Hanna‐Andrea Rother
Biographic Data
| ID | 6728411 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hanna‐Andrea Rother |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hanna‐Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Rother |
| SIGNATURE | ROTHER H A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5292-8909 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Environmental health recommendations for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries
The impact of environmental health risk factors on the optimization of health in MDR-TB infected individuals, as well as on the prevention of transmission to household contacts, is not well documented. Establishing the recommendations of environmental health risk factors for individuals living at home with MDR-TB will have important policy implications in LMICs, such as South Africa. The study objectives were to identify current environmental hea…
The Interlinkages Between Ambient Temperature and Air Pollution in Exacerbating Childhood Asthma
Background: Given the rapid global increase in asthma cases, understanding the impact of climate change on respiratory health is necessary for evidence-based policymaking, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Objectives: To estimate the short-term associations between temperature (mean and diurnal range), particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), ozone (O 3 ), and childhood asthma exacerbations in Cape…
Stop blaming the farmer
The negative effects of pesticide use in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often blamed on the "misuse" of pesticides.The industry and government narrative is that the use of highly hazardous pesticides is safe when instructions are followed, and that harm occurs due to "irrational" and "improper" human behavior, linked to lack of knowledge by farmers.This assumption does not consider the real-life situations of pesticide users in LMICs…
Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa
Para-occupational "take-home" exposure risks among forestry workers and their families in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not been well characterized. This is a concern because research shows an association between chronic low-dose herbicide exposure and adverse health effects. This study explored take-home herbicide residue exposure risks among forestry workers in the Western Cape, South Africa, through the community-based participa…
Climate Change, Pesticides and Health
There is potential for increased pesticide-related adverse health outcomes in the agricultural sector linked to adaptive increases in pesticide use necessitated, in part, by climate change-related increases in pest populations. To understand the role of adaptation practices in pesticide use and health risks, this study assessed Zimbabwean smallholder cotton farmers' adaptive responses linked to their climate change perceptions. In depth interview…
Part of the solution – an engaged scholarship approach for the sustainable reduction of street pesticides and poisonings
In low-income townships, pests are rife, a nuisance and are vectors of disease. Although alternatives are available, chemical means of pest control is often the first resort due to lack of knowledge of other methods, convenience and presumed efficacy. The demand for chemical pest control has created a unique business opportunity for informal vendors in South Africa servicing predominately low socio-economic communities. That is the selling of 'st…
Applying social risk theory to competing constructions of risk in environmental assessment
Toxic layering through three disciplinary lenses
This article focuses on the devastating hidden perils of agricultural pesticides repurposed by informal sellers in urban South African townships to kill rats and other unwanted pests. Drawing on collaborative research techniques, we investigate the causal relationship between child poisoning episodes and the household use of illegal street pesticides. Such pesticides are used to safeguard homes from pests in an attempt to protect children from th…
Urban Health Research in Africa
In Africa, urbanization and urban growth are dramatically restructuring the nature of cities. The growing majority of urban dwellers now live in informal conditions that, without access to basic services or public amenities, expose residents to greater health risk, and health-care systems are unable to provide affordable or comprehensive cover. The differential exposure to these urban conditions is compounded by social and economic vulnerability,…
Pregnant in a foreign city
Applying social risk theory to competing constructions of risk in environmental assessment
Toxic layering through three disciplinary lenses
This article focuses on the devastating hidden perils of agricultural pesticides repurposed by informal sellers in urban South African townships to kill rats and other unwanted pests. Drawing on collaborative research techniques, we investigate the causal relationship between child poisoning episodes and the household use of illegal street pesticides. Such pesticides are used to safeguard homes from pests in an attempt to protect children from th…
Pregnant in a foreign city
Urban Health Research in Africa
In Africa, urbanization and urban growth are dramatically restructuring the nature of cities. The growing majority of urban dwellers now live in informal conditions that, without access to basic services or public amenities, expose residents to greater health risk, and health-care systems are unable to provide affordable or comprehensive cover. The differential exposure to these urban conditions is compounded by social and economic vulnerability,…
Pregnant in a foreign city
Toxic layering through three disciplinary lenses
This article focuses on the devastating hidden perils of agricultural pesticides repurposed by informal sellers in urban South African townships to kill rats and other unwanted pests. Drawing on collaborative research techniques, we investigate the causal relationship between child poisoning episodes and the household use of illegal street pesticides. Such pesticides are used to safeguard homes from pests in an attempt to protect children from th…
Part of the solution – an engaged scholarship approach for the sustainable reduction of street pesticides and poisonings
In low-income townships, pests are rife, a nuisance and are vectors of disease. Although alternatives are available, chemical means of pest control is often the first resort due to lack of knowledge of other methods, convenience and presumed efficacy. The demand for chemical pest control has created a unique business opportunity for informal vendors in South Africa servicing predominately low socio-economic communities. That is the selling of 'st…
Applying social risk theory to competing constructions of risk in environmental assessment
Climate Change, Pesticides and Health
There is potential for increased pesticide-related adverse health outcomes in the agricultural sector linked to adaptive increases in pesticide use necessitated, in part, by climate change-related increases in pest populations. To understand the role of adaptation practices in pesticide use and health risks, this study assessed Zimbabwean smallholder cotton farmers' adaptive responses linked to their climate change perceptions. In depth interview…
Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa
Para-occupational "take-home" exposure risks among forestry workers and their families in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not been well characterized. This is a concern because research shows an association between chronic low-dose herbicide exposure and adverse health effects. This study explored take-home herbicide residue exposure risks among forestry workers in the Western Cape, South Africa, through the community-based participa…
Stop blaming the farmer
The negative effects of pesticide use in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often blamed on the "misuse" of pesticides.The industry and government narrative is that the use of highly hazardous pesticides is safe when instructions are followed, and that harm occurs due to "irrational" and "improper" human behavior, linked to lack of knowledge by farmers.This assumption does not consider the real-life situations of pesticide users in LMICs…
The Interlinkages Between Ambient Temperature and Air Pollution in Exacerbating Childhood Asthma
Background: Given the rapid global increase in asthma cases, understanding the impact of climate change on respiratory health is necessary for evidence-based policymaking, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Objectives: To estimate the short-term associations between temperature (mean and diurnal range), particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), ozone (O 3 ), and childhood asthma exacerbations in Cape…
Environmental health recommendations for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries
The impact of environmental health risk factors on the optimization of health in MDR-TB infected individuals, as well as on the prevention of transmission to household contacts, is not well documented. Establishing the recommendations of environmental health risk factors for individuals living at home with MDR-TB will have important policy implications in LMICs, such as South Africa. The study objectives were to identify current environmental hea…
Medicine (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Pesticide (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 works) · Climate change (2 works)