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KMID : 0904520180480010059
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Health and Medical Sociology
2018 Volume.48 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.94
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Understanding Place-based Health Risk Perception by Using Semantic Network Analysis - A Case Study on the Pollution of Independently-Located Factories in Gimpo -
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Jang Sa-Rang
Cho Byong-Hee
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Abstract
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Most Independently-Located Factories(ILFs) break into residential or agricultural areas, sometimes emitting odor or soot, and causing poor quality of life for residents. A case in point is the "factory hazard" controversy in Daegot-myeon, Gimpo. Although experts remain at odds, residents remain sensitive and concerned about the factories in their houses. The purpose of this study is to explore how ILF pollution affects people"s health risk perception at different places and what factors affect their perception. To this end, this research is a data collected through the Focus Group Interview and a semantic network analysis to find out how health risks are perceived by ILFs in Gimpo. The analysis showed that there were differences in health risk perception depending on the place. The residents remembered the sensory pollution experience as they recalled their surroundings of the house. Referring to Gimpo, residents came up with the media and environmental diseases together. Residents had uncertainty about the link between ILF pollution and health. Furthermore, the residents did not have a clear understanding of the source of the pollution. Damage panel tended to perceive the main cause of contamination as being in the ILF. On the other hand, regular panel perceived ILF was only one of the various sources of contamination. We were able to see that there was room for reinterpretation of personal level pollution experience and health damage in a place context.
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KEYWORD
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Health risk perception, Place, Environment pollution, Independentlylocated factory, Semantic network analysis
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