Moletsane Relebohile, de Lange Naydene, Mitchell Claudia, Stuart Jean, Buthelezi Thabsile, Taylor Myra
J Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2007 Jun;19(1):19-28. doi: 10.2989/17280580709486632.
This paper focuses on the use of participatory approaches to research and intervention and explores the uses of photo-voice as a methodology and a means of promoting childhood and youth activism in the context of HIV and AIDS.
Photo-voice, a visual participatory methodology, was used with 21 Grade 8 and 9 learners in one of three schools participating in a larger project, to identify, understand and interpret incidents related to stigma and discrimination against people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, as well as the strategies proposed by the learners to possibly reduce stigma.
Three themes emerged: awareness of HIV and AIDS, awareness of HIV-related stigma and its impacts, and acceptance of personal agency and taking action.
Understandings of and perceptions about HIV and AIDS are improving, yet significant pockets of ignorance about the dynamics of HIV infection still remain among the youth. Negative attitudes towards people infected with and affected by the virus remain, and stigmatisation continues. The use of photo-voice and other participatory methodologies offers alternative strategies for involving youth in their own knowledge production, as well as in the development of an individual sense of agency for taking action.
本文聚焦于参与式研究与干预方法的运用，探讨照片发声法作为一种方法以及在艾滋病毒和艾滋病背景下促进儿童及青少年行动主义的手段的用途。
照片发声法是一种视觉参与式方法，在参与一个更大项目的三所学校之一中，与21名八年级和九年级学生一起使用，以识别、理解和解释与对艾滋病毒感染者及受艾滋病影响者的耻辱感和歧视相关的事件，以及学生们提出的可能减少耻辱感的策略。
出现了三个主题：对艾滋病毒和艾滋病的认识、对与艾滋病毒相关的耻辱感及其影响的认识，以及对个人能动性的接受和采取行动。
对艾滋病毒和艾滋病的理解与认知正在改善，但在青年中，对艾滋病毒感染动态仍存在大量无知现象。对病毒感染者及受影响者的负面态度依然存在，耻辱现象仍在继续。照片发声法及其他参与式方法的运用为让青年参与自身知识的生成以及培养个人行动的能动性提供了替代策略。
