Author, as appears in the article.: Ciaravino, G; Espluga, J; Moragas-Fernández, C; Capdevila, A; Freixa, V; Gelats, FLI; Vergne, T; Allepuz, A
Department: Estudis de Comunicació
URV's Author/s: Capdevila Gómez, Aranzazu Maria / Moragas Fernández, Carlota Maria
Keywords: Press analysis Participatory methods Metaphors Disease Communication Cattle war vaccination uk risk prevention press analysis participatory methods metaphors implementation governance communication badgers attitudes
Abstract: France and Spain have been fighting against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) for years, even though new outbreaks continue to appear on both sides of the border, generating misconceptions about the disease and social distrust in the eradication programme and competent authorities. The perceived disease risk and the commitment of all interested parties are key factors for the successful implementation of control programmes, as they might influence the acceptability of recommended measures. Effective communication can contribute to increasing knowledge, trust and stakeholders’ engagement, thus ensuring the acceptability of the eradication programme. This study was conducted in Catalonia (Spain) and Pyrenees-Atlantiques (France) in the frame of the INNOTUB project (https://innotub.eu/) to characterise the communication on bTB in the trans-Pyrenees region and provide recommendations to improve it. The communication on bTB was characterised by analysing 153 (Spain) and 66 (France) online freely available texts, published between 2018 and 2020, through Content Analysis and Critical Metaphor Analysis. Moreover, six farmers and four veterinarians were in-depth interviewed in each area to gather information about the communication on bTB. Interviews were made in original languages and analysed using a qualitative thematic approach. A pilot participatory intervention inspired by the Systematic Tool for Behavioural Assumption Validation and Exploration (STAVE) method was used to develop a list of proposals to improve communication and to promote the creation of territorial networks/committees on bTB prevention and control. It included three focus groups with farmers and veterinarians, a meeting with representatives of the regional veterinary services, and a final deliberative workshop. Results highlight the existence of a controversial debate on bTB and a heterogeneous understanding between stakeholders. Institutional and scientific communication mainly focus on bTB detection and control while other aspects are left in the background. On the contrary, farmers extend their communication to a greater variety of topics. The metaphorical framing strongly differed among actors, while veterinary services and researchers “fight” against bTB and “progress” toward the eradication, farmers place themselves in a framework of “sacrifice” and, particularly in Spain, they play a passive role. The proposals developed by the participants to improve the current communication on bTB included: (i) create participatory meeting spaces to share opinions and information; (ii) improve data accessibility (on epidemiological situations); (iii) develop clearer and written protocols and informative visual material; (iv) redesign the training courses (v) increase the stakeholders’ participation in the design of protocols.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Veterinary sciences Saúde coletiva Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Geociências Food animals Farmacia Engenharias iv Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Animal science and zoology Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: carlotamaria.moragas@urv.cat arantxa.capdevila@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-3028-6663 0000-0003-3030-0488
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 220
APA: Ciaravino, G; Espluga, J; Moragas-Fernández, C; Capdevila, A; Freixa, V; Gelats, FLI; Vergne, T; Allepuz, A (2023). Improving the communication between farmers and veterinarians to enhance the acceptability of bovine tuberculosis eradication programmes. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 220(), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106046
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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