exploration and identification of areas of improvement from the participants’ perception of their health environment, considering that as residents, they are the direct stakeholders of the community health environment. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-14111-x. BioMed Central 2022-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9454115/ /pubmed/36071428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14111-x Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Pyo, Jeehee Lee, Haneul Kang, Yangwha Oh, Jaewook Ock, Minsu A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study |
title | A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study |
title_full | A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study |
title_short | A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study |
title_sort | participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9454115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36071428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14111-x |
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