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Acceptability and Feasibility of Online, Asynchronous Photovoice with Key Populations and People Living with HIV

Earnshaw VA 1 , Cox J 2 , Wong PL 3 , Saifi R 3 , Walters S 4 , Azwa I 3 Show all authors , Omar SFS 3 , Collier ZK 5 , Hassan AA 6 , Lim SH 7 , Wickersham J 8 , Haddad MS 9 , Kamarulzaman A 3 , Altice FL 8

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware, 111 Alison Hall West, Newark, DE, 19716, USA. [email protected]
  • 2 Department of Art and Design, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • 3 Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA
  • 5 School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • 6 Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 7 Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 8 School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  • 9 Center for Key Populations, Community Health Center, Inc., New Britain, CT, USA
AIDS Behav, 2023 Jul;27(7):2055-2069.
PMID: 36463390 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03938-5

Abstract

Photovoice is an action-oriented qualitative method involving photography and story-telling. Although photovoice yields a powerful form of data that can be leveraged for research, intervention, and advocacy, it has arguably been underutilized within HIV research. Online, asynchronous photovoice methods represent a promising alternative to traditional in-person methods, yet their acceptability and feasibility with key populations and people living with HIV (PLWH) have yet to be explored. The current study describes the methods and evaluation of an online, asynchronous photovoice project conducted with 34 members of key populations and PLWH in Malaysia in 2021. A HIPAA-compliant website incorporating a series of instructional videos was created to facilitate participant engagement and data collection. Quantitative and qualitative indicators suggest that participants found the project to be highly acceptable and feasible. Online, asynchronous photovoice methods hold potential for increasing the scale of this powerful and versatile qualitative research method with key populations and PLWH.

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