Photovoice: Use of a participatory action research method to explore the chronic pain experience in older adults

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1405-1413

  Baker, Tamara A ^a   Wang, Caroline C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Ethnicity; Older adults; Photovoice; Race

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOICE; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICK ROLE; WRITING;

EID: 33750527341     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306294118     Document Type: Article

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