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Published in final edited form as: Health Promot Pract. 2018 Mar 7;20(1):67–77. doi: 10.1177/1524839918759526

Table 1.

General Photovoice Process

1. Identification and selection of key stakeholders (policy makers, community leaders)

2. Recruitment of photovoice participants

3. Introduction of the photovoice methodology to participants and facilitation of a discussion about photo-taking safety, cameras, power, and ethics^a

4. Collection of informed consent and/or assent

5. Posing of initial themes for taking photos^b

6. Distribution of cameras and review of how to use them

7. Provision of time for participants to take photos if done as a guided/accompanied activity. Otherwise, provision of guidelines for when to take photos (e.g., daylight, during routine daily activities)

8. Meeting to discuss photos and identify themes

9. Planning with participants to share photos, narratives, and recommendations with policy makers and community leaders

NOTE: CEASE = Communities Engaged and Advocating for a Smoke-free Environment.

Youth in the CEASE and Resist project were also provided basic training in elements of photography, for example, composition (contrast, color, leading lines, natural frames etc.) and lighting (indoor/outdoor, natural, flash, concerns etc.).

Youth were also provided basic background and training on community health, tobacco health in the community, and concepts related to social determinants of health and health equity.