Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
Glob Public Health. 2022 Dec;17(12):4195-4205. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2124300. Epub 2022 Oct 2.
Drawing on the reflections and discussions from a special session at the 2021 Global Health Bioethics Network summer school, this paper has summarised the key challenges faced by Frontline Workers (FWs) across research sites in Africa and Asia in performing the everyday 'body work' entailed in operationalising global health research. Using a 'body work' lens, we specifically explore and map key challenges that FWs face in Africa and Asia and the physical, social, ethical, emotional, and political labour involved in operationalising global health in these settings. The research encounter links with wider social and economic structures, and spatial dimensions and impacts on the FWs' performance and well-being. Yet, FWs' 'body-work' and the embedded emotions during the research encounter remain hidden and undervalued.
本文借鉴了 2021 年全球卫生生物伦理学网络暑期学校一次特别会议的反思和讨论,总结了非洲和亚洲各研究点的一线工作人员(FWs)在实施全球卫生研究过程中所面临的日常“身体工作”的主要挑战。本文使用“身体工作”视角,具体探讨和描绘了 FWs 在非洲和亚洲所面临的主要挑战,以及在这些环境中实施全球卫生工作所涉及的身体、社会、伦理、情感和政治劳动。研究遭遇与更广泛的社会和经济结构以及空间维度联系在一起,并对 FWs 的表现和福祉产生影响。然而,FWs 的“身体工作”以及研究遭遇期间的潜在情绪仍然被隐藏和低估。