TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcomes of Climate Change in a Marginalized Population
T2 - An Ethnography on the Turkana Pastoralists in Kenya
AU - Waila, Jacinta Mukulu
AU - Mahero, Michael Wandanje
AU - Namusisi, Shamilah
AU - Hoffman, Sarah J.
AU - Robertson, Cheryl
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - To its inhabitants, Turkana was once a land of abundance. This vital terrain was generous to its occupants 40 years ago; unfortunately, this setting has changed significantly. The climate has changed, and as a result, life has changed as well. Food insecurity, water scarcity, altered disease patterns, extreme weather events, displacement of communities, migration, population growth, and human conflict are among the previously reported effects of climate change on human health that we have witnessed and community members have shared.1,2 Some of these issues have surfaced in most of the northern part of Kenya and are currently being experienced by the Turkana community.3-5 Evidence supports the notion that underresourced communities, like pastoralists with limited livelihood alternatives, experience climate change disproportionately.2 This editorial reflects on our six-week period of data collection in Turkana County, Kenya. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 26, 2017: e1-e2. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304063).
AB - To its inhabitants, Turkana was once a land of abundance. This vital terrain was generous to its occupants 40 years ago; unfortunately, this setting has changed significantly. The climate has changed, and as a result, life has changed as well. Food insecurity, water scarcity, altered disease patterns, extreme weather events, displacement of communities, migration, population growth, and human conflict are among the previously reported effects of climate change on human health that we have witnessed and community members have shared.1,2 Some of these issues have surfaced in most of the northern part of Kenya and are currently being experienced by the Turkana community.3-5 Evidence supports the notion that underresourced communities, like pastoralists with limited livelihood alternatives, experience climate change disproportionately.2 This editorial reflects on our six-week period of data collection in Turkana County, Kenya. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 26, 2017: e1-e2. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304063).
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304063
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304063
M3 - Article
C2 - 29072933
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 108
SP - S70-S71
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - S2
ER -