@article{94924,
  keywords = {Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, General Medicine},
  author = {Cremers AL and Visser BJ and Getahun Z and Borku M and Meskele E and Ahmed J and van Vugt M and Birnie E},
  title = {Using ethnographic film in tackling podoconiosis},
  abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
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                  <jats:title>Background</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>Ethiopia has one of the worst podoconiosis rates in the world, affecting &amp;gt;1.5 million patients. We present our ethnographic film ‘Tigist, the story of a girl with podoconiosis’ and its potential use in tackling podoconiosis.</jats:p>
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                  <jats:title>Methods</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>We conducted visual ethnography, consisting of video-recorded participant observations and interviews with seven patients, three healthcare workers and two podoconiosis experts.</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
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                  <jats:title>Results</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>We acquired video recordings of social moments, the state of podoconiosis patients’ bodies and minds, their emotions and the impact of poverty.</jats:p>
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                  <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>Our film allows for an intensified understanding of patients’ daily experiences with podoconiosis, potentially impacting care, awareness and medical teaching programs.</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene},
  volume = {114},
  pages = {896-898},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  issn = {0035-9203, 1878-3503},
  doi = {10.1093/trstmh/traa098},
  language = {eng},
}