Wilkin Alice, Liamputtong Pranee
School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic. 3086, Australia.
Aust J Prim Health. 2010;16(3):231-9. doi: 10.1071/PY09071.
This paper discusses the methodological framework and perspectives that were used in a larger study aiming at examining the experience of working life among female Aboriginal health care workers. Currently, the voice of Aboriginal women who work in the Australian health system has not received much attention. In comparison to other occupations and backgrounds, there is virtually no literature on Aboriginal woman health care workers despite 15% of health care and social service industry employees in Australia being Aboriginal. In this study, we selected female participants because of the fact that of these 15% of health workers in the Victorian health system, 76% of them are women. This paper outlines some of the barriers in researching Indigenous communities. These barriers were overcome in this study by framing the research in feminist theory, decolonising theory, empowerment and by employing the photovoice method. The photovoice method was used because it is relatively unobtrusive and has the capacity to be empowering. All data was extrapolated from the participants' own narratives that were prompted by the photographs they had taken. The data produced were rich descriptions and narratives that were oral as well as visual. Finally, the article discusses the experience of using the photovoice method from the researcher and participants' perspective.
本文讨论了在一项更大规模的研究中所使用的方法框架和观点，该研究旨在考察澳大利亚原住民女性医护人员的工作生活体验。目前，在澳大利亚医疗系统工作的原住民女性的声音并未得到太多关注。与其他职业和背景相比，尽管澳大利亚医疗和社会服务行业15%的员工是原住民，但几乎没有关于原住民女性医护人员的文献。在本研究中，我们选择女性参与者是因为在维多利亚州医疗系统的这15%的医护人员中，76%是女性。本文概述了在研究原住民社区时遇到的一些障碍。在本研究中，通过将研究置于女性主义理论、去殖民化理论、赋权理论框架下，并采用照片声音法克服了这些障碍。之所以使用照片声音法，是因为它相对不引人注目且具有赋权能力。所有数据均从参与者自己的叙述中推断得出，这些叙述由她们拍摄的照片引发。所产生的数据是丰富的描述和叙述，包括口头的和视觉的。最后，本文从研究者和参与者的角度讨论了使用照片声音法的体验。
