This week we kick off a new academic year of journal club in medical anthropology and population health with a recent paper from Social Science and Medicine:
Coreil, J., Mayard, G., Simpson, K., Lauzardo, M., Zhu, Y., & Weiss, M. G. (2010). Structural forces and the production of TB-related stigma among Haitians in two contexts. Social Science & Medicine.
We’ll meet on Friday, September 3, 10:40 – 11:30 a.m. in the Medical Anthropology Lab, Turlington B103. See you there!
The beauty of medical anthropology, if you ask me, is that we could go from last week’s article about aldosterone and physiological responses to stress to this week’s discussion about the following article:
Whyte, S. R. (2009). Health identities and subjectivities: The ethnographic challenge. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 23(1), 6-15.
Noelle Sullivan will lead our discussion beginning at 12:50 on Friday in Grinter 376 (Latin American Studies Conference Room). Please join us.
After a three-week hiatus, journal club returns this week with an article presented by Amy Non:
Kubzansky, L. D., & Adler, G. K. (2010). Aldosterone: a forgotten mediator of the relationship between psychological stress and heart disease. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 34(1), 80-86.
Join us on Friday at 12:50 – 1:40 p.m. in Grinter 376 (Latin American Studies).
This week we’re delighted to be joined by Peter Collings’s colleague, Fredrik Lindencrona, from the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. We will take advantage of this opportunity to discuss a paper related to Dr. Lindencrona’s expertise:
Sellstrom, E., & Bremberg, S. (2006). The significance of neighbourhood context to child and adolescent health and well-being: A systematic review of multilevel studies. Scandanavian Journal of Public Health, 34(5), 544-554.
Please join us for the discussion in Grinter 376 (Latin American Studies Conference Room) on Friday, 12:50 – 1:40 p.m.
For this week’s discussion, Doug Monroe selected an article that was featured in a New York Times editorial two weeks ago. As the Times suggested, this study has flamed debate over sex education policy because it suggests that, under certain circumstances, abstinence-only education can delay the start of sexual activity.
Jemmott, J. B., Jemmott, L. S., & Fong, G. T. (2010). Efficacy of a theory-based abstinence-only intervention over 24 months: a randomized controlled trial with young adolescents. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 164(2), 152-159.
Visit the journal club page to download the PDF, and join us Friday, 12:50 – 1:40 p.m., in Grinter 376 for the discussion.
Our discussion this week focuses on a recent paper by Ryan Brown, Dan Hruschka, and Carol Worthman in the American Anthropologist:
Brown, R. A., Hruschka, D. J., & Worthman, C. M. (2009). Cultural models and fertility timing among Cherokee and White youth in Appalachia: Beyond the mode. American Anthropologist, 111(4), 420-431.
Please join us Friday, Feb. 19, 12:50 – 1:40 p.m. in Grinter 376 (Latin American Studies Conference Room). I’ll be moderating the discussion, and we’ll have two visitors—a prospective student and a prospective colleague—join us.
Most of the articles we have discussed lately come from the intersection of anthropology and public health. This week we will discuss an article that represents another important strain of medical anthropology: the study of biomedicine as a cultural system. Noelle Sullivan selected the following article for discussion:
Castel, P. (2009). What’s behind a guideline?: Authority, competition and collaboration in the French oncology sector. Social Studies of Science, 39(5), 743-764.
Please join us to discuss this article on Friday, 12:50 – 1:40 p.m., in Grinter 376 (Latin American Studies Conference Room).
This week Dr. Alyson Young will lead our discussion of a brand-new article by her mentor, Ivy Pike, and colleagues:
Pike, I. L., Straight, B., Oesterle, M., Hilton, C., & Lanyasunya, A. (2010). Documenting the health consequences of endemic warfare in three pastoralist communities of northern Kenya: A conceptual framework. Social Science & Medicine, 70(1), 45-52.
This article is part of a special issue of Social Science and Medicine on conflict, violence and health. There are a series of interesting and important articles on this timely topic. You may want to begin with the introduction to the issue by Catherine Panter-Brick, “Conflict, violence, and health: Setting a new interdisciplinary agenda.”
We meet tomorrow in Grinter 375 (Latin American Studies), 12:50 – 1:40 p.m.
Dr. Peter Collings will lead our journal club discussion this week of an article that touches on the interests of several members of our group:
Weaver, L. J., & Hadley, C. (2009). Moving beyond hunger and nutrition: A systematic review of the evidence linking food insecurity and mental health in developing countries. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 48(4), 263-284.
We will meet at the new time, 12:50 p.m., and the new place, Grinter 376 (Latin American Studies Conference Room). See you there.
Douglas Monroe will lead our journal club discussion this week with an article closely related to our current work in Tallahassee:
Shariff-Marco, S., Gee, G. C., Breen, N., Willis, G., Reeve, B. B., Grant, D. et al. (2009). A mixed-methods approach to developing a self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination measure for use in multiethnic health surveys. Ethnicity & Disease, 19(4), 447-453.
Please note that, based on popular demand, our meeting time has shifted to 12:50 – 1:40 p.m. While we look for a permanent meeting place during that time slot, we will meet this week in 1208 Turlington (Conference Room).
