Open AccessTrust, Conflict, and Engagement in Occupational Health: North American Epidemiologists Conduct Occupational Study in Communities Affected by Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin (CKDu)
Author(s) -
Madeleine K. Scammell
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
current environmental health reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2196-5412
DOI - 10.1007/s40572-019-00244-6
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , public health , colonialism , environmental justice , agriculture , privilege (computing) , public relations , political science , environmental health , sociology , medicine , geography , law , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
Science has been used as a tool of colonialism, and aspects of science privilege researchers in the global North (USA and Europe). The environmental justice and worker health movements in the USA and globally have influenced aspects of how occupational and environmental health research is conceived and conducted so that it is more equitable. This review provides a case example of research in the area of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu).