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Tyson, Dinorah Martinez; Teran, Enrique; Dao, Lillie Uyen-Loan; Chee, Vanessa; Hernandez, Isabel; Flores, Mercedes; Ortiz, Miguel Reina; Izurieta, Ricardo; Baldwin, Julie A Cancer is in Style: Lifestyle change and the perceived impact of globalization on Andean indigenous communities in Ecuador Journal Article Ethnicity and Health, 2018. @article{Tyson2018, title = {Cancer is in Style: Lifestyle change and the perceived impact of globalization on Andean indigenous communities in Ecuador}, author = {Dinorah Martinez Tyson and Enrique Teran and Lillie Uyen-Loan Dao and Vanessa Chee and Isabel Hernandez and Mercedes Flores and Miguel Reina Ortiz and Ricardo Izurieta and Julie A Baldwin}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13557858.2018.1493437?journalCode=ceth20}, doi = {10.1080/13557858.2018.1493437}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-07-04}, journal = {Ethnicity and Health}, abstract = {Introduction: There is a paucity of information on cancer among Indigenous populations in Latin America. Methods: Guided by tenets of community engaged research and syndemic theory, we conducted eight focus groups (n = 59) with Kichwa men and women in the province of Imbabura, Ecuador. Data were analyzed using applied thematic analysis techniques. Results: Cancer emerged as an important health problem and was reported as a growing concern. Kichwa participants in this study attributed the rise in cancer to (1) exposure to chemicals and pesticides, (2) urbanization and development, and (3) the rise of innutritious, westernized diets. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the Kichwa are attuned to the global phenomena in which traditional diet has been replaced by western, processed foods and fast food, which result in higher levels of chronic diseases such as cancer. More research is needed to understand the cancer burden among Indigenous peoples in Latin America.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Introduction: There is a paucity of information on cancer among Indigenous populations in Latin America. Methods: Guided by tenets of community engaged research and syndemic theory, we conducted eight focus groups (n = 59) with Kichwa men and women in the province of Imbabura, Ecuador. Data were analyzed using applied thematic analysis techniques. Results: Cancer emerged as an important health problem and was reported as a growing concern. Kichwa participants in this study attributed the rise in cancer to (1) exposure to chemicals and pesticides, (2) urbanization and development, and (3) the rise of innutritious, westernized diets. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the Kichwa are attuned to the global phenomena in which traditional diet has been replaced by western, processed foods and fast food, which result in higher levels of chronic diseases such as cancer. More research is needed to understand the cancer burden among Indigenous peoples in Latin America. |
Panzera, Anthony D; Bryant, Carol A; Hawkins, Fran; Goff, Rhonda; Napier, Ashley; Schneider, Tali; Kirby, Russell S; Coulter, Martha L; Sappenfield, William M; Baldwin, Julie A; O'Rourke, Kathleen Mapping a WIC Mother's Journey: A preliminary analysis Journal Article Social Marketing Quarterly, 23 (2), pp. 1-17, 2017. @article{Panzera2017, title = {Mapping a WIC Mother's Journey: A preliminary analysis}, author = {Anthony D Panzera and Carol A Bryant and Fran Hawkins and Rhonda Goff and Ashley Napier and Tali Schneider and Russell S Kirby and Martha L Coulter and William M Sappenfield and Julie A Baldwin and Kathleen O'Rourke}, url = {http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1524500417692526}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-02-21}, journal = {Social Marketing Quarterly}, volume = {23}, number = {2}, pages = {1-17}, abstract = {While the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides numerous benefits to many enrolled families across the United States, including access to nutritious foods, some recent drops in maternal participation in Kentucky resulted from failures to retrieve those benefits. We explored perceived benefits of and encountered barriers to food benefit retrieval. Journey mapping included direct observations of client appointments, clinic lobby areas, and a shopping experience and was augmented with focus groups conducted in two urban and two rural areas. Major touchpoints before WIC appointments, during those appointments at clinics, and after appointments when redeeming food benefits were identified. Across touchpoints, mothers identified childcare, transportation issues, long waits, confusion regarding eligibility, problems scheduling appointments, and stigma as barriers to their ability to retrieve food instruments. Despite these barriers mothers value the benefits of WIC, especially access to healthy foods, infant formula, and nutrition education. This work demonstrates a method by which WIC mothers’ experiences shed light on client service shortfalls and possible opportunities to improve client services.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } While the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides numerous benefits to many enrolled families across the United States, including access to nutritious foods, some recent drops in maternal participation in Kentucky resulted from failures to retrieve those benefits. We explored perceived benefits of and encountered barriers to food benefit retrieval. Journey mapping included direct observations of client appointments, clinic lobby areas, and a shopping experience and was augmented with focus groups conducted in two urban and two rural areas. Major touchpoints before WIC appointments, during those appointments at clinics, and after appointments when redeeming food benefits were identified. Across touchpoints, mothers identified childcare, transportation issues, long waits, confusion regarding eligibility, problems scheduling appointments, and stigma as barriers to their ability to retrieve food instruments. Despite these barriers mothers value the benefits of WIC, especially access to healthy foods, infant formula, and nutrition education. This work demonstrates a method by which WIC mothers’ experiences shed light on client service shortfalls and possible opportunities to improve client services. |
