Drs. Chris Lynn and Jo Weaver, along with lead author Dr. Michaela Howells from University of North Carolina Wilmington, have a new article out titled, “Zika virus in American Samoa:
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“Shame, Blame, and Status Incongruity: Health and Stigma in Rural Brazil and the Urban United Arab Emirates” by Dr. Weaver
Abstract: Stigma is a powerful determinant of physical and mental health around the world, a perennial public health concern that is particularly resistant to change. This article builds from sociologist
“Tension Among Women in North India: An Idiom of Distress and a Cultural Syndrome” by Dr. Weaver
Abstract: The existing literature on Indian ethnopsychology has long asserted that somatization is a key aspect of experiences of distress. The study of idioms of distress arose out of work done in
Special Issue of Medical Anthropology edited by Dr. Weaver
Some good news for Dr. Weaver. The special issue that she was editing for Medical Anthropology Quarterly (our sub-discipline’s flagship journal) was published during the holidays. The volume is titled, A Special
Dr. Weaver publishes “Transactions in Suffering: Mothers, Daughters, and Chronic Disease Comorbidities in New Delhi, India”
Congratulations to Dr. Lesley Jo Weaver on the publication (Epub ahead of print) of “Transactions in Suffering: Mothers, Daughters, and Chronic Disease Comorbidities in New Delhi, India.” This article in Medical
Dr. Jo Weaver receives National Science Foundation Senior Award
Dr. Jo Weaver has received an NSF Senior Award for her work on food insecurity and mental health in Brazil. This is a collaborative 3-site project with her colleagues
Dr. Chris Lynn publishes “Family Diversity” in Anthropology News
The latest post for the Biocultural Systematics guest blog is “Family Diversity,” written by Dr. Christopher Lynn. Biocultural Systematics is a monthly guest blog in the Anthropology News newsletter for
Dr. Jo Weaver publishes “Type 2 Diabetes and Anxiety Symptoms among Women in New Delhi, India”
Dr. Lesley Jo Weaver and S.V. Madhu publish “Type 2 Diabetes and Anxiety Symptoms among Women in New Delhi, India” in American Journal of Public Health (November 2015, Vol. 105,