Photovoice for Spinal Cord Injury to Prevent Falls

Photovoice is a method that uses photographs and dialogue to share experiences, understand an issue and promote positive change. Group meetings will be held four times throughout the photovoice intervention. The goals of the group meetings are to share knowledge about falls and fall prevention, identify commonalities in the issues raised by the participants, and discuss ways in which these issues could be addressed, both at individual and societal levels. For two photo assignments, participants will be asked to take 4-6 pictures for an assigned question. The question for photo assignment #1 will be 'What decreases your likelihood of falling?' The question for photo assignment #2 will be 'How do you reduce the risk of falling so that you can participate in meaningful activities?' Following each photo assignment, participants will complete an individual semi-structured interview with the peer mentor and the research trainee, who will have a background in physical or occupational therapy.