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Social System Effects on Local Level Morbidity and Adaptation in the Rural Peruvian Andes
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In this paper, the utility of the adaptation paradigm for understanding the health consequences of rural Peruvian social relations is examined, and the desirability of linking data, methods, and theoretical perspectives from sociocultural and biological anthropology, and provide methodological examples for conducting this type of research.Abstract:
In this article I argue for the desirability of linking data, methods, and theoretical perspectives from sociocultural and biological anthropology, and provide methodological examples for conducting this type of research. I specifically examine the utility of the adaptation paradigm for understanding the health consequences of rural Peruvian social relations. Long-term historical trends in the Nunoa District in the rural Peruvian highlands reveal that large-scale political-economic and other social forces helped shape a local social structure that creates ongoing adverse living conditions for many segments of the population. Biological manifestations of social stressors are seen in the form of high mortality and poor child growth, especially among economically marginalized populations. Analysis of household morbidity and social characteristics demonstrates strong links between health status and factors such as informal interhousehold social support networks, education, and family demographic composition.read more
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Beyond the Ivory Tower: critical praxis in medical anthropology.
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Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: Integrating Cultural Factors into Public Health
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Adaptation and the Biocultural Paradigm in Medical Anthropology: A Critical Review
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The reputational and social network benefits of prosociality in an Andean community
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Modeling biocultural interactions: Examples from studies of stress and cardiovascular disease
TL;DR: The integration of theory and method to incorporate social, cultural, and biological variables in research design is of paramount importance as discussed by the authors, and the integration has been, at best, imperfect.
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