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Hiv/Aids Community Home Based Care Baseline Livelihood Assessment For Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe. Care., John Mazzeo Dec 2005

Hiv/Aids Community Home Based Care Baseline Livelihood Assessment For Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe. Care., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Zimbabwe Household Livelihood Assessment. Care., John Mazzeo Dec 2005

Zimbabwe Household Livelihood Assessment. Care., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


An Ethnographic Study Of The Social Context Of Migrant Health In The United States, Seth M. Holmes Phd, Md Dec 2005

An Ethnographic Study Of The Social Context Of Migrant Health In The United States, Seth M. Holmes Phd, Md

Seth M. Holmes PhD, MD

Background

Migrant workers in the United States have extremely poor health. This paper aims to identify ways in which the social context of migrant farm workers affects their health and health care.

Methods and Findings

This qualitative study employs participant observation and interviews on farms and in clinics throughout 15 months of migration with a group of indigenous Triqui Mexicans in the western US and Mexico. Study participants include more than 130 farm workers and 30 clinicians. Data are analyzed utilizing grounded theory, accompanied by theories of structural violence, symbolic violence, and the clinical gaze. The study reveals that farm …