Photography-Based Approaches in Health Research

Techniques and Applications
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-88396-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This groundbreaking guide introduces health researchers and students to innovative photography-based research methods in healthcare, capitalising on photographic techniques’advantages over traditional approaches. The book provides a structured framework currently lacking in healthcare research, offering comprehensive guidance for navigating this emerging methodological landscape.
Photography-Based Approaches in Health Research: Techniques and Applications explores diverse photography-based methodologies, including photo-elicitation, photovoice, visual ethnography, photographic collage, and photo-storytelling. It examines the interconnection between photography and phenomenology in health research, providing historical context while exploring future developments in artificial intelligence applications. Authentic case studies from the author’s mental health research and lived experience enhance real-world applicability, while the final chapter offers practical exercises for immediate application. A dedicated chapter addresses the complex ethical considerations inherent in photographic research methods.

This essential resource serves health researchers, graduate students, and academics in public health, nursing, medicine, psychology, and health and allied professions. The practical guidance for planning, designing, and conducting photography-based research makes it invaluable for qualitative researchers, visual methodologists, and anyone seeking to integrate visual and textual data in healthcare and well-being studies, offering clear frameworks for formulating research questions, collecting and analysing data, and reporting findings.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Milasan, Lucian Hadrian

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FOREWORD

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY AS A RESEARCH METHOD IN HEALTHCARE

A philosophical prelude to photography

A brief history of photography as a research method

Rationale for using photography in healthcare research

The therapeutic value of photography as a research method

Limitations and challenges to photography-based research in healthcare

CHAPTER 2. PHOTOGRAPHIC APPROACHES TO HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Photo-elicitation

Photovoice

Visual ethnography

Photo-storytelling

Other photographic approaches to healthcare research

CHAPTER 3. AN OVERVIEW OF PLANNING AND DESIGNING PHOTOGRAPHY-BASED HEALTH RESEARCH

Formulating the research question and objectives

Sampling strategies and participant recruitment

Choosing the data collection methods

Interpretation of visual data

Research dissemination

Ethical considerations

CHAPTER 4. PHOTOGRAPHY-BASED DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Photo-interviews or group activities?

How to conduct a photo-elicitation interview?

How to facilitate photovoice group activities?

Photography-based online healthcare research

CHAPTER 5. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS

5.1. How to analyse photographs?

5.2. The role of participants in interpreting visual data

5.3. Triangulation of visual and textual data

CHAPTER 6. REPORTING AND DISSEMINATING FINDINGS

6.1. Writing up photography-based research findings

6.2. Strategies for presenting findings using visual methods

CHAPTER 7. ETHICS IN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH USING PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES

Application of ethical principles to photography-based research

Ethical issues to consider when conducting photography-based research

CHAPTER 8. PHOTOGRAPHY-BASED HEALTH RESEARCH IN THE ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

CHAPTER 9. CASE STUDIES AND EXERCISES

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Lucian Hadrian Milasan is a senior lecturer in mental health nursing and a qualitative researcher at Nottingham Trent University (the Institute of Health and Allied Professions), where he teaches and contributes to mental health practice and research modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.