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Analyzing the Discourse of Community Participation within a Multi-stakeholder Arsenic Remediation and Intervention in West Bengal

Mukherjee, Parameswari
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1280-4228
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563873454876855

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2019, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Communication.
This study analyzes the discourse of community participation within a multi-stakeholder bureaucratic model of public health intervention in West Bengal, India, and highlights the role that vulnerable populations play in the well-meaning participatory health interventions designed for them. A total of 13 individuals (including 5 in-depth interviews and one focus group discussion with 3 community health worker s and 5 affected individuals) were interviewed for the project. Two research questions guide this thesis including: RQ1: How do stakeholders across various agencies construct the discourse of the nature of arsenic problem in West Bengal? and RQ 2: What roles do members from the affected communities play in the current well-meaning participatory processes and with what implications? The dataset revealed stakeholders depended on specific discourses (technical, economic, bureaucratic and moralistic) to discuss the nature of the problem of groundwater arsenic. It also highlighted how marginalization and gender inequalities are played out in the participatory health discourses.
Shaunak Sastry, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Zhuo Ban, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Stephen Depoe, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Heather Zoller, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
92 p.
Communication
arsenic contamination from groundwater; culture-centered approach; behavior change communication; public health in India; participatory rural appraisal; environmental health communication

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  • Mukherjee, P. (2019). Analyzing the Discourse of Community Participation within a Multi-stakeholder Arsenic Remediation and Intervention in West Bengal [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563873454876855

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mukherjee, Parameswari. Analyzing the Discourse of Community Participation within a Multi-stakeholder Arsenic Remediation and Intervention in West Bengal. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563873454876855.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mukherjee, Parameswari. "Analyzing the Discourse of Community Participation within a Multi-stakeholder Arsenic Remediation and Intervention in West Bengal." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563873454876855

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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