Putting small-scale mining in perspective: an analysis of risk perception of a southwestern Nigerian community

Adeyemi, Sesan A; Olagunju, Ayodele

doi:10.18533/rss.v2i7.106

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“…Awareness efforts, such as the messaging included at the end of our survey and other knowledge campaigns in the region, may contribute to the high perception of risk in the community. Previous research highlights that other factors, such as previous experiences, the perceived ability to control risk, benefits (eg, economic) from risk‐taking behaviors and a lack of incentives to use preventative practices may also impact risk perception . While risk perceptions were generally high, there is still opportunity (eg, through continued awareness campaigns, incentivizing safety practices) to improve the perception of risk, especially among family members and neighbors.…”

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Reducing agate dust exposure in Khambhat, India: Protective practices, barriers, and opportunities

Falk

Bozek

Ceolin

et al. 2019

Journal of Occupational Health

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Aims Agate workers in Khambhat, India and their community members are exposed to high levels of silica dust and related diseases. Use of effective prevention practices remains low, prompting the need for effective interventions which increase the uptake of and investment in prevention practices. We sought: (a) to describe knowledge, self‐efficacy, and practices among a population of workers, their family members, and neighbors involved in or located close to agate processing; and (b) to explore which factors are related to use of prevention practices and willingness to invest in new dust control technologies. Methods A community survey was conducted to measure demographics, occupation and financial factors, knowledge, prevention practices, barriers, risk perceptions, and efficacy beliefs. Descriptive statistics were used and, among agate workers, hierarchical logistic regression explored predictors of prevention practice use and willingness to invest. Results Among 1120 respondents, approximately 44%, 35%, and 8% of workers, family members, and neighbors used prevention practices, respectively. Knowledge and risk perceptions were generally high, where efficacy beliefs were low. Workers who had high levels of education, worked at home, and had high efficacy beliefs were more likely to report using prevention practices and being willing to invest. Barriers to prevention practice use included financial barriers, and beliefs that prevention is ineffective and health is not at risk. Conclusions Interventions and future research should be designed to engage the community to improve preventive behavior, and implement affordable and effective dust control interventions in the agate industry.

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Reducing agate dust exposure in Khambhat, India: Protective practices, barriers, and opportunities

Falk

Bozek

Ceolin

et al. 2019

Journal of Occupational Health

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“…Positive impacts and perceptions correspond with job opportunities, increases of income, goods and services, and infrastructure improvements (e.g., Petkova-Timmer, Ivanova, & Rolfe, 2009;Wang, Awuah-Offei, Que, & Yang, 2016). On the other hand, health and safety risks, social conflict, and environmental pollution (water, air, land/soil, noise) are impacts shedding a negative light on the sector (e.g., Adeyemi Babatunde et al, 2013;Adeyemi & Olagunju, 2017;Aigbedion & Iyayi, 2007;Sana, De Brouwer, & Hien, 2017). Further negative ASM perceptions relate to land conflict, human rights violations, alcohol abuse and sex trading, so-called conflict minerals and related reputational issues, increasing living costs, labour shortages for mining-external businesses and increases in traffic and crime (IGF, 2017;Wang et al, 2016).…”

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A double‐edged sword: Realities of artisanal and small‐scale mining for rural people in the Alaotra region of Madagascar

Stoudmann

Reibelt

Rakotomalala

et al. 2021

Natural Resources Forum

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A growing number of people are entering the artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) sector worldwide. In Madagascar, millions of individuals depend on this informal activity. Through a case study in the Alaotra‐Mangoro region of Madagascar, our research aimed to understand the “bottom‐up” dynamics and ripple effects of the sector, by looking at the realities for rural communities where inhabitants are both directly and indirectly affected by ASM. We were interested in community members' and miners' perceptions of the socio‐economic and environmental impacts of ASM, and in identifying the factors attracting people living in one of the country's agricultural hubs to this activity. Our results show a wide diversity of push and pull factors leading people to enter the sector. Although many positive impacts of ASM exist for miners and communities within the vicinity of mines, most miner participants considered themselves worse off since starting to mine, highlighting the high risk and low probability of return of ASM. ASM's potential for local and national development will remain squandered if its negative impacts continue to go unmanaged. Accounting for local contexts and the ripple effects of ASM will be crucial in achieving safety and security for miners, and to tap into the benefits it may offer communities while minimising environmental damage.

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“…Artisanal goldminers, in this case are liable for their own health-care due to the nature of their occupation. Despite these evidences, most studies have focused on unsafe health, safety and environmental practices and its impacts (see Bansah et al., 2018 ; Lynas, 2018 ; Stewart, 2019 ; Wireko-Gyebi et al., 2020 ), risk perception (see Adeyemi and Olagunju, 2017 ; Antabe et al., 2017 ; Nunfam et al., 2019 ; Fadlallah et al., 2020 ) and economic impacts of artisanal mining (see Orleans-Boham et al., 2020 ; Zolnikov, 2020 ; Baffour-Kyei et al., 2021 ). No study, however, has investigated the complexities in self-care culture and how to improve it in the sector.…”

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Assessing the effect of working conditions on routine medical checkup among artisanal goldminers in Ghana

Aram

2021

Heliyon

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The socio-economic impacts of unforeseen health challenges among mine workers cannot be overemphasized. Due to the nature of artisanal mining in Ghana, workers are responsible for their own health care. This, however, necessitates the need for insight into the dynamics of self-care among artisanal miners. A cross-sectional survey of 500 artisanal gold miners was conducted to explore the relationship between working conditions of artisanal miners and voluntarily going for routine medical checkup, even in the absence of the right support systems, using a nested binary logistic regression. All the working condition variables were robust in predicting routine medical checkup in all three models. In this case, goldminers who reported good health, safety and environmental conditions were more likely to go for routine medical checkup as compared to their co-workers who reported poor health, safety and environmental conditions. Contrariwise, miners who reported good economic conditions were less likely to go for routine medical checkup as compared to their counterparts who reported poor economic conditions. Also, routine medical checkup was less likely among artisanal miners who did not protect themselves at work and had experienced work related health challenges. For the compositional factors, miners who had senior high school education were more likely to go for routine medical checkup as compared to those with no formal education. Likewise, older miners were more probable to go for routine medical checkup as compared to their younger counterparts. At the contextual level, miners who worked on shift regime and miners who worked in non-production departments were more likely to go for routine medical checkup. The outcome of this study provides insight into the dynamics of self-care amongst artisanal miners and how best to possibly improve it in an attempt to maintain a healthy workforce and its cascading effects. To increase consciousness of self-health care in artisanal mining, there is the need for a national dialogue on how to improve the working conditions of artisanal miners in Ghana.

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Putting small-scale mining in perspective: an analysis of risk perception of a southwestern Nigerian community

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

Reducing agate dust exposure in Khambhat, India: Protective practices, barriers, and opportunities

Reducing agate dust exposure in Khambhat, India: Protective practices, barriers, and opportunities

A double‐edged sword: Realities of artisanal and small‐scale mining for rural people in the Alaotra region of Madagascar

Assessing the effect of working conditions on routine medical checkup among artisanal goldminers in Ghana

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