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The Antecedents, Process, And Consequences Of Female Sterilization For Low-Income Women In Mumbai, Marie A. Brault
The Antecedents, Process, And Consequences Of Female Sterilization For Low-Income Women In Mumbai, Marie A. Brault
Master's Theses
Surgical sterilization is the primary method of family planning among low-income women in India; the result of limited knowledge and poor access to family planning alternatives. To understand the dynamics of sterilization, 37 in-depth interviews were conducted with sterilized women from the study community, as well as key informant interviews with community men, providers and government officials. The results indicate that sterilization decisions are made after exceeding ideal family size, that the procedures for sterilization frequently do not follow official protocol, but that for the most part women are highly positive about being free of the risk of unwanted conception.
* Overconsumption And The American Food Enterprise: Anthropological Insights On The Global Nutrition Transition, John Mazzeo
* Overconsumption And The American Food Enterprise: Anthropological Insights On The Global Nutrition Transition, John Mazzeo
John Mazzeo, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
The Clinical Gaze In The Practice Of Migrant Health: Indigenous Mexican Migrants In The United States, Seth M. Holmes Phd, Md
The Clinical Gaze In The Practice Of Migrant Health: Indigenous Mexican Migrants In The United States, Seth M. Holmes Phd, Md
Seth M. Holmes PhD, MD
This paper utilizes eighteen months of ethnographic and interview research undertaken in 2003 and 2004 as well as follow-up fieldwork from 2005 to 2007 to explore the sociocultural factors affecting the interactions and barriers between U.S. biomedical professionals and their unauthorized Mexican migrant patients. The participants include unauthorized indigenous Triqui migrants along a transnational circuit from the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, to central California, to northwest Washington State and the physicians and nurses staffing the clinics serving Triqui people in these locations. The data show that social and economic structures in health care and subtle cultural factors in biomedicine keep …
Humanitarian Assistance Or Corporate Interest? Monsanto And Usaid In Haiti, John Mazzeo
Humanitarian Assistance Or Corporate Interest? Monsanto And Usaid In Haiti, John Mazzeo
John Mazzeo, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Ant 360: Topics In Global Health: Hiv/Aids, John Mazzeo
Ant 360: Topics In Global Health: Hiv/Aids, John Mazzeo
John Mazzeo, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Ant 235: Cultures Of The Caribbean, John Mazzeo
Ant 235: Cultures Of The Caribbean, John Mazzeo
John Mazzeo, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Lsp 110: Alternative Healing In Chicago, John Mazzeo
Lsp 110: Alternative Healing In Chicago, John Mazzeo
John Mazzeo, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Ant 102: Cultural Anthropology (Online Version), John Mazzeo
Ant 102: Cultural Anthropology (Online Version), John Mazzeo
John Mazzeo, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.