Residents perceptions of the alcohol environment: A participatory photovoice project in two districts with different socio-economic status in a large city

Irene Molina-de la Fuente; Andrea Pastor; Paloma Conde; María Sandín Vázquez; Carmen Ramos; Marina Bosque-Prous; Manuel Franco; Xisca Sureda

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102566

Residents perceptions of the alcohol environment: A participatory photovoice project in two districts with different socio-economic status in a large city

Health Place. 2021 May:69:102566. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102566. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Authors

Irene Molina-de la Fuente¹, Andrea Pastor², Paloma Conde², María Sandín Vázquez³, Carmen Ramos⁴, Marina Bosque-Prous⁵, Manuel Franco⁶, Xisca Sureda⁷

Affiliations

¹ Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871, Spain; Department of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; Malaria and Neglected Diseases Laboratory, National Centre of Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain.
² Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871, Spain.
³ Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871, Spain; Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Public Health Institute of Madrid, Madrid City Council, 28007, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871, Spain; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10027, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, 21205, Maryland, USA.
⁷ Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871, Spain; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10027, USA; Tobacco Control Research Group, Institut D'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respirarory Diseases (CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: francisca.sureda@uah.es.

PMID: 33873132
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102566

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to present the alcohol environment as perceived by its residents in two districts of Madrid using the Photovoice participatory methodology. Secondly, we compared the results according to the socio-economic status of the districts. The study was conducted in the city of Madrid, Spain, in two districts with different socio-economic status. A total of 26 people participated, who took and discussed photographs about their alcohol environment. They grouped them into 33 final categories, such as the socialising role of alcohol or the alcohol advertising. Co-authors further grouped participants final categories into seven general areas. The participants in the Photovoice project have helped to deepen the understanding of the alcohol urban environment. These results may help to design more effective policies to prevent hazardous alcohol consumption.

Keywords: Alcohol; Inequalities; Participatory action research; Photovoice; Urban health.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cities
Community-Based Participatory Research
Economic Status*
Humans
Perception
Photography
Social Class*
Spain