A Geography of Childrens Vulnerability: Gender, Household Resources, and Water-Related Disease Hazard in Northern Pakistan Export

@article{citeulike:3422821, abstract = {Water-related diseases continue to pose major threats to children\&\#039;s survival and well-being in many places in the developing world. This article develops a theoretical perspective on the ways in which children\&\#039;s vulnerability to water-related disease hazard is produced within the everyday circumstances of livelihood and child care. Central to this analysis is the role that household resources play in mediating or shaping particular microenvironments of health risk. Further, the effects of local geographies of gender on how household resources are accessed and on how child care is structured are examined. Children\&\#039;s vulnerability is evaluated in a community in the District of Gilgit in northern Pakistan, a region presently undergoing tremendous social and economic transformation. The case study highlights household-level response and adaptation to child health risks associated with diarrheal disease transmission and infection in this mountain environment. The case study draws from ethnographic fieldwork involving qualitative household microstudies and interviewing to elicit mothers\&\#039; resource and risk-response strategies in the context of changes in livelihood systems and household dynamics.}, author = {Halvorson, S. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {3422821}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.5502001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/prog/2003/00000055/00000002/art00002}, doi = {10.1111/0033-0124.5502001}, issn = {0033-0124}, journal = {The Professional Geographer}, keywords = {child, gender, health, pathogens, vulnerability, water-related}, month = {May}, pages = {120--133}, posted-at = {2008-10-17 02:28:28}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {A Geography of Childrens Vulnerability: Gender, Household Resources, and Water-Related Disease Hazard in Northern Pakistan}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.5502001}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3422821 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3422821 N2 - Water-related diseases continue to pose major threats to children's survival and well-being in many places in the developing world. This article develops a theoretical perspective on the ways in which children's vulnerability to water-related disease hazard is produced within the everyday circumstances of livelihood and child care. Central to this analysis is the role that household resources play in mediating or shaping particular microenvironments of health risk. Further, the effects of local geographies of gender on how household resources are accessed and on how child care is structured are examined. Children's vulnerability is evaluated in a community in the District of Gilgit in northern Pakistan, a region presently undergoing tremendous social and economic transformation. The case study highlights household-level response and adaptation to child health risks associated with diarrheal disease transmission and infection in this mountain environment. The case study draws from ethnographic fieldwork involving qualitative household microstudies and interviewing to elicit mothers' resource and risk-response strategies in the context of changes in livelihood systems and household dynamics. JF - The Professional Geographer SN - 0033-0124 EP - 133 TI - A Geography of Childrens Vulnerability: Gender, Household Resources, and Water-Related Disease Hazard in Northern Pakistan PB - Blackwell Publishing SP - 120 KW - child KW - gender KW - health KW - pathogens KW - vulnerability KW - water-related AU - Halvorson, SJ PY - 2003/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.5502001 ER -