The Use of Photovoice with the LGBTQIA+ Community: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Photovoice is a community-based participatory action research method used with vulnerable groups, being LGBTQIA+ one of the groups addressed. This systematic review aims to understand the use of photovoice with members of the LGBTQIA+ community. We searched for literature across five databases and performed a quality assessment and narrative synthesis. The main findings, based on 39 included studies, show that: (1) the topics focus the intersection of LGBTQIA+, race/ethnicity, and other vulnerabilities; (2) the photovoice method comprised more individual interviews, and less involvement of audiences; (3) photovoice advantages involve the open expression, while limitations were maintaining some closure about some issues.

Keywords:

• LGBTQIA+ community
• participatory methods
• photovoice
• sexual and gender minorities
• systematic review

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within CINTESIS R&D Unit [UIDB/4255/2020 and UIDP/4255/2020] and within the scope of the project RISE [LA/P/0053/2020].