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“The Maasai Need Cows and the Cows Need Maasai,” the Use of a Photovoice Approach to Assess Animal Health Needs

The Maasai pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa depend on their livestock for income and food. Livestock production can be significantly improved by addressing animal health concerns. We explored the use of photovoice, a participatory action research method, to strengthen our understanding of the Maas...

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Autores principales: van der Meer, Frank, Clancy, Eoin, Thomas, Adam, Kutz, Susan, Hatfield, Jennifer, Orsel, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664973
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2015.00046
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Clancy, Eoin
Thomas, Adam
Kutz, Susan
Hatfield, Jennifer
Orsel, Karin
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description The Maasai pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa depend on their livestock for income and food. Livestock production can be significantly improved by addressing animal health concerns. We explored the use of photovoice, a participatory action research method, to strengthen our understanding of the Maasai’s animal health needs. Nine interviewees, representing warriors, elders, and women, identified animal, social, and human health themes. The use of photography provided a new medium for Maasai to express their needs and a focus for researcher–participant communications, thereby facilitating new insights across language and cultural barriers.
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spelling pubmed-46722382015-12-10 “The Maasai Need Cows and the Cows Need Maasai,” the Use of a Photovoice Approach to Assess Animal Health Needs van der Meer, Frank Clancy, Eoin Thomas, Adam Kutz, Susan Hatfield, Jennifer Orsel, Karin Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science The Maasai pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa depend on their livestock for income and food. Livestock production can be significantly improved by addressing animal health concerns. We explored the use of photovoice, a participatory action research method, to strengthen our understanding of the Maasai’s animal health needs. Nine interviewees, representing warriors, elders, and women, identified animal, social, and human health themes. The use of photography provided a new medium for Maasai to express their needs and a focus for researcher–participant communications, thereby facilitating new insights across language and cultural barriers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4672238/ /pubmed/26664973 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2015.00046 Text en Copyright © 2015 van der Meer, Clancy, Thomas, Kutz, Hatfield and Orsel. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Veterinary Science
van der Meer, Frank
Clancy, Eoin
Thomas, Adam
Kutz, Susan
Hatfield, Jennifer
Orsel, Karin
“The Maasai Need Cows and the Cows Need Maasai,” the Use of a Photovoice Approach to Assess Animal Health Needs
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title_short “The Maasai Need Cows and the Cows Need Maasai,” the Use of a Photovoice Approach to Assess Animal Health Needs
title_sort “the maasai need cows and the cows need maasai,” the use of a photovoice approach to assess animal health needs
topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664973
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