Table 1.
Content Analysis of Participants’ Photographs (n = 503)a
| Subjects and themes | N = 503 |
|---|---|
| n (%) | |
| People, children, social events | 398 (79) |
| People, including family, friends, community members | 237 (47) |
| Social events or gatherings | 92 (18) |
| Children | 69 (14) |
| Nutrition and exercise | 236 (47) |
| Food | 121 (24) |
| People exercising or exercise equipment | 37 (7) |
| Water bottles and people actively drinking water | 33 (7) |
| Soft drinks | 32 (6) |
| Kitchenware (e.g., knives, plates, pots or pans) | 13 (3) |
| Neighborhood and built environment | 195 (39) |
| Neighborhood and surroundings | 73 (15) |
| Outdoor green spaces including parks and gardens | 68 (14) |
| Bikes, buses, trains, cars, modes of transportation | 37 (7) |
| Billboards, window advertisements, taxi, or bus advertisements | 16 (3) |
| Grocery stores, convenience stores | 1 (0.2) |
| Diabetes specific | 165 (33) |
| Diabetes self-management class | 63 (13) |
| Educational material used for class or learning outside of classes | 45 (9) |
| Diabetes supplies (strips, glucometers, lancets, scales) | 34 (7) |
| Medications including pills, insulin, and herbal or vitamin supplements | 18 (4) |
| Photos of participants’ hands and feet | 5 (1) |
| Home life | 124 (25) |
| Interior and exterior of home | 95 (19) |
| Pets or animals | 16 (3 |
| Children’s toys | 13 (3%) |
| Religious figures, iconography, or ceremonies | 41 (8) |
| Electronics excluding glucometers (e.g., laptops, computers, cell phones, televisions, radios) | 40 (8) |
| Participant workplaces (e.g., work desk, cubicle) | 3 (0.6) |
aOf the 26 participants who took photographs, two participants’ photos were not available for analysis. N = 503 is the total number of photos analyzed, which were taken by 24 of the participants; 36 photographs were dark or blurry or had an error in development. Percentages do not add up to 100 due to overlapping themes in photos.