'Forecaster' reports on grad students’ Photovoice project
On March 11, 2014, the Forecasterfeatured an article on the collaboration of Somali immigrants residing in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood with two UNE graduate students, Lily Bottino and Collyn Baeder, to document potential health hazards in the Riverton community through a Photovoice research project.
Bottino, who is studying for her master’s degree in social work, and Baeder, coordinator of Graduate Program in Public Health, who is enrolled in the Master’s of Public Health program, organized the project as part of a study that received a grant from UNE’s Center for Excellence in Interprofessional Education.
The project involved members of the neighborhood taking photos of the dangers that surround them, such as piles of cigarette butts and an unfenced playground close to a busy street, in hopes of bringing about change in the community.
“There was something tangible for the participants, which doesn’t always come from research. It’s not just like taking numbers and making a paper,” said Bottino.