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Comunidad
On-line version ISSN 2339-7896
Abstract
ILLAMOLA-MARTIN, Laura and NUNEZ-SABATE, Clara. Photovoice of Cornellà de Llobregat assets, an experience for healthcare professionals to get to know the community. Comunidad [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.2, pp.51-54. Epub Dec 25, 2023. ISSN 2339-7896. https://dx.doi.org/10.55783/comunidad.250205.
Introduction.
Social prescribing is the process of recommending assets beneficial to health and well-being. To do this, it is necessary to get to know the assets of the working community. Photovoice is a participatory research technique that enables getting to know a community with photography.
Objectives.
Prepare a Photovoice with community health assets.
Methods.
Professionals were trained and a community walk was held to identify and photograph community assets. A sharing the photographs collected and made a selection. A Photovoice was created and exhibited in the centre.
Results.
A total of 17 healthcare professionals took 91 asset photographs. A selection was made and a discussion held. As a result a photovoice was created with 16 assets.
Conclusion.
PhotoVoice is a community-based participatory process that enables improving health professionals' knowledge of the health resources available in their setting and enables social prescribing.
Keywords : community health; health assets; salutogenic model; social prescription.