Health, Risk, and Adversity

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84545-455-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 602 g

Reihe: Studies of the Biosocial Society

Research on health involves evaluating the disparities that are systematically associated with the experience of risk, including genetic and physiological variation, environmental exposure to poor nutrition and disease, and social marginalization. This volume provides a unique perspective - a comparative approach to the analysis of health disparities and human adaptability - and specifically focuses on the pathways that lead to unequal health outcomes. From an explicitly anthropological perspective situated in the practice and theory of biosocial studies, this book combines theoretical rigor with more applied and practice-oriented approaches and critically examines infectious and chronic diseases, reproduction, and nutrition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Panter-Brick, Catherine

Fuentes, Agustín

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes

Foreword: Framing Risk, Adversity and Health

Alan Goodman

Introduction: Health, Risk, Adversity: A Contextual View from Anthropology

Catherine Panter-Brick and Agustín Fuentes

PART I: HEALTH RISKS AND DISEASES IN TRANSITION

Commentary I: Understanding Health Past and Present

Charlotte Roberts

Chapter 1. Health Consequences of Social and Ecological Adversity Among Indigenous Siberian Populations: Biocultural and Evolutionary Implications

William R Leonard, J Josh Snodgrass and Mark V Sorenson

Chapter 2. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Risk and Context of Emerging Primate-borne Zoonoses

Lisa Jones-Engel and Gregory Engel

Chapter 3. Viral Panic, Vulnerability and the Next Pandemic

Ann Herring

Appendix I: Was the 1918 Pandemic Caused by a Bird Flu Virus?

Appendix II: Applying the Syndemic Approach: Whooping Cough at York

PART II: GENERATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE

Commentary II: Thinking About Health Through Time and Across Generations

Darna Dufour

Chapter 4. Adaptation, Health and the Temporal Domain of Human Reproductive Physiology

Peter Ellison and Grazyna Jasienska

Chapter 5. Changes in Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Migrant Women: An inter-generation comparison among Bangladeshis in the UK

Alejandra Núñez-de-la-Mora and Gillian R. Bentley

Chapter 6. Family Structure and Child Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing “hidden risk”

Daniel W. Sellen

Appendix: Poor Growth and Risk of Death

PART III: GENE EVOLUTION, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

Commentary III: Explaining Health Inequalities

Bill Dressler

Chapter 7. The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Keith Godfrey and Mark Hanson

Chapter 8. Beyond the Gradient: An Integrative Anthropological Perspective on Social Stratification, Stress, and Health

Thomas McDade

Chapter 9. The Slavery Hypothesis: An Evaluation of a Genetic-Deterministic Explanation for Hypertension Prevalence Rate Inequalities

Lorena Madrigal, Mwenza Blell, Ernesto Ruiz and Flory Otarola

Conclusion: Adversity, Risk and Health: A View from Public Health

Martin White

Contributors

Glossary

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fuentes, Agustín
Agustín Fuentes is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, US. His research interests focus on primate and human behavior, pathogen transmission, and patterns in human and primate evolution. He has co-edited three books, The Non-Human Primates (1999), Primates Face to Face (2002), Primates in Perspective (2006) and recently completed a textbook in biological anthropology, Core Concepts in Biological Anthropology (2006). His most recent book is Evolution of Human Behavior (2008).

Panter-Brick, Catherine
Catherine Panter-Brick is Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. Her research focuses on critical risks to health across key stages of human development. She has edited severa books to bridge research findings into teaching practice, such as Biosocial Perspectives on Children (1998), Hormones, Health, and Behavior (1999), Abandoned Children (2000), and Hunter-Gatherers (2001). She is Senior Editor (Medical Anthropology Section) for Social Science & Medicine.

Catherine Panter-Brick is Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. Her research focuses on critical risks to health across key stages of human development. She has edited severa books to bridge research findings into teaching practice, such as Biosocial Perspectives on Children (1998), Hormones, Health, and Behavior (1999), Abandoned Children (2000), and Hunter-Gatherers (2001). She is Senior Editor (Medical Anthropology Section) for Social Science & Medicine.