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The Hagersville Tire Fire: Interpreting Risk through a Qualitative Research Design

Jamie Baxter

Department of Geography at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

John Eyles

Department of Geography at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dennis Willms

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

This article outlines a research design used to study the effects of the Hagersville (Ontario, Canada) tire fire on the surrounding community. This was an "event driven" qualitative study that used open-ended interviews; given the nature of the fire and the surrounding community, this approach was deemed more appropriate than using a large-scale research instrument. Individuals and families in the community were anxious about their health due to the possibility of air, water, and soil contamination. Residents were forced to make life-style decisions based on perceptions of risk that were influenced by shared sociocultural conditions. The article describes a systematic approach for coming to terms with the way that individuals and families interpret and cope with risk. Preliminary findings are presented.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 2, No. 2, 208-237 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/104973239200200206
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