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A picture is worth a thousand words: The use of imagery in qualitative research methodology

A picture is worth a thousand words: The use of imagery in qualitative research methodology. Gill Potaka-Osborne & Dr Amohia Boulton Whakauae Research Services Whanganui. Whakauae Research Services. Established 2005 Iwi mandated

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A picture is worth a thousand words: The use of imagery in qualitative research methodology

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  1. A picture is worth a thousand words: The use of imagery in qualitative research methodology Gill Potaka-Osborne & Dr Amohia Boulton Whakauae Research Services Whanganui

  2. Whakauae Research Services • Established 2005 • Iwi mandated • A balanced research portfolio including investigator-initiated research, contract research, and evaluation • Māori public health • Health promotion and primary care • Health services • Health policy

  3. The Team

  4. Whānau Ora • An interagency approach to providing health and social services for families in need • Led out by Te Puni Kōkiri • Programme of action research as the initiative is implemented “Whānau Ora, an indigenous approach to wellbeing, is the most significant shift in thinking and acting that we have experienced in health services for Māori over the past two decades”

  5. Whānau Ora • In 2011 Whakauae were selected to undertake action research in three sites • Te Oranganui Iwi Health Provider (Whanganui) • Taranaki Ora (New Plymouth) • Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga (Hastings) • Aim: to gather evidence of whānau-centred service delivery and whānau development occurring as a result of Whānau Ora

  6. Research Design • Māori-centred research approach • Logic modelling • Document review • Online surveys • Qualitative interviews • Presenting the data • Readability • Impact • Pithy • Visual (Nan Wehipeihana) Methods Data analysis

  7. Whānau Outcomes

  8. Whānau Outcomes

  9. Whānau Outcomes

  10. Refining the methodology • Utility of the Whānau Vignettes • Powerful, succinct way of telling a story • Could see the progression between improved whānau outcomes and what had contributed to these • Diagrams resonated with funders

  11. Refining the methodology • Completed retrospectively • Gaps in data • No input from whānau • KatarainaPipi Pipi. K., (2010). The PATH Planning Tool and its Potential for Whanau Research in MAI Review Journal. Vol. 3. New Zealand • PATH Planning Tool http://whanauoraresearch.co.nz/research/the-path-planning-tool-and-its-potential-for-whanau-research/ Challenges Inspiration

  12. PATH Planning Tool

  13. PATH Plan

  14. Interview Template

  15. Whānau Story

  16. Reflections • Valuable means of triangulating data • Visual representation of the journey whānau had undergone – an important output from the evaluation for whānau • The funder and the Minister of Whānau Ora found the visual representation of outcomes useful

  17. Acknowledgements • The research participants in all three action research sites • Te Puni Kōkiri • Nan Wehipeihana • KatarainaPipi • Inclusion Press - http://www.inclusion.com/path.html

  18. For further information Dr Amohia Boulton Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development amohia@whakauae.co.nz www.whakauae.co.nz

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