Actor‐network analysis of community‐based organisations in health pandemics: evidence from the COVID‐19 response in Freetown, Sierra Leone
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- Louis Kusi Frimpong
- Lecturer at the Department of Geography and Earth Science University of Environment and Sustainable Development Ghana
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- Seth Asare Okyere
- Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University Japan
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- Stephen Kofi Diko
- Assistant Professor at the Department of City and Regional Planning University of Memphis United States
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- Matthew Abunyewah
- Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Built Environment University of Newcastle Australia
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- Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie
- Lecturer at the Asia Pacific College of Business and Law Charles Darwin University Australia
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- Tracy Sidney Commodore
- PhD Candidate at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research University of Ghana Ghana
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- Daniel Oviedo Hernandez
- Lecturer at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit University College London United Kingdom
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- Michihiro Kita
- Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University Japan
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2022-07-13
- 資源種別
- journal article
- 権利情報
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- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
- DOI
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- 10.1111/disa.12508
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- Wiley
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<jats:p>Freetown, Sierra Leone, is confronted with health risks that are compounded by rapid unplanned urbanisation and weak capacities of local government institutions. Addressing them implies a shared responsibility between government and non‐state actors. In low‐income areas, the role of community‐based organisations (CBOs) in combating health disasters is well‐recognised. Yet, empirical evidence on how they have utilised their networks and coordinated community‐level strategies in responding to the COVID‐19 pandemic is scant. This paper, based on a qualitative study in two informal settlements in Freetown, employs actor‐network theory to understand how CBOs problematise COVID‐19 as a health risk, interact with other entities, and the subsequent tensions that arise. The findings show that community vulnerabilities and past experiences of health disasters informed CBOs' perception of COVID‐19 as a communal emergency. In response, they coordinated sensitisation and mobilisation programmes by relying on a network of actors to support COVID‐19 risk reduction strategies. Nonetheless, misunderstandings among them caused friction.</jats:p>
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- Disasters
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Disasters 46 (4), 903-927, 2022-07-13
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- CRID
- 1360021391875590144
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- ISSN
- 14677717
- 03613666
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- HANDLE
- 1959.13/1463679
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- PubMed
- 34477244
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- journal article
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