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).
Nikki D’Errico will kick off journal club for the New Year with an article closely related to her own research:
Trenholm, J. E., Olsson, P., & Ahlberg, B. M. (2010). Battles on women’s bodies: War, rape and traumatisation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Global Public Health, in press.
This week only, we will meet in Turlington 1208. Starting next week, we will return to the African Studies Conference Room, 471 Grinter.
This week in journal club Aida Miro will be presenting a recent paper by some of my favorite authors you’ve probably never heard of: Amy Non, Connie Mulligan, and me.
Gravlee, C. C., Non, A. L., & Mulligan, C. J. (2009). Genetic ancestry, social classification, and racial inequalities in blood pressure in southeastern Puerto Rico. PLoS ONE, 4(9), e6821.
Come join us on Friday, 10:40-11:30 a.m., to find out whether the criticism will be as ruthless as usual with two of the three authors sitting in the room. We’ll be in 471 Grinter Hall (African Studies Conference Room).
You may know that the University of Florida recently established a Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UF with support from a CTSA award from NIH.
So what is translational research, and what does it have to do with anthropology? Come to journal club this week and find out. Tamar Carter will lead our discussion of the following article:
McGarvey, S. T. (2009). Interdisciplinary translational research in anthropology, nutrition, and public health. Annual Review of Anthropology, 38, 233-249.
We will meet on Friday, 10:40 – 11:30 a.m., in 471 Grinter Hall (African Studies Conference Room).
