Corporate social responsibility in public health provision: Community members’ assessment

Exploring the Impact of Mining on Community Health and Health Service Delivery: Perceptions of Key Informants Involved in Gold Mining Communities in Burkina Faso

“…In the HIA approach, these determinants of health are systematically considered. Our results show that several well-intentioned interventions by the mines did not suit the communities' expectations, demonstrating a need to involve all affected stakeholders equally during decision-making [27,35,36]. Mabey et al (2020) described community involvement as a requirement for responsible environmental governance in natural resource management [38].…”

“…Although impacted communities appreciate some of these beneficial interventions, they still perceive many negative impacts and criticize the fact that interventions do not meet their expectations [35,36]. Meanwhile, mining officials appear to reject concerns expressed by affected communities, for example, about adverse health effects from dust or noise pollution or adverse effects on quality of life [37].…”

“…Also recommended by healthcare providers are sensitization programs to educate people on the health risks of ASM to eliminate misunderstandings from the onset. Similarly, respondents of a study in Ghana expected the mining companies to increase the frequency of health sensitization, promotion, and education programs [36]. , who conducted focus group discussions at the same study sites as part of the HIA4SD project, reported that participating women complained about the loss of traditional medicinal plants which were used for cooking, business, or personal hygiene [13].…”

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Public Health Imperative: Accounting and Reporting on Public Health

“…Research on the engagement of corporate entities to improve health are namely: corporate practices as a determinant of public health, occupational and environmental health consequences of corporate policies, consumer exposures to corporate policies, implications of a single product of a corporate entity on public health, patterns of behavior by corporate entities across different industries [32]. Another body of research is on perception of CSR in public health provision by community members [34]. The research on CSR and public health provisions is yet to assess how corporations can account for the impact of public health issues on business operations and vice versa.…”

“…Therefore, the involvement of corporations in public health initiatives is not uncommon. Studies [34,39,40] show how public health engagements are carried out in social responsibility programs of corporations. According to Simon and Fielding [41], public health agencies and private businesses share an interest in ensuring that the population is healthy.…”