Navigating ‘riskscapes’: The experiences of international health care workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
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Navigating ‘riskscapes’ : The experiences of international health care workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. / Gee, Stephanie; Skovdal, Morten.
In: Health & Place, Vol. 45, 05.2017, p. 173-180.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Navigating ‘riskscapes’
T2 - The experiences of international health care workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
AU - Gee, Stephanie
AU - Skovdal, Morten
PY - 2017/5
Y1 - 2017/5
N2 - This paper draws on interview data to examine how international health care workers navigated risk during the unprecedented Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It identifies the importance of place in risk perception, including how different spatial localities give rise to different feelings of threat or safety, some from the construction of physical boundaries, and others mediated through aspects of social relations, such as trust, communication and team dynamics. Referring to these spatial localities as ‘riskscapes’, the paper calls for greater recognition of the role of place in understanding risk perception, and how people navigate risk.
AB - This paper draws on interview data to examine how international health care workers navigated risk during the unprecedented Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It identifies the importance of place in risk perception, including how different spatial localities give rise to different feelings of threat or safety, some from the construction of physical boundaries, and others mediated through aspects of social relations, such as trust, communication and team dynamics. Referring to these spatial localities as ‘riskscapes’, the paper calls for greater recognition of the role of place in understanding risk perception, and how people navigate risk.
KW - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
KW - Ebola
KW - Risk
KW - Health worker
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.03.016
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.03.016
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28391128
VL - 45
SP - 173
EP - 180
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
SN - 1353-8292
ER -
ID: 174628134