Clarence C. Gravlee

This week in journal club, Jessica Jean Casler will moderate our discussion of a new article about how people perceive the causes of — and potential policy solutions to — growing obesity in the United States:

Niederdeppe, J., Robert, S. A., & Kindig, D. A. (2011). Qualitative Research About Attributions, Narratives, and Support for Obesity Policy, 2008. Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(2), 1-7.

Join us for the discussion on Friday, April 8, 11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m., in the Med Anthro Lab (TUR B103)

This week’s journal club article is one we’ve mentioned a few times in reference to other papers, so I thought we’d better focus on it:

Sweet, E. (2010). “If your shoes are raggedy you get talked about”: Symbolic and material dimensions of adolescent social status and health. Social Science & Medicine, 70(12), 2029-2035.

I’ll be moderating the discussion beginning at 11:45 a.m. on Friday, March 25, in the Med Anthro Lab (TUR B103). Please join us.

Yasemin Akdas has selected the following recent paper to discuss in tomorrow’s journal club:

Do, Y. K., Carpenter, W. R., Spain, P., et al. (2010). Race, healthcare access and physician trust among prostate cancer patients. Cancer Causes Control, 21(1), 31-40.

Please join us in the Med Anthro Lab (TUR B103) on Friday, 11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.

Our discussion in journal club will be led this week by José Antonio Tovar, who selected the following article to present:

Peoples, J. D., Bishop, J., Barrera, B., Lamas, O., Dunlap, J. L., Gonzalez, P. A. et al. (2010). Health, occupational and environmental risks of emancipated migrant farmworker youth. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 21(4), 1215-1226.

Please join us on Friday, 11:45 a.m. – 12:35. p.m., in the Med Anthro Lab (TUR B103).

Thanks for Marcus Monroe for selecting this week’s article for journal club:

Szanton, S. L., Thorpe, R. J., & Whitfield, K. (2010). Life-course financial strain and health in African-Americans. Soc Sci Med, 71(2), 259-265.

Join us on Friday, 11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m., in the Med Anthro Lab (TUR B103).

Join us in journal club on Friday, February 11, to discuss the following brand new paper, selected and presented by Noelle Sullivan:

Granado, S., Manderson, L., Obrist, B., & Tanner, M. (2011). Appropriating “Malaria”: Local Responses to Malaria Treatment and Prevention in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Medical Anthropology, 30(1), 102-121.

We’ll begin, as usual, at 11:45 a.m. in the Med Anthro Lab (TUR B103).

For journal club this week, Nikki D’Errico has selected an article set in the region where she works, Eastern DRC:

Paluck, E. (2010). Is It Better Not to Talk? Group Polarization, Extended Contact, and Perspective Taking in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36(9), 1170-1185.

The article reports a field experiment to test whether messages of tolerance disseminated through mass media (talk radio) could help to promote openness and reduce conflict. I won’t spoil the ending for you here: Read the article and join the discussion in the Med Anthro Lab (TUR B103) on Friday, 11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.

This week Meredith Marten has selected a recent paper by João Biehl and Peter Locke for discussion in journal club:

Biehl, J., & Locke, P. (2010). Deleuze and the Anthropology of Becoming. Current Anthropology, 51(3), 317-351.

Please join us on Friday, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., in the Medical Anthropology Lab (TUR B103).

This week Douglas Monroe has selected an article related to his dissertation research for discussion:

Dodson, J. L., Hsiao, Y., Kasat-Shors, M., Murray, L., Nguyen, N. K., Richards, A. K. et al. (2009). Formative Research for a Healthy Diet Intervention Among Inner-City Adolescents: The Importance of Family, School and Neighborhood Environment. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 48(1), 39-58.

If this article sparks your interest, here are some recent reviews from a special issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine about the state of research on the food environment.

Glanz, K. (2009). Measuring Food Environments: A Historical Perspective. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4), S93-S98.

Lytle, L. (2009). Measuring the Food Environment: State of the Science. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4), S134-S144.

McKinnon, R. A., Reedy, J., Morrissette, M., Lytle, L., & Yaroch, A. (2009). Measures of the Food EnvironmentA Compilation of the Literature, 1990–2007. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4), S124-S133.

Please join us on Friday, January 21, 11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m., in the Medical Anthropology Lab (TUR B103)

We kick off journal club for the new year with an article that has a little something for everyone—whether you’re more comfortable talking about ethnography or neurobiology:

Hay, M. C. (2009). Anxiety, Remembering, and Agency: Biocultural Insights for Understanding Sasaks’ Responses to Illness. Ethos, 37(1), 1-31.

Please join us for the discussion starting at 11:45 a.m., Friday, Jan. 14, in the Med Anthro Lab (TUR B103). Now’s also the time to start filling the schedule for the rest of the semester, so please send me your articles and dates.

Moderator: Lance Gravlee