Outcomes of Climate Change in a Marginalized Population

An Ethnography on the Turkana Pastoralists in Kenya

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ID11038113
AutoresJacinta Mukulu Waila (0000-0002-6361-0274, Jacinta Mukulu Waila is with the School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Michael Wandanje Mahero is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul. Shamilah Namusisi is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University. Sarah J. Hoffman and Cheryl Robertson are with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.), Michael Wandanje Mahero (Jacinta Mukulu Waila is with the School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Michael Wandanje Mahero is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul. Shamilah Namusisi is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University. Sarah J. Hoffman and Cheryl Robertson are with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.), Michael Mahero (0000-0002-8477-7794, Makerere University), Shamilah Namusisi (0000-0001-7202-8860, Jacinta Mukulu Waila is with the School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Michael Wandanje Mahero is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul. Shamilah Namusisi is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University. Sarah J. Hoffman and Cheryl Robertson are with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.), Sarah J Hoffman (0000-0002-7478-953X, Jacinta Mukulu Waila is with the School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Michael Wandanje Mahero is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul. Shamilah Namusisi is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University. Sarah J. Hoffman and Cheryl Robertson are with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.), Cheryl Robertson (0000-0001-8199-354X, Jacinta Mukulu Waila is with the School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Michael Wandanje Mahero is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul. Shamilah Namusisi is with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University. Sarah J. Hoffman and Cheryl Robertson are with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.)
Año2018
Volumen108
NúmeroS2
PáginasS70-S71
Fecha de publicación2018-04-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.304063
PMID29072933
OpenAlexW2765384158
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas4

The article discusses the impact of climate change on the Turkana pastoralist people of Kenya from an ethnographic perspective. Topics include the impact of climate change on livestock held by pastoralist groups, the relation of land use to ethnic conflicts among pastoralist groups in East Africa, and environmental and social impacts of alternative means of employment such as charcoal production and home brew production

Archaeology · Environmental health · Ethnography · Geography · Livestock · Maasai · Pastoralism · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Demography · Medicine · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Transboundary Water Resource Management