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Elma Ryke

Social work research/intervention in an integrative-multidisciplinary team – Case study Bekkersdal , South Africa. Elma Ryke. Outline of the presentation. Ecohealth The eco challenge: Bekkersdal Township The Integrative Multidisciplinary (IMD) research approach

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Elma Ryke

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  1. Social work research/intervention in an integrative-multidisciplinary team – Case study Bekkersdal, South Africa Elma Ryke

  2. Outline of the presentation • Ecohealth • The eco challenge: Bekkersdal Township • The Integrative Multidisciplinary (IMD) research approach • The disciplinary phase: The Social Work angle

  3. Definition of environmental (eco) health • “...thoseaspects of humanhealth, includingqualityoflife, that are determined by physical, biological, socialandpsychosocialfactors in theenvironment. It is also relatedtothetheoryandpractice of assessing, correcting, controlling, andpreventingthosefactors in theenvironmentthatcanpotentiallyaffectthehealth of present andfuturegenerations” (South African Department of Health’s Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) Guideline of 2010).

  4. BEKKERSDAL • 150 000 people • Informal settlement 70 000 • Mines • Jobless • 40% lives below bread line • Acid mine water drainage • Radioactivity in the sediment • Dolomite – sink holes • Bekkersdal Renewal Project • “...residential complexes are located on land that would be classified as contaminated sites in developed countries.”

  5. Areas to research in the IMD Bekkersdal pilot study Service delivery & Local manage-ment Historical Legacy REGIONAL/LOCAL RESEARCH Consti- tutional rights Political Legacy

  6. AN INTEGRATIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH (IMD) RESEARCH MODEL

  7. DISCIPLINES REFLECT ON 4 THEMES • Develop and revise 1-2 research objectives with the primary research question in mind. • Indicate how the discipline would approach research in Bekkersdal, and indicate the methodology and specific research theory. • Deliberate on the knowledge/research shortcomings in the discipline’s research focus. • Explain the style of thought informing the discipline’s research.

  8. SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH OBJECTIVES • To map the experiences and understanding of Bekkersdal households of their relationship to the non-human environment as situated within the wider social context • Togeneratesustainableecohealthinterventionalternativesforoptimisingtheirperson-environmentfit

  9. SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH ANGLE Research approach • A qualitative critical realism paradigm, following a grounded theory methodology Knowledge / research shortcomings • Borrowed knowledge base • Focus on social environment Style of thought informing the social work research • Person-environment and enhancing human well-being • Person-environment as conceptualised by Zapf • Critical realism

  10. CONCLUSION • We hope through our involvement in the Bekkersdal project, we can pave the way for social work to play a more visible role in similar projects

  11. Thank you

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