Linking pathogens, people and places: Using geo-ethnography to understand place-based, socio-economic inequalities in gastrointestinal infections in the UK

Rotheram, Suzanne ORCID: 0000-0002-4444-9796, Cooper, Jessie, Barr, Ben ORCID: 0000-0002-4208-9475 and Whitehead, Margaret ORCID: 0000-0001-5614-6576 (2022) Linking pathogens, people and places: Using geo-ethnography to understand place-based, socio-economic inequalities in gastrointestinal infections in the UK. Health & Place, 74. p. 102741.

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Abstract

This ethnographic study in two socio-economically contrasting areas employed geo-ethnography, underpinned by a relational approach, to understand inequalities in gastrointestinal infections in families with young children. In our 'relatively disadvantaged' area, gastrointestinal infections spread to multiple households within a small radius, whereas in our 'relatively advantaged' area, illness was confined to one household or dispersed long distances. These differences were shaped by historical, social and economic contrasts in: housing; social networks and childcare arrangements; employment and household income. Our findings show how linking places, pathogens and people helps us understand inequalities in gastrointestinal infections and may be pertinent to other infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Geo-ethnography, Gastrointestinal infection, Health inequalities, Place-based study, COVID-19
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2022 11:40
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:14
DOI:	10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102741
Open Access URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3147948