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Differences in the Perception of Health among the Urban Poor Living in Two Squatter House Neighbourhoods in Ankara

Ankara’da İki Gecekondu Mahallesinde Yaşayan Kent Yoksullarının Sağlık Algılarındaki Farklılıklar

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309–333
Publication Date
2022-10-12
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Four constructs were found in thesample: health as the absence of illness, health as tool or capital, health as product or consequence andhealth as peace and wellbeing.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study aims to understand the differences in conceptualizations of health and illness amongthe urban poor.
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Key Findings & Data:This study examined the urban poor’s perceptions relating to health through in-depth interviewswith 40 participants in two squatter housing neighbourhoods in Altındağ, a district in Ankara.
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Conclusion & Impact:Four constructs were found in thesample: health as the absence of illness, health as tool or capital, health as product or consequence andhealth as peace and wellbeing.
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This study aims to understand the differences in conceptualizations of health and illness amongthe urban poor. Although the interconnections between poverty and health have been revealed manytimes, sometimes lumping the poor together into one homogeneous mass. But how poor individualsperceive health and illness has not received much attention sociologically, especially in the Turkishcontext. This study examined the urban poor’s perceptions relating to health through in-depth interviewswith 40 participants in two squatter housing neighbourhoods in Altındağ, a district in Ankara. In thestudy, a qualitative research method was used on the basis of primary and qualitative data. To understandthe respondents’ health-related perspective, their subjective health and wellbeing; their views about thecausation of their illness; how they define/explain health, being healthy, the prerequisites of health andbeing healthy, and the causes of disease were analysed according to gender, age, poverty experiences andthe state of being healthy/ill. The findings show that poverty experiences, age, gender and beingpermanently sick are influential on perceptions of health and illness. Four constructs were found in thesample: health as the absence of illness, health as tool or capital, health as product or consequence andhealth as peace and wellbeing.

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Bu çalışma kent yoksullarının sağlık ve hastalık kavramlaştırmalarındaki farklılıkları anlamayı amaç- lamaktadır. Yoksulluk ve sağlık arasındaki karşılıklı ilişki çok kez ortaya konulsa da, bazen yoksullar ho- mojen bir kitle olarak görülmektedir. Özellikle Türkiye bağlamında, yoksul bireylerin sağlık ve hastalığı nasıl algıladıkları, sosyolojik olarak çok ilgi çekmemiştir. Bu çalışma Ankara’nın ilçesi Altındağ’da iki gecekondu mahallesinde 40 katılımcıyla yapılan derinlemesine mülakatlarla kent yoksullarının sağlıkla ilgili algılarını incelemiştir. Çalışmada birincil ve nitel verilere dayalı nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanıl- mıştır. Katılımcıların sağlıkla ilgili bakış açılarını anlamak üzere, öznel sağlık ve iyilik halleri; kendi hastalıklarının nedenlerine dair ifadeleri; ve sağlık, sağlıklı olmak, hastalık ve bunların nedenlerini nasıl açıkladıkları/tanımladıkları toplumsal cinsiyet, yaş, yoksulluk deneyimleri ve sağlık/hastalık durumlarına göre analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular, yoksulluk deneyimleri, yaş, toplumsal cinsiyet ve daimi hasta rolü içinde olmanın sağlık ve hastalık algılarında etkili olduğunu göstermiştir. Örneklemde dört sağlık açıklaması or- taya konmuştur: hastalık yokluğu olarak sağlık, araç ya da sermaye olarak sağlık, ürün ya da sonuç olarak sağlık ve huzur ve iyilik hali olarak sağlık.

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ÖZEN, Y., TILIÇ, H. R. (2022). Differences in the Perception of Health among the Urban Poor Living in Two Squatter House Neighbourhoods in Ankara. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 8 - Sayı: 1, 309–333. https://ajindex.com/articles/433795

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