Designing health promoting lifestyle educational content using photovoice qualitative approach in pre-diabetic people: A community-based participatory research

Abstract

Objective (s): Diabetes and its chronic complications is one of the major public health issues worldwide. The present study aimed to use photovoice in pre-diabetic people to design health promoting lifestyle educational content. :. Methods: This community-based participatory research was performed on 40 pre-diabetic participants in Hoveizeh health centers, Khozestan Province, Iran in 2018. Photovoice was used to better understand pre-diabetic adults about their experiences. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. All data were recorded and analyzed through content analysis based on narratives. Results: Data analysis revealed four main themes including daily living needs, neglect of the disease, education and provision of health care, lack of support to adapt physical environment. Conclusion: In designing educational content, it is necessary to place more emphasis on the four main themes extracted from the experiences of pre-diabetic people in order to provide more comprehensive services by health care personnel.

Keywords

• pre-diabetic
• narrative analysis
• photovoice
• community-based participatory research