Lloyd, M. and Roen, Katrina (2002) When you smell smoke': 'Risk factors' and fire safety in action. Health Risk & Society, 4 (2). pp. 139-153. ISSN 1469-8331
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A neglected way of talking about risk is to focus on one of its correlates, 'safety'. This study examines how fire-safety knowledge is put into action. We are concerned with how knowledge of household fire 'risk factors' may, or may not, gain a concrete existence in the interactions between firefighters and householders. Using a 'translation' model loosely derived from Actor-Network-Theory, we show the complexity of the social interactions that constitute safety in action. The aim is not to critique the 'risk factors' approach and its epidemiological underpinnings; nevertheless, the implication is that proponents of the 'risk factors' approach need to understand the interactions where risk and safety are socially embedded, for this is where they gain their life.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Health Risk & Society |
| Additional Information: | RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Social Work and Social Policy & Administration |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Risk ; Fire Safety ; Knowledge Translation |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Health and Medicine > Health Research |
| ID Code: | 3363 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer |
| Deposited On: | 18 Mar 2008 16:08 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:26 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/3363 |
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