Using photovoice to understand and amplify youth voices to prevent sexual and relationship violence

Abstract

Aims: Efforts to improve prevention of sexual and relationship violence (SRV) among adolescents call for more centering of youth voices, experiences, and skills to design prevention programs that incorporate youth engagement rather than those that are designed by adults for youth. Amplifying the voices of historically marginalized youth are especially needed. Photovoice (PV) is a participatory action method that can empower youth and generate prevention knowledge. Methods: The current project used PV to engage youth in late middle and early high school to discuss how they could work to prevent SRV in their community. A

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