Bletzer, Keith V; Yuan, Nicole P; Koss, Mary P; Polacca, Mona; Eaves, Emery R; Goldman, David Taking humor seriously: talking about drinking in Native American focus groups Journal Article Medical Anthropology, 30 (3), pp. 295-318, 2011. @article{Bletzer2011, title = {Taking humor seriously: talking about drinking in Native American focus groups}, author = {Keith V Bletzer and Nicole P Yuan and Mary P Koss and Mona Polacca and Emery R Eaves and David Goldman}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21590583}, doi = {10.1080/01459740.2011.560584}, year = {2011}, date = {2011-05-01}, journal = {Medical Anthropology}, volume = {30}, number = {3}, pages = {295-318}, abstract = {Focus groups provide a source of data that highlight community ideas on a topic of interest. How interview data will be utilized varies by project. With this in mind, we identify ways that focus group data from a particular population (Native American) articulate a health issue of individual tribal concern (alcohol consumption). Taking our analytic framework from linguistics, one of the four fields of inquiry in anthropology, we examine format ties and the performance of humor as stylistic features of tribal focus groups and illustrate how linguistic devices can be used in analyzing aspects of adolescent and adult drinking. Focus group data require systematic review and analysis to identify useful findings that can lead to inquiry points to initiate collaborative work with local experts before the data can be developed and configured into effective program initiatives.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Focus groups provide a source of data that highlight community ideas on a topic of interest. How interview data will be utilized varies by project. With this in mind, we identify ways that focus group data from a particular population (Native American) articulate a health issue of individual tribal concern (alcohol consumption). Taking our analytic framework from linguistics, one of the four fields of inquiry in anthropology, we examine format ties and the performance of humor as stylistic features of tribal focus groups and illustrate how linguistic devices can be used in analyzing aspects of adolescent and adult drinking. Focus group data require systematic review and analysis to identify useful findings that can lead to inquiry points to initiate collaborative work with local experts before the data can be developed and configured into effective program initiatives. |
2018 |
Tyson, Dinorah Martinez; Teran, Enrique; Dao, Lillie Uyen-Loan; Chee, Vanessa; Hernandez, Isabel; Flores, Mercedes; Ortiz, Miguel Reina; Izurieta, Ricardo; Baldwin, Julie A Cancer is in Style: Lifestyle change and the perceived impact of globalization on Andean indigenous communities in Ecuador Journal Article Ethnicity and Health, 2018. @article{Tyson2018, title = {Cancer is in Style: Lifestyle change and the perceived impact of globalization on Andean indigenous communities in Ecuador}, author = {Dinorah Martinez Tyson and Enrique Teran and Lillie Uyen-Loan Dao and Vanessa Chee and Isabel Hernandez and Mercedes Flores and Miguel Reina Ortiz and Ricardo Izurieta and Julie A Baldwin}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13557858.2018.1493437?journalCode=ceth20}, doi = {10.1080/13557858.2018.1493437}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-07-04}, journal = {Ethnicity and Health}, abstract = {Introduction: There is a paucity of information on cancer among Indigenous populations in Latin America. Methods: Guided by tenets of community engaged research and syndemic theory, we conducted eight focus groups (n = 59) with Kichwa men and women in the province of Imbabura, Ecuador. Data were analyzed using applied thematic analysis techniques. Results: Cancer emerged as an important health problem and was reported as a growing concern. Kichwa participants in this study attributed the rise in cancer to (1) exposure to chemicals and pesticides, (2) urbanization and development, and (3) the rise of innutritious, westernized diets. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the Kichwa are attuned to the global phenomena in which traditional diet has been replaced by western, processed foods and fast food, which result in higher levels of chronic diseases such as cancer. More research is needed to understand the cancer burden among Indigenous peoples in Latin America.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Introduction: There is a paucity of information on cancer among Indigenous populations in Latin America. Methods: Guided by tenets of community engaged research and syndemic theory, we conducted eight focus groups (n = 59) with Kichwa men and women in the province of Imbabura, Ecuador. Data were analyzed using applied thematic analysis techniques. Results: Cancer emerged as an important health problem and was reported as a growing concern. Kichwa participants in this study attributed the rise in cancer to (1) exposure to chemicals and pesticides, (2) urbanization and development, and (3) the rise of innutritious, westernized diets. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the Kichwa are attuned to the global phenomena in which traditional diet has been replaced by western, processed foods and fast food, which result in higher levels of chronic diseases such as cancer. More research is needed to understand the cancer burden among Indigenous peoples in Latin America. |
