Photovoice data collection

The Lighthouse at Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Services (TAIHS) is a diversionary service working with young people who are at risk or high risk of offending in the Townsville community. Social work researchers from JCU and staff from the Lighthouse program were interested in creative ways of exploring the needs of service users and to develop a strengths based resource for the work with young people whose voices are sometimes missing in reports, and in policy, program and resource development (add references from above). Using photovoice as a research approach with service users at The Lighthouse was about enabling them to present their day to day lives and perspectives. The participants in this study took photographs of places and objects that were meaningful to them and then explored their photos within focus group conversations using the SHOWeD method: “What do you See here? What is really Happening? How does this relate to Our lives? Why does this situation exist? What can we Do about it?” (Smith et al., 2012, p. 6). A further objective was to develop a strength card resource with young people, based on their photographs and discussions. The tally of young people who took part in the photo excursions and the focus group yarning/discussions consisted of: · 24 separate individuals who attended the program: 12 females, 12 males · Between 5 and 11 participants attended per session · 9 young people attended the focus groups discussions: 4 females, 5 males The age range of the young people attending program sessions and focus groups was 10-17 years. Software/equipment used to create/collect the data: Software/equipment used to manipulate/analyse the data:汤斯维尔原住民与岛民健康服务中心（Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Services, TAIHS）的"灯塔"项目，是面向汤斯维尔社区内存在违法风险或高违法风险青少年的分流干预服务。詹姆斯·库克大学（James Cook University, JCU）的社会工作研究者与"灯塔"项目工作人员，希望探索创新性方法以了解服务对象的需求，并为那些在报告、政策、项目及资源开发中常被忽视发声渠道的青少年，开发基于优势视角的工作资源（需补充上文提及的参考文献）。 本研究以摄影心声法（photovoice）作为研究方法，旨在让"灯塔"项目的服务对象能够展现其日常生活与自身视角。参与者拍摄了对自身具有特殊意义的场所与物品，并通过焦点小组对话结合SHOWeD方法对拍摄的照片进行探讨："你在此处看到了什么？当下实际发生了什么？这与我们的生活有何关联？为何会存在这种情况？我们可以为此做些什么？"（Smith等人，2012年，第6页）。 本研究的另一目标是基于参与者的照片与讨论内容，与青少年共同开发一套优势卡片资源。参与照片拍摄活动与焦点小组座谈的青少年统计情况如下： - 共计24名参与项目的独立个体：其中女性12名，男性12名 - 每场活动的参与人数为5至11人 - 共有9名青少年参与焦点小组座谈：其中女性4名，男性5名 参与项目活动与焦点小组的青少年年龄区间为10至17岁。 用于创建/采集数据的软件/设备： 用于处理/分析数据的软件/设备：