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The social dimension of animal health

surveillance systems An interdisciplinary approach of social pressure in the

process of disease reporting in Northern Thailand

Aurélie Binot, Sophie Valeix, Attawit Kovitvadhi, Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux,

Raphael Duboz, Mohan Timilsina, Suwicha Kasemsuwan, Marisa Peyre

PENAPH first technical workshop Chiang Mai 11-13 December 2012

Social sciences inputs to surveillance

systems designing

� Social, political (power issues)

and economic stakes

� Risks representations and

perceptions

� Communities empowerment

finding solutions through

participatory approaches

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���� Provide and implement recommendation for risk management

(including surveillance response, health policies etc.)

���� Anticipating problems in risk communication, capacity building

Merging together social & biomedical sciences…

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ICT

�ICTs for building bridges

• Strengthening interactions between

disciplines

• Integrating data

• Finding communication pathways

ICT FOR SYNTHETIZING

INFORMATION FOR

SPREADING, SHARING AND

DECREASING

HETEROGENEITY

• Central databases

• Modeling approaches

• Telecom

• GIS

Outbreaks Monitoring

Scenario tree Modeling

Frontline SMS

Risk mapping &

Spatial determinants

=> First understand the community’s functioning patterns

– who are the community members?

– what are the power relationship between them?

– major institutional agreements ? (land tenure, labor, loans...)

– how does information circulate between them?

Explore social interactions and behavior’s rules...

How to tackle social factors linked to

surveillance’s evaluation?

“social pressures around animal health

management not independent from general

community functioning”

How to tackle social factors linked to

surveillance’s evaluation?

“social network analysis could help in

analyzing and communicating data gathered

through participatory process”

Beyond official

surveillance

reporting system...

Cartography & measure

relationships, interactions btw

peoples, groups, entities

Beyond a

description and

interpretation of

narratives... SNA

Participatory tools to approach the

community based dynamics

(not focusing on epidemiology!)

Various & flexible tools = semi-structured interviews, participatory

mapping, matrix scoring , proportional piling,…(57 interviews)

Animal diseases surveillance :

Social factors driving communities functioning

+continuous observation Identify stakeholders, observe practices, interactions...

Participatory investigation of community dynamics

=> SNA modeling

- Various systems cohabiting (extensive ducks, fight cocks, intensive

chicken farm,…)

- DLD control measures in 2004/2005 = traumatism, with huge

family, cultural, socioeconomic consequences at community level

- Self-medication +++

- Low recourse to public vets

Some characteristics of the community regarding AH

Information circulation

� Very frequent social contacts

� Fast spreading of information

� In-between role from

powerful, influent CB

level people

(experienced farmers,

notables, drug sellers)

� Low communication

level with vets

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Health & Risk Perception

� Low interest for infectious

diseases in ducks health

management

� Which acceptability for

surveillance & control not

tackling these problems?

Diseases covered

by these information flow

- General functioning of the community could shed light on

the particular case of animal diseases management

- Notables (land owners, powerful families)

- Role in major crises management

- Have the needed influential power to withhold information

inside the community ...

- Industrial Firms

- private information circulation,

- not integrated to the community-based system

Major qualitative insights...

“No struggle between formal and informal

surveillance... but find the complementary

between the official and community-based

systems”

“Anthropological approach of the

community patterns, using participatory

tools and observation, benefitted from

and to SNA”

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