‘Labouring’ on the frontlines of global health research: mapping challenges experienced by frontline workers in Africa and Asia

Nkosi, Busisiwe, Van Nuil, Jennifer Ilo, Nyirenda, Deborah, Chi, Primus Che and Schneiders, Mira Leonie (2022) '‘Labouring’ on the frontlines of global health research: mapping challenges experienced by frontline workers in Africa and Asia'. Global Public Health, Vol 17, Issue 12, pp. 4195-4205.

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Drawing on the reflections and discussions from a special session at the 2021 Global Health Bioethics Network summer school, this paper has summarised the key challenges faced by Frontline Workers (FWs) across research sites in Africa and Asia in performing the everyday ‘body work’ entailed in operationalising global health research. Using a ‘body work’ lens, we specifically explore and map key challenges that FWs face in Africa and Asia and the physical, social, ethical, emotional, and political labour involved in operationalising global health in these settings. The research encounter links with wider social and economic structures, and spatial dimensions and impacts on the FWs’ performance and well-being. Yet, FWs’ ‘body-work’ and the embedded emotions during the research encounter remain hidden and undervalued.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	NOT_LSTM
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 546 Local Health Administration. Community Health Services
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2022.2124300
Depositing User:	Amy Carroll
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2024 14:42
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2024 09:01
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/24908

Statistics

View details

Actions (login required)

Edit Item