transdisciplinary communication: impacts on heath and vulnerability of highland ethnic communities...
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Presented by Chongchit Sripun Robert and G. Lamar Robert at the Ecohealth 2012 conference held at Kunming, China on 15-18 October 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Transdisciplinary communication:
Chongchit Sripun Robert
And
G. Lamar Robert
EcoHealth Resource Centre
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Impacts on heath and vulnerability of Highland ethnic communities in Thailand
EcoHealth Conference, Kunming China 2012
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Highland Ethnic Communities
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Upper North of Thailand
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• Subsistence agriculture
• Shifting cultivation
Isolated Communities
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Education Health
Limited Government Services
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Commercial Activities
Access to lowland markets limited
Difficult Travel
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Opium Production
• Minor cash crop • 1960s-1970s: Rising
world demand • • Refined into
heroin for export
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• Begun in 1970s• National,
international, NGOs
• Coffee, red kidney beans, other cash crops
Opium Crop Replacement
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Prohibited: • Shifting cultivation• Clearing forest for
new agricultural fields
• Relocating villages
Strict Land Use Regulation Enforcement
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Increased Vulnerability of Hilltribe Communities
Let to reduced:• Soil fertility • Agricultural
productivity• Availability of
forest products Nutrition problems
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• Chronic under nutrition• Vitamin and mineral deficiencies
Health Impacts
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• Culture • Language
Group Communication
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• Changes in patterns of tribal leadership, organization
• Reduced development effectiveness
Exploitation
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Electricity• Access to radio
and television broadcasts• Accelerated
flow of information
One-way Communication
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Telephones, Cell Phones, Internet• Increased
exchange of information with the outside world
Two-way Communication
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• Improved crop/livestock production
• Transport produce to lowland markets
• Access to lowland products
All-Weather Roads
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• Increasing Thai language ability
• Expanded worldview
• Better communication with the outside world
Schools
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• Health centers• Improved health
and nutrition• Vaccinations • Reduced
zoonotic diseases
Health-related Services
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Transdiciplinary Communication
Communication among different disciplines resulted in synergy
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Chongchit Sripun RobertG. Lamar Robert
EcoHealth Resource CentreChiang Mai University, Thailand
http://ehrc.vet.cmu.ac.th/
Thank You