TY - JOUR
T1 - Health risks from environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
AU - Adekola, Josephine
AU - Fischbacher-Smith, Moira
AU - Fischbacher-Smith, Denis
AU - Adekola, Olalekan
N1 - Acceptance requested 6/3/19 ET
^^Author advised that paper was accepted in June 2018; have therefore estimated acceptance date as 01/06/18. 12/03/19 DC.
^Updated to 30/6/18 as current process. ET 19/1/21
Applied Gold exception, in hybrid journal and to best of our knowledge this was immediate OA. ET
Note that author also not at GCU at acceptance. ET 19/1/21
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Local communities within oil producing countries in Africa often face formidable environmental challenges that generate conflicts and concerns around exploitation, environmental impact, and health risks. A key feature of these concerns has been the paucity of effective risk communication mechanisms and the impact this has on the public understanding of risk. Risk communication has been identified as a significant factor in explaining why the health consequences of environmental degradation remain unabated in oil producing communities. This paper evaluates health risk communication in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study is based on 69 interviews conducted in the Niger Delta region. The paper argues that the health of the local population is being impaired by risk incidences relating to oil and gas exploration activities, the effects of which are amplified by inadequate communication of health risks to the public. The study argues for and suggests ways in which health risk communication processes can be improved in the Niger Delta. A multi-dimensional framework for public health risk communication is developed as a means of advancing understanding, practice, and policy.
AB - Local communities within oil producing countries in Africa often face formidable environmental challenges that generate conflicts and concerns around exploitation, environmental impact, and health risks. A key feature of these concerns has been the paucity of effective risk communication mechanisms and the impact this has on the public understanding of risk. Risk communication has been identified as a significant factor in explaining why the health consequences of environmental degradation remain unabated in oil producing communities. This paper evaluates health risk communication in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study is based on 69 interviews conducted in the Niger Delta region. The paper argues that the health of the local population is being impaired by risk incidences relating to oil and gas exploration activities, the effects of which are amplified by inadequate communication of health risks to the public. The study argues for and suggests ways in which health risk communication processes can be improved in the Niger Delta. A multi-dimensional framework for public health risk communication is developed as a means of advancing understanding, practice, and policy.
KW - environmental degradation
KW - health risk
KW - Niger Delta
KW - risk communication
U2 - 10.1177/0263774X16661720
DO - 10.1177/0263774X16661720
M3 - Article
SN - 2399-6544
VL - 35
SP - 334
EP - 354
JO - Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
JF - Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
IS - 2
ER -