Medical Anthropology Journal Club

All interested faculty and graduate students are invited to participate in the medical anthropology journal club. The purpose is to create a forum for discussing and critically evaluating recent literature related to medical anthropology. Typically, one volunteer will select an article and lead a discussion at each meeting.

Articles will be available in PDF form on this website at least one week in advance. If you are interested in participating, please contact me to request a password for access to the articles.

Course credit now available: As of Fall 2009, students have the option of registering for journal club as a one-credit course (ANG 6905). You are not required to register for credit to attend; we still welcome any and all students and faculty who want to participate. The new course option simply allows you to receive credit toward your degree for the work we do in journal club.

Current Schedule

For Spring 2010, unless noted otherwise, the journal club meets every Friday, 12:50 – 1:40 p.m. (Period 6) in Grinter 376 in the Center for Latin American Studies. Please check the blog for updates about the weekly schedule.

January 8

Trenholm, J. E., Olsson, P., & Ahlberg, B. M. (2009). Battles on women’s bodies: War, rape and traumatisation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Global Public Health, in press.

Moderator: Nikki D’Errico

January 15

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.

Moderator: Douglas Monroe

January 22

Joint session with African American Studies Brownbag Series: “Turn up the HEAT: Building a community academic partnership for health equity,” Lance Gravlee

January 29

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.

Moderator: Peter Collings

February 5

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.

Moderator: Alyson Young

February 12

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.

Moderator: Noelle Sullivan

February 19

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.

Moderator: Lance Gravlee

February 26

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.

Moderator: Douglas Monroe

March 5

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.

Moderator: Peter Collings and Fredrik Lindencrona

March 12

No journal club—Spring Break

March 19

Kaptchuk, T. J., Shaw, J., Kerr, C. E., Conboy, L. A., Kelley, J. M., Csordas, T. J. et al. (2009). “Maybe I made up the whole thing”: Placebos and patients’ experiences in a randomized controlled trial. Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry, 33(3), 382-411.

Moderator: TBD

March 26

No journal club—Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings (Mérida, Mexico)

April 2

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.

Moderator: Amy Non

April 9

Whyte, S. R. (2009). Health identities and subjectivities: The ethnographic challenge. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 23(1), 6-15.

Moderator: Noelle Sullivan

April 16

No journal club—American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting

April 23

Grayman, J. H., Good, M.-J. D., & Good, B. J. (2009). Conflict nightmares and trauma in Aceh. Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry, 33(2), 290-312.