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AUTOETHNOGRAPHIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH Tara Rava Zolnikov Autoethnographies on the Environment and Human Health Tara Rava Zolnikov Autoethnographies on the Environment and Human Health Tara Rava Zolnikov National University San Diego, CA, USA ISBN 978-3-319-69025-4 ISBN 978-3-319-69026-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69026-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017955938 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. 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Cover illustration: Détail de la Tour Ei_ el © nemesis2207/Fotolia.co.uk Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland This book is dedicated to Atlas, Winter, Evan, and my mom, who have endured my endless hours of writing. I also wanted to take a moment to mention all the people who suffer from outcomes related to issues in this book—you are not alone and we will continue to fight for you. P reface This book was written in hopes of providing an enjoyable platform for you, the reader, to learn about environmental health. While there are vari- ous textbooks filled with graphs and tables, I wanted to create text that was full of pictures and stories. It was my goal to encourage learning on topics that can be traditionally difficult to understand through these dif- ferent outlets. Learning difficult topics can still be relatable and fun. I set out to accomplish this goal by interweaving qualitative research with lit- erature reviews. Qualitative research in this case took place in the form of autoethnographies, which are interesting because they take on a first- person perspective on unusual experiences. While most people have not encountered these situations before, the colorful details and descriptions of these experiences ultimately create a mental picture of the issue for the reader. This picture along with actual photographs can help you under- stand how environmental health directly affects people. My personal belief is that these stories connect readers to issues, and through these connec- tions, learning will be enhanced. Please enjoy this new type of learning that I have set out to create for you! San Diego, CA Tara Rava Zolnikov vii a cknowledgments I would like to acknowledge all the individuals who were with me dur- ing all of the autoethnographies. This single experience for me is your daily life, and these stories would not have taken place without you. ix c ontents 1 Introduction to Environmental Health and Qualitative Research 3 2 Air Quality 13 3 Climate Change 27 4 Occupational Safety and Health 41 5 Drinking Water 55 6 Sanitation and Hygiene 69 7 Toxicology 83 8 Infectious Diseases 99 9 Vector-Borne Disease 115 xi xii CONTENTS 10 F oodborne Diseases 129 11 Future Directions in Environmental Health 143 Index 151 a a bout the uthor Dr. Tara Rava Zolnikov is an assistant professor at National University at the School of Health and Human Services. Dr. Zolnikov teaches courses in both the BPH and MPH program. Her primary courses are environ- mental health and global health. Dr. Zolnikov earned her PhD in Developmental Science from North Dakota State University and her MS in Environmental Health from Harvard School of Public Health and her second MS in Industrial Hygiene from Montana Tech of the University of Montana. She also earned her BS degree in Biological Sciences from Montana Tech of the University of Montana. Dr. Zolnikov’s research pri- marily focuses on water-related issues in low- and middle-income coun- tries, including Kenya. She has worked with the Kenya Red Cross on a variety of public health projects, ranging from infectious diseases (e.g. Ebola and HIV/AIDS) to access to water projects. She is primarily a qual- itative researcher and focuses on providing vulnerable populations with a voice; she uses autoethnographic and phenomenological perspectives to understand or live through these experiences in order to recreate them for a widespread audience. Finally, Dr. Zolnikov is the vice president of a non- profit organization, the Shepherd’s Village, which focuses on providing access to water to Maasai communities around Narok, Kenya. xiii
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