Sarah Bowen
Biographic Data
| ID | 123737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Bowen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowen |
| SIGNATURE | BOWEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8987-8343 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 427 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
Pilot Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindful Journey
A mindfulness-based intervention for Substance Use Disorder in a Brazilian vulnerable population
Introduction: Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a chronic condition that impacts various facets of an individual's life, and society as a whole. The Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) protocol is an innovative intervention that can help to prevent relapse, particularly when used as a post-treatment approach. However, although there is significant evidence of its effectiveness in studies from high-income countries (HICs), there is a dearth …
The effect of timers and precommitments on handwashing
Many foodborne illness outbreaks originate in food service establishments. We tested two behavioural interventions designed to improve the duration and quality of handwashing. We ran a three-armed parallel trial in a laboratory kitchen, from 7 March to 27 May 2022. Participants were n = 195 workers who handle food. We randomly allocated participants to three groups: Timer – tap-mounted timer that counted seconds while participants washed their ha…
Messages from rainbow rangatahi to mental health professionals in training
Past research has shown significant inequities in mental health outcomes between rainbow and non‐rainbow people, particularly for youth. Rainbow youth report mixed experiences when accessing support, signalling the need for increased rainbow competency training for mental health professionals (MHPs). While previous research has explored the experiences of rainbow young people, little research has sought direct messages from rainbow youth to train…
Mediating Effects of Thought Suppression in the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Substance Use Craving
Effectiveness of Mindfulness for Anger Expression on Men in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Mindfulness is effective in managing cravings and preventing relapse in substance use disorders (SUD), but its effectiveness in managing anger is unclear. We aim to assess the effects of mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) on anger in men treated in therapeutics communities for SUD in Brazil. The sample size was designed to a minimum of 160 participants; 223 were randomized to MBRP or treatment as usual. After eight sessions of MBRP, the …
Can uptake of childhood influenza immunisation through schools and GP practices be increased through behaviourally-informed invitation letters and reminders
Study 1: Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02921633. Study 2: Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02883972
Improving Unequal Food Access Requires Understanding and Addressing the Social Inequalities That Contribute to It
AffiliationsSarah Bowen is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Annie Hardison-Moody is with the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences, North Carolina State University
Warming up cool cooperators
Explaining why someone repeats high-cost cooperation towards non-reciprocating strangers is difficult. Warm glow offers an explanation. We argue that warm glow, as a mechanism to sustain long-term cooperation, cools off over time but can be warmed up with a simple intervention message. We tested our predictions in the context of repeat voluntary blood donation (high-cost helping of a non-reciprocating stranger) across 6 studies: a field-based exp…
Beyond Dietary Acculturation
Previous studies of dietary acculturation explain how immigrants' diets change over time, but they don't tell us why. In response to calls for additional research on the complex social processes that shape health disparities, this study uses an intersectional approach to examine the role of food in the daily lives of 23 Latina immigrants living in North Carolina. Our findings, based on semi-structured interviews conducted over a five-year period,…
Rural Food Insecurity
Researchers have noted large spatial variations in rates of food insecurity. But little research exists on why this is so and the impacts it has on rural families. Drawing on a mixed-methods longitudinal study with 124 poor and working-class households in North Carolina, we analyze the processes that shape lower-income rural families’ access to food. We trace the narratives of three families whose stories are emblematic of themes from the larger …
I have to be the example”
Parents and people living in poverty are less likely to engage in leisure-time physical activity, yet these groups are underrepresented in socio-ecological studies of activity. To understand barriers and facilitators to leisure-time physical activity within these groups, this study draws on 138 interviews with low-income U.S. mothers to highlight the ways in which motherhood framed their decisions and ability to engage in physical activity. The c…
Examining the Role of Craving, Mindfulness, and Psychological Flexibility in a Sample of Individuals with Substance Use Disorder
Background Substance Use Disorder (SUD) continues to represent a significant public health crisis in the United States. Purpose: Novel and effective treatments are needed, and third wave behavioral approaches focused on increasing mindfulness and psychological flexibility appear promising. However, the unique and shared impact of mindfulness and psychological flexibility on substance craving is not well understood. Methods: The current study expl…
The structural roots of food insecurity
Rates of food insecurity skyrocketed during the COVID‐19 pandemic, doubling overall and tripling among households with children. Even before the pandemic, the rate of food insecurity in the United States was “unusually high” compared to other rich democracies, and rates have not improved substantially over the last 25 years. What explains the lack of progress in addressing food insecurity? This article maps out an overview of the experiences, cau…
The Efficacy of Principle-Based Correctional Counseling for Improving the Self-Control and Mental Health of People Incarcerated for Sexual Violence
This study is the first to test the efficacy of principle-based correctional counseling (PBCC) for improving the self-control and mental health of people incarcerated for sexual violence (SV). A total of 132 males incarcerated for SV were assigned to a treatment group that received cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) supplemented with intensive PBCC and a waitlist control