Exploring Tuberculosis Riskscapes in a Papua New Guinean 'Hotspot

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ID4639311
AuthorsPaula Jops (0000-0002-7916-0124, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), Martha Kupul (0000-0002-0937-1057, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research), Richard Nake Trumb (Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research), Richard Naketrumb (0000-0002-0733-6426, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research), John Cowan (0000-0002-8680-8531, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research), Stephen M Graham (0000-0003-3525-2294, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia), Stephen Bell (0000-0003-2877-9231, UQ Poche Institute for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), Majumdar (0000-0002-9656-557X, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia), Herolyn Nindil (National Department of Health), William Pomat (0000-0003-2640-9640, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), Benjamin Marais (0000-0003-3404-2690, Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia), Guy B Marks (0000-0002-8976-8053, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research), Andrew J Vallely (0000-0003-1558-4822, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), John Kaldor (0000-0002-7639-4355, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), Angela Kelly-Hanku (0000-0003-0152-2954, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume32
Issue11
Pages1747-1762
Publication date2022-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10497323221111912
PMID35924387
OpenAlexW4289745251
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited33

This article explores socio-spatial dimensions of risk and how they can enhance understanding of a high burden tuberculosis (TB) context in the South Fly District of Papua New Guinea. We report on select findings from a qualitative study that included 128 semi-structured in-depth interviews and 10 focus group discussions with a wide range of South Fly District community members. Using the conceptual framework of 'riskscapes' to examine emic perspectives on risk, space and practice, we map key elements of TB riskscapes on Daru Island, South Fly District, along with solutions for navigating through these riskscapes. Overcrowding, lack of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as food insecurity and undernutrition, were identified as common elements within participants' riskscapes, that compounded upon each other to create the perception of an assemblage of risk favourable to TB transmission

Economic growth · Emic and etic · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Ethnology · Focus group · Geography · New guinea · Overcrowding · Qualitative research · Sanitation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Tuberculosis · Anthropology · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Zoonotic diseases and public health

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