Beyond “toxic bodies”: Multiplied rationalities of women's reproductive health in a high-risk environmental area (Taranto, Italy)

Jokela-Pansini, Maaret

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102900

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“…Informed by data gathered during interviews and facility observations, we will then facilitate two series of structured group discussions with women living with CC (n=6-8 participants per series) using the artbased research method of body mapping [46,47]. Participants will engage in five sessions of art-and discussion-based exploration and exchange.…”

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Towards the elimination of cervical cancer in Tanzania, transdisciplinary science for smarter implementation strategies (TRACCTION): a mixed methods study protocol

Mhalu,

Dumbaugh,

Kipo

et al. 2024

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IntroductionCervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality for Tanzanian women. Multi-level, intersecting factors prevent access to care along the cervical cancer care cascade. However, there is a paucity of data, especially in non-urban areas, exploring the specificity and nuances of these factors locally, such as perceptions and embodied experiences of cervical cancer, use of traditional medicine, stigma, information generation and circulation and loss to follow up care. TRACCTION is an exploratory, mixed-methods study running from 2023-2025 to expand understanding of barriers to and facilitators of uptake of cervical pre-cancer screening and treatment and cervical cancer care in southeastern Tanzania.Methods and analysisResearch activities include a two-stage randomised cross sectional survey of women 18 years of age and older, qualitative data collection using diverse, community-based methods and a longitudinal public health facility record linkage of patients accessing cervical pre-cancer screening and treatment. By employing a transdisciplinary approach, TRACCTION will inform a participatory process to formulate cervical cancer education and policy recommendations.Ethics and DisseminationThis study received ethical approval in Tanzania and Switzerland. Informed written consent will be obtained from each study participant and a waiver of informed consent was obtained to retrospectively analyse public health facility records related to study objectives. A Policy and Technical Advisory Group, comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders including community members, will co-design a policy and service delivery analysis, followed by recommendations and dissemination plans. Study results for each work package will be published in peer reviewed journals and shared at relevant conferences globally.

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Section: Sub-study 3: Addressing Treatment Delays To Ensure Continuum...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards the elimination of cervical cancer in Tanzania, transdisciplinary science for smarter implementation strategies (TRACCTION): a mixed methods study protocol

Mhalu,

Dumbaugh,

Kipo

et al. 2024

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Jokela-Pansini,

Thieme

2024

The Encyclopedia of Human Geography

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State-corporate legal symbiosis and social harm: the case of the steel factory ‘Ilva’ in Taranto, Italy

Nicoli Aldini

2024

Crime Law Soc Change

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For more than a decade, epidemiological surveys have shown that Taranto, Italy, has a critical health situation. In particular, two epidemiological reports have established a causal link between mortality and morbidity in Taranto and the industrial production of Ilva, one of Europe’s largest steel mills. Despite its negative impact on local health, Ilva has been allowed to produce thanks to a favorable legal framework. In particular, this article focuses on seven years central to the recent history of Ilva (2011–2017), in which the state has engaged in frenetic and compulsive lawmaking aimed to establish a favorable legal environment for Ilva to continue producing. It shows how the law has become an avenue for the Italian state and Ilva to establish a symbiotic relationship that has created the conditions to produce and reproduce harmful corporate practices. These laws are presented in juxtaposition with academic research and epidemiological surveys on Taranto’s public health, thus showing how the Italian state has responded to the increasing amount of evidence of corporate harm done in Taranto. The article contributes to the criminological scholarship on state-corporate crime and social harm by discussing the role of state law in the production and reproduction of harmful corporate practice. It also advances the literature on the Ilva case with a novel socio-legal reading of the socioenvironmental conflict ongoing in Taranto.

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Beyond “toxic bodies”: Multiplied rationalities of women's reproductive health in a high-risk environmental area (Taranto, Italy)

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

Towards the elimination of cervical cancer in Tanzania, transdisciplinary science for smarter implementation strategies (TRACCTION): a mixed methods study protocol

Towards the elimination of cervical cancer in Tanzania, transdisciplinary science for smarter implementation strategies (TRACCTION): a mixed methods study protocol

Participatory Research Methods

State-corporate legal symbiosis and social harm: the case of the steel factory ‘Ilva’ in Taranto, Italy

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