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Implications of participatory methods to address mental health needs associated with climate change: ‘photovoice’ in Nepal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Elizabeth K. MacFarlane ,
Renu Shakya ,
Helen L. Berry  and
Brandon A. Kohrt
Elizabeth K. MacFarlane
Affiliation:
Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, email ekm27@duke.edu
Renu Shakya
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology Graduate Program, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal Colorado State University Livestock Climate Change Collaborative Research Support Program, Kathmandu, Nepal
Helen L. Berry
Affiliation:
ANU Climate Change Institute, The Australian National University, Australia Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Australia
Brandon A. Kohrt
Affiliation:
Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO), Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Abstract

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‘Photovoice’, a community-based participatory research methodology, uses images as a tool to deconstruct problems by posing meaningful questions in a community to find actionable solutions. This community-enhancing technique was used to elicit experiences of climate change among women in rural Nepal. The current analysis employs mixed methods to explore the subjective mental health experience of participating in a 4- to 5-day photovoice process focused on climate change. A secondary objective of this work was to explore whether or not photovoice training, as a one-time 4-to 5-day intensive intervention, can mobilise people to be more aware of environmental changes related to climate change and to be more resilient to these changes, while providing positive mental health outcomes.

Type
Thematic papers: Mental health and climate change
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BJPsych International , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 2015 , pp. 33 - 35
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015

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