Navigating Ethical Issues in Photovoice : Balancing the Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research Ethics with Institutional Review Board Requirements

This article reflects on ethical issues that arose during the course of two different evaluation projects that used photovoice method to engage with marginalized populations. The evaluations serve as case studies for a critical discussion about potential barriers that researchers may face when employing photovoice method while trying to balance the principles of community-based participatory research with the requirements of Institutional Review Boards. We reflect on ethical dilemmas related to the meaning of photography within the cultural context of participants' lives, the compensation of participants as collaborators, and the representation and dissemination of participant photos. We conclude by examining how researchers may approach ethical requirements without compromising the important collaborative relationships central to photovoice method. We additionally call on researchers to engage with ethics review committees to create a new "participant-researcher" category with its own set of protocols that recognizes the nuanced role members of disenfranchised communities play in the research process.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE - 16(2021), 4 vom: 11. Okt., Seite 364-373

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McDonald, Lauren E [VerfasserIn]
Capous-Desyllas, Moshoula [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Community-based participatory research
Ethics
Evaluation research
Institutional Review Board
Journal Article
Photovoice
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 28.10.2021

Date Revised 28.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/15562646211032777

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328012688