02015nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260003400042653005700076653001700133653002400150653002100174100001500195700001400210700001400224700001200238700001400250700001200264700001500276700001300291245005300304300001200357490000800369520134700377022002501724       2020                            d  bOxford University Press (OUP)10aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health10aParasitology10aInfectious Diseases10aGeneral Medicine1 aCremers AL1 aVisser BJ1 aGetahun Z1 aBorku M1 aMeskele E1 aAhmed J1 avan Vugt M1 aBirnie E00aUsing ethnographic film in tackling podoconiosis  a896-8980 v1143 a<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>
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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>  a0035-9203, 1878-3503