2017 |
Panzera, Anthony D; Bryant, Carol A; Hawkins, Fran; Goff, Rhonda; Napier, Ashley; Schneider, Tali; Kirby, Russell S; Coulter, Martha L; Sappenfield, William M; Baldwin, Julie A; O'Rourke, Kathleen Mapping a WIC Mother's Journey: A preliminary analysis Journal Article Social Marketing Quarterly, 23 (2), pp. 1-17, 2017. @article{Panzera2017, title = {Mapping a WIC Mother's Journey: A preliminary analysis}, author = {Anthony D Panzera and Carol A Bryant and Fran Hawkins and Rhonda Goff and Ashley Napier and Tali Schneider and Russell S Kirby and Martha L Coulter and William M Sappenfield and Julie A Baldwin and Kathleen O'Rourke}, url = {http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1524500417692526}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-02-21}, journal = {Social Marketing Quarterly}, volume = {23}, number = {2}, pages = {1-17}, abstract = {While the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides numerous benefits to many enrolled families across the United States, including access to nutritious foods, some recent drops in maternal participation in Kentucky resulted from failures to retrieve those benefits. We explored perceived benefits of and encountered barriers to food benefit retrieval. Journey mapping included direct observations of client appointments, clinic lobby areas, and a shopping experience and was augmented with focus groups conducted in two urban and two rural areas. Major touchpoints before WIC appointments, during those appointments at clinics, and after appointments when redeeming food benefits were identified. Across touchpoints, mothers identified childcare, transportation issues, long waits, confusion regarding eligibility, problems scheduling appointments, and stigma as barriers to their ability to retrieve food instruments. Despite these barriers mothers value the benefits of WIC, especially access to healthy foods, infant formula, and nutrition education. This work demonstrates a method by which WIC mothers’ experiences shed light on client service shortfalls and possible opportunities to improve client services.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } While the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides numerous benefits to many enrolled families across the United States, including access to nutritious foods, some recent drops in maternal participation in Kentucky resulted from failures to retrieve those benefits. We explored perceived benefits of and encountered barriers to food benefit retrieval. Journey mapping included direct observations of client appointments, clinic lobby areas, and a shopping experience and was augmented with focus groups conducted in two urban and two rural areas. Major touchpoints before WIC appointments, during those appointments at clinics, and after appointments when redeeming food benefits were identified. Across touchpoints, mothers identified childcare, transportation issues, long waits, confusion regarding eligibility, problems scheduling appointments, and stigma as barriers to their ability to retrieve food instruments. Despite these barriers mothers value the benefits of WIC, especially access to healthy foods, infant formula, and nutrition education. This work demonstrates a method by which WIC mothers’ experiences shed light on client service shortfalls and possible opportunities to improve client services. |
2011 |
Bletzer, Keith V; Yuan, Nicole P; Koss, Mary P; Polacca, Mona; Eaves, Emery R; Goldman, David Taking humor seriously: talking about drinking in Native American focus groups Journal Article Medical Anthropology, 30 (3), pp. 295-318, 2011. @article{Bletzer2011, title = {Taking humor seriously: talking about drinking in Native American focus groups}, author = {Keith V Bletzer and Nicole P Yuan and Mary P Koss and Mona Polacca and Emery R Eaves and David Goldman}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21590583}, doi = {10.1080/01459740.2011.560584}, year = {2011}, date = {2011-05-01}, journal = {Medical Anthropology}, volume = {30}, number = {3}, pages = {295-318}, abstract = {Focus groups provide a source of data that highlight community ideas on a topic of interest. How interview data will be utilized varies by project. With this in mind, we identify ways that focus group data from a particular population (Native American) articulate a health issue of individual tribal concern (alcohol consumption). Taking our analytic framework from linguistics, one of the four fields of inquiry in anthropology, we examine format ties and the performance of humor as stylistic features of tribal focus groups and illustrate how linguistic devices can be used in analyzing aspects of adolescent and adult drinking. Focus group data require systematic review and analysis to identify useful findings that can lead to inquiry points to initiate collaborative work with local experts before the data can be developed and configured into effective program initiatives.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Focus groups provide a source of data that highlight community ideas on a topic of interest. How interview data will be utilized varies by project. With this in mind, we identify ways that focus group data from a particular population (Native American) articulate a health issue of individual tribal concern (alcohol consumption). Taking our analytic framework from linguistics, one of the four fields of inquiry in anthropology, we examine format ties and the performance of humor as stylistic features of tribal focus groups and illustrate how linguistic devices can be used in analyzing aspects of adolescent and adult drinking. Focus group data require systematic review and analysis to identify useful findings that can lead to inquiry points to initiate collaborative work with local experts before the data can be developed and configured into effective program initiatives. |