ANTH 102 1nd Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture Health and HealingI. Medical Anthropologya. DefinitionsII. Notable Medical Anthropologistsa. George Fosterb. Nancy Scheper-Hughesc. Paul Farmerd. Margaret LockeIII. Ethnomedicinea. Definitionb. OriginsIV. Sociocultural PerspectiveV. Biological PerspectiveVI. Thinking About the BodyVII. Disease and Illnessa. DefinitionsVIII. Structural suffering/violenceIX. Culture-bound Syndromesa. ExamplesX. Theoretical approaches in medical anthropologya. Ecological/epidemiologicalb. Interpretivistc. Critical medical anthropologyXI. Emerging and Reemerging Diseasesa. DefinitionsOutline of Current Lecture Unnatural Causes Video NotesI. Immigrants come to the USA healthyII. “Latino Paradox”III. Social isolationIV. Five years in the USA These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.V. Why is Latino health so much better when they first come?VI. Why does becoming American have negative health connotations?Current LectureUnnatural Causes Video NotesVII. Immigrants come to the USA healthy, but within a generation they fit into the “old American” health profilea. Initially lowest rates of death, heart disease, diabetes, etc.VIII. “Latino Paradox”a. Low socioeconomic status but good healthb. Reasons?i. Strong family ties are one hypothesisIX. In whites, social isolation is on the rise and connected to risk for infectious diseases and other causes of deatha. In America, wealth = healthi. GradientX. Five years in the USA increases new immigrant health problemsa. The social devaluation is internalizedb. 1 in 4 drop out of high schoolc. 1 in 7 girls commit suicided. The children lose connection to their parents’ hopeXI. Why is Latino health so much better when they first come?a. Communityb. Better psychological healthc. Family and neighborhood infrastructureXII. Why does becoming American have negative health connotations?a. Habits and cultureb. Dietc. Acculturation to American thinkingi. Individualism, loss of
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