Everyday Health Security Practices as Disaster Resilience in Rural Bangladesh

Ray-Bennett, N.S.; Collins, A.E.; Edgeworth, R.; Bhuiya, A.; Nahar, P.; Alamgir, F.

doi:10.1080/09614524.2016.1132678

Everyday Health Security Practices as Disaster Resilience in Rural Bangladesh

Ray-Bennett, N.S.; Collins, A.E.; Edgeworth, R.; Bhuiya, A.; Nahar, P.; Alamgir, F.

Authors

N.S. Ray-Bennett

A.E. Collins

R. Edgeworth

A. Bhuiya

P. Nahar

F. Alamgir

Abstract

Health security is a relatively new concept in terms of how it is practised in disaster-prone locales. We observed 10 rural households in Bangladesh for four months using informal interviews, field diaries, and observation. The findings suggest that the everyday practises of health security involve the capabilities of “caring for themselves” in resource-constrained contexts. Understanding how households care for themselves prior to and during disasters presents an opportunity to examine how improved health might reduce the effects of disasters, ill health, and poverty. Some interventions are proposed to improve health security for poorer households in general and women in particular.

Citation

Ray-Bennett, N., Collins, A., Edgeworth, R., Bhuiya, A., Nahar, P., & Alamgir, F. (2016). Everyday Health Security Practices as Disaster Resilience in Rural Bangladesh. Development in Practice, 26(2), 170-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2016.1132678

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 3, 2015
Online Publication Date	Feb 10, 2016
Publication Date	Feb 10, 2016
Deposit Date	Jan 14, 2017
Publicly Available Date	May 29, 2018
Journal	Development in Practice
Print ISSN	0961-4524
Electronic ISSN	1364-9213
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	26
Issue	2
Pages	170-183
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2016.1132678

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