Biomedical images of malaria promote the use of biomedical solutions for control and elimination ... more Biomedical images of malaria promote the use of biomedical solutions for control and elimination but fail to take account of, and therefore control, of other versions of malaria that exist in local contexts. Alternative images of malaria can be brought to the fore using the methodology of photovoice that highlight these different versions and help promote additional, locally relevant solutions.
This thesis explores malaria in the municipality of Bataraza in the Philippines. It shows how mul... more This thesis explores malaria in the municipality of Bataraza in the Philippines. It shows how multiple versions of malaria exist inside (and in between) various bodies. These malarias are situated in both time and space, emerge interrelationally and are enacted through embodied practice. It focuses on young people in this context and shows how their identity is similarly enacted through practice. With this in mind, the thesis critically examines how photovoice, a participatory action research method can be used to both depict young people’s malaria-related health practice as well as potentially alter it. During a 15-week photovoice project, 44 school-going children took photographs of their lived experience of different malarias and worked in groups to identify possible changes they might make. As a result of engaging in the photovoice process, young people’s interactions with each other and their families appeared to change as well as their role in promoting health in relation to o...
This article documents what happened when a group of researchers tried to gain consent to carry o... more This article documents what happened when a group of researchers tried to gain consent to carry out a survey for a malaria-related research project in the Sabah region of Malaysia at the end of 2015. Within weeks, rumours had begun to spread on social media that the team were fake and using the guise of a research project to steal organs. The refusal to participate is often considered only relevant to researchers in so far as it has implications for the project itself. However, non-participation in research is a valuable area of inquiry in its own right, precisely because of what it reveals about what lies beyond the research project. Rumours that contribute to non-participation are indicative of the murky space of social relationships and connections that surround health. In fact, as is illustrated in this case study, rumours do not just reveal or represent this interconnected world, they also incite affect. It is within this space that bodies are put at risk of a number of health ...
Knai, C; Petticrew, M; Scott, C; Smith, R; Thompson, C; White, M; Cummins, S (2017) Change in non... more Knai, C; Petticrew, M; Scott, C; Smith, R; Thompson, C; White, M; Cummins, S (2017) Change in non-alcoholic beverage sales following a 10-pence levy on sugar-sweetened beverages within a national chain of restaurants in the UK: interrupted time series analysis of a natural experiment. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 71 (11). pp. 1107-1112. ISSN 0143-005X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jech2017-209947
Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2017
This study evaluates changes in sales of non-alcoholic beverages in Jamie's Italian, a nation... more This study evaluates changes in sales of non-alcoholic beverages in Jamie's Italian, a national chain of commercial restaurants in the UK, following the introduction of a £0.10 per-beverage levy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and supporting activity including beverage menu redesign, new products and establishment of a children's health fund from levy proceeds. We used an interrupted time series design to quantify changes in sales of non-alcoholic beverages 12 weeks and 6 months after implementation of the levy, using itemised electronic point of sale data. Main outcomes were number of SSBs and other non-alcoholic beverages sold per customer. Linear regression and multilevel random effects models, adjusting for seasonality and clustering, were used to investigate changes in SSB sales across all restaurants (n=37) and by tertiles of baseline restaurant SSB sales per customer. Compared with the prelevy period, the number of SSBs sold per customer declined by 11.0% (-17.3% ...
Biomedical images of malaria promote the use of biomedical solutions for control and elimination ... more Biomedical images of malaria promote the use of biomedical solutions for control and elimination but fail to take account of, and therefore control, of other versions of malaria that exist in local contexts. Alternative images of malaria can be brought to the fore using the methodology of photovoice that highlight these different versions and help promote additional, locally relevant solutions.
This thesis explores malaria in the municipality of Bataraza in the Philippines. It shows how mul... more This thesis explores malaria in the municipality of Bataraza in the Philippines. It shows how multiple versions of malaria exist inside (and in between) various bodies. These malarias are situated in both time and space, emerge interrelationally and are enacted through embodied practice. It focuses on young people in this context and shows how their identity is similarly enacted through practice. With this in mind, the thesis critically examines how photovoice, a participatory action research method can be used to both depict young people’s malaria-related health practice as well as potentially alter it. During a 15-week photovoice project, 44 school-going children took photographs of their lived experience of different malarias and worked in groups to identify possible changes they might make. As a result of engaging in the photovoice process, young people’s interactions with each other and their families appeared to change as well as their role in promoting health in relation to o...
This article documents what happened when a group of researchers tried to gain consent to carry o... more This article documents what happened when a group of researchers tried to gain consent to carry out a survey for a malaria-related research project in the Sabah region of Malaysia at the end of 2015. Within weeks, rumours had begun to spread on social media that the team were fake and using the guise of a research project to steal organs. The refusal to participate is often considered only relevant to researchers in so far as it has implications for the project itself. However, non-participation in research is a valuable area of inquiry in its own right, precisely because of what it reveals about what lies beyond the research project. Rumours that contribute to non-participation are indicative of the murky space of social relationships and connections that surround health. In fact, as is illustrated in this case study, rumours do not just reveal or represent this interconnected world, they also incite affect. It is within this space that bodies are put at risk of a number of health ...
Knai, C; Petticrew, M; Scott, C; Smith, R; Thompson, C; White, M; Cummins, S (2017) Change in non... more Knai, C; Petticrew, M; Scott, C; Smith, R; Thompson, C; White, M; Cummins, S (2017) Change in non-alcoholic beverage sales following a 10-pence levy on sugar-sweetened beverages within a national chain of restaurants in the UK: interrupted time series analysis of a natural experiment. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 71 (11). pp. 1107-1112. ISSN 0143-005X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jech2017-209947
Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2017
This study evaluates changes in sales of non-alcoholic beverages in Jamie's Italian, a nation... more This study evaluates changes in sales of non-alcoholic beverages in Jamie's Italian, a national chain of commercial restaurants in the UK, following the introduction of a £0.10 per-beverage levy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and supporting activity including beverage menu redesign, new products and establishment of a children's health fund from levy proceeds. We used an interrupted time series design to quantify changes in sales of non-alcoholic beverages 12 weeks and 6 months after implementation of the levy, using itemised electronic point of sale data. Main outcomes were number of SSBs and other non-alcoholic beverages sold per customer. Linear regression and multilevel random effects models, adjusting for seasonality and clustering, were used to investigate changes in SSB sales across all restaurants (n=37) and by tertiles of baseline restaurant SSB sales per customer. Compared with the prelevy period, the number of SSBs sold per customer declined by 11.0% (-17.3% ...
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