Faculty Affiliate Kristen Cooksey Stowers, assistant professor in the department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut, was recently featured in a UConn Today article about her research on women of color living in a food swamp in North Hartford.
Dr. Cooksey Stowers was the senior author on a study in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment that was published in July. In the paper, Dr. Cooksey Stowers and her co-authors used a Photovoice method, in which participants documented their food environment through images and voice notes. The aim is to allow participants to provide more detailed and personal information, which can help amplify participants’ voices and better advocate for solutions.
“Photovoice actually prompts a focus on action. Not just engaging lived experience and documenting problems and health inequities, but also keeping the dedication to engage lived experience and community voice when you are carving out and evaluating solutions.” – Dr. Kristen Cooksey Stowers
Read the full article on the UConn Today website here.
