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Papers by VIOLET BARASA

Negotiating the Pandemic, 2022

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022

BackgroundResearch has shown that gender is a significant determinant of health-seeking behavior ... more BackgroundResearch has shown that gender is a significant determinant of health-seeking behavior around the world. Gender power relations and lay etiologies of illness can influence the distribution of household resources, including for healthcare. In some rural settings in Africa, gender intersects with multiple forms of health inequities, from proximal socio-cultural factors to more “upstream” or distal health system determinants which can amplify barriers to health-seeking for specific groups in specific contexts.AimWe used an intersectionality approach to determine how women in particular, experience gendered barriers to accessing healthcare among Maa and non-Maa speaking agro-pastoralists in northern Tanzania. We also explored lay etiologies of febrile illness, perceptions of health providers and rural health-seeking behavior in order to identify the most common barriers to accessing healthcare in these settings.MethodsMixed method ethnographic approaches were used to collect d...

This paper explores access to water, sanitation, and health in pastoral communities in northern T... more This paper explores access to water, sanitation, and health in pastoral communities in northern Tanzania. It argues that the concept of gender, used on its own, is not enough to understand the complexities of sanitation, hygiene, water, and health. It explores pastoralists’ views and perspectives on what is ‘clean’, ‘safe’, and ‘healthy’, and their need to access water and create sanitary arrangements that work for them, given the absence of state provision of modern water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure. Although Tanzania is committed to enhancing its citizens’ access to WASH services, pastoral sanitation and hygiene tend to be overlooked and little attention is paid to complex ways in which access to ‘clean’ water and ‘adequate sanitation’ is structured in these communities. This paper offers an intersectional analysis of water and sanitation needs, showing how structural discrimination in the form of a lack of appropriate infrastructure, a range of sociocultural no...

Zoonoses are a major cause of febrile illness in people living with livestock in northern Tanzani... more Zoonoses are a major cause of febrile illness in people living with livestock in northern Tanzania. Early diagnosis and timely treatment influence the health outcomes of febrile patients, as any delay to care-seeking is significantly associated with complications leading to severe disease. However, little is known about lay experiences with zoonoses or febrile illness in these settings, and most studies tend to focus on the epidemiology of these diseases. In this thesis, I explore agro-pastoralist experiences of risk of febrile illness, understandings and framing of zoonotic health risks and local health-seeking behaviours. To do this, I spent ten months living amongst WaArusha agro-pastoralists in Naiti village, northern Tanzania, conducting ethnographic research using mixed-method approaches including household surveys, interviews and focus group discussions. The study finds that herders’ perceptions of zoonotic risks are shaped by external events that threaten their culture and s...

... 2 See Ngugi, (1983) Page 6. 6 Pumwani, Rachel, her neighbour informs her about the emergency ... more ... 2 See Ngugi, (1983) Page 6. 6 Pumwani, Rachel, her neighbour informs her about the emergency and “Operation ... In Nairobi, Paulina knows little about politics but she is lucky enough since Rachel, briefs her about the happenings in the city. Paulina experiences a ...

Contemporary Global Perspectives on Gender Economics, 2015

Negotiating the Pandemic, 2022

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022

BackgroundResearch has shown that gender is a significant determinant of health-seeking behavior ... more BackgroundResearch has shown that gender is a significant determinant of health-seeking behavior around the world. Gender power relations and lay etiologies of illness can influence the distribution of household resources, including for healthcare. In some rural settings in Africa, gender intersects with multiple forms of health inequities, from proximal socio-cultural factors to more “upstream” or distal health system determinants which can amplify barriers to health-seeking for specific groups in specific contexts.AimWe used an intersectionality approach to determine how women in particular, experience gendered barriers to accessing healthcare among Maa and non-Maa speaking agro-pastoralists in northern Tanzania. We also explored lay etiologies of febrile illness, perceptions of health providers and rural health-seeking behavior in order to identify the most common barriers to accessing healthcare in these settings.MethodsMixed method ethnographic approaches were used to collect d...

This paper explores access to water, sanitation, and health in pastoral communities in northern T... more This paper explores access to water, sanitation, and health in pastoral communities in northern Tanzania. It argues that the concept of gender, used on its own, is not enough to understand the complexities of sanitation, hygiene, water, and health. It explores pastoralists’ views and perspectives on what is ‘clean’, ‘safe’, and ‘healthy’, and their need to access water and create sanitary arrangements that work for them, given the absence of state provision of modern water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure. Although Tanzania is committed to enhancing its citizens’ access to WASH services, pastoral sanitation and hygiene tend to be overlooked and little attention is paid to complex ways in which access to ‘clean’ water and ‘adequate sanitation’ is structured in these communities. This paper offers an intersectional analysis of water and sanitation needs, showing how structural discrimination in the form of a lack of appropriate infrastructure, a range of sociocultural no...

Zoonoses are a major cause of febrile illness in people living with livestock in northern Tanzani... more Zoonoses are a major cause of febrile illness in people living with livestock in northern Tanzania. Early diagnosis and timely treatment influence the health outcomes of febrile patients, as any delay to care-seeking is significantly associated with complications leading to severe disease. However, little is known about lay experiences with zoonoses or febrile illness in these settings, and most studies tend to focus on the epidemiology of these diseases. In this thesis, I explore agro-pastoralist experiences of risk of febrile illness, understandings and framing of zoonotic health risks and local health-seeking behaviours. To do this, I spent ten months living amongst WaArusha agro-pastoralists in Naiti village, northern Tanzania, conducting ethnographic research using mixed-method approaches including household surveys, interviews and focus group discussions. The study finds that herders’ perceptions of zoonotic risks are shaped by external events that threaten their culture and s...

... 2 See Ngugi, (1983) Page 6. 6 Pumwani, Rachel, her neighbour informs her about the emergency ... more ... 2 See Ngugi, (1983) Page 6. 6 Pumwani, Rachel, her neighbour informs her about the emergency and “Operation ... In Nairobi, Paulina knows little about politics but she is lucky enough since Rachel, briefs her about the happenings in the city. Paulina experiences a ...

Contemporary Global Perspectives on Gender Economics, 2015