Perceptions of health and environmental impacts of e-waste management in Ghana
Perceptions of health and environmental impacts of e-waste management in Ghana
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DOI：
10.1080/09603123.2012.667795
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Oteng-Ababio, Martin
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作者：
Agyei-Mensah, Samuel;Oteng-Ababio, Martin
本文探讨了使用定性和定量研究技术的健康和环境问题的工人和居民生活在加纳的电子废物回收站点附近的看法。社会建构主义的方法和logit回归模型被采用来研究他们的主张和关注的理由，这些主张和关注迄今为止是未知的和未经探讨的。我们发现，工人的环境和健康观念被严重低估，并不匹配的流行病学研究，揭示了外行和专家知识之间缺乏融合。这项研究进一步显示了一个响应特异性的基本原理;那些直接参与的过程中的感知主要是由经济因素的影响，而一些充其量显示“商人”的无知。我们建议，所有政策干预措施都应采用更有可能得出对参与者具有经济意义的结论并有助于更好地了解健康和环境问题的方法。
This paper explores the perception of health and environmental concerns of workers and residents living close to e-waste recycling sites in Ghana using both qualitative and quantitative research techniques. The social constructionist approach and a logit regression model were adopted to examine the rationale of their claims and concerns which have hitherto been unknown and unexplored. We find that workers' environmental and health perceptions were seriously downplayed and do not match those of epidemiological studies, revealing a lack of convergence between lay and expert knowledge. This study further shows a respondent-specificity rationale; the perception of those directly involved in the processes was mainly influenced by economic considerations, while some at best displayed "genuine'' ignorance. We recommend that all policy interventions incorporate approaches that have a better chance of arriving at conclusions economically meaningful to participants and that facilitate greater understanding of health and environmental issues.