A light touch intervention with a heavy lift – gender, space and risk in a global vaccination programme. Issue 12 (2nd December 2022)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- A light touch intervention with a heavy lift – gender, space and risk in a global vaccination programme. Issue 12 (2nd December 2022)
- Main Title:
- A light touch intervention with a heavy lift – gender, space and risk in a global vaccination programme
- Authors:
- Kalbarczyk, Anna
Closser, Svea
Hirpa, Selamawit
Cintyamena, Utsamani
Azizatunnisa, Lutfhi
Agrawal, Priyanka
Rahimi, Ahmad Omid
Akinyemi, Oluwaseun O.
Mafuta, Eric M.
Deressa, Wakgari
Alonge, Olakunle O. - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Frontline workers (FLWs) in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative go door-to-door delivering polio vaccine to children. They have played a pivotal role in eliminating wild polio from most countries on earth; at the same time, they face significant bodily risk. STRIPE, an international consortium, conducted a mixed-methods study exploring the knowledge and experiences of polio staff in seven countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Nigeria). We surveyed 826 polio FLWs and conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 of them. We used a body work framework to guide analysis. Polio workers perform a different kind of body work than many other FLWs. Delivering a few drops of oral vaccine takes a light touch, but gendered spaces can make the work physically dangerous. Polio's FLWs must bend or break gendered space norms as they move from house-to-house. Navigating male spaces carries risk for women, including lethal risk, particularly in conflict settings. Workers manoeuvre between skeptical community members and the demands of supervisors which generates emotional labour. Providing FLWs with more power to make operational decisions and providing them with robust teams and remuneration would improve the likelihood that they could act to improve their working conditions.
- Is Part Of:
- Global public health. Volume 17:Issue 12(2022)
- Journal:
- Global public health
- Issue:
- Volume 17:Issue 12(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 17, Issue 12 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 12
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0017-0012-0000
- Page Start:
- 4087
- Page End:
- 4100
- Publication Date:
- 2022-12-02
- Subjects:
- Polio -- body work -- frontline worker -- gender -- emotional labour
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http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17441692.asp ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/17441692.2022.2099930 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1744-1692
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