S2 Ep. 13 Exploring the ABC’s of System Change: Safer Schools Through Children and Photovoice with Dr. Mikiko Oono

In this episode, co-editors Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew and Dr. Bob Strack discuss with lead author, Dr. Mikiko Oono, the details behind their innovative approaches to system change with elementary school children in Japan focused on safety and injury prevention through passive interventions. This was the first time Photovoice had been used for this purpose in Japan, and it applies two new tools from the engineering field for Photovoice in health promotion with young people: using the three E’s and an “R map” to model risks and frequency of identified threats. This episode references the article titled “Injury Prevention Education for Changing a School Environment Using Photovoice" by Mikiko Oono, PhD, MPH, Yoshifumi Nishida, PhD, Koji Kitamura, PhD, and Tatsuhiro Yamanaka, MD, PhD. This article is part of the new Photovoice special issue.