Visual epidemiology: Photographs as tools for probing street-level etiologies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 553-564

  Cannuscio, Carolyn C ^a   Weiss, Eve E ^b   Fruchtman, Hannah ^b   Schroeder, Jeannette ^a   Weiner, Janet ^a   Asch, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia VA Medical Center ^*

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environment; Health disparities; Neighborhoods; Photovoice; Physical environment; Social environment; Social epidemiology; Urban health; USA; Violence; Visual methods

Indexed keywords

ETIOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHOTOGRAPH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049091115     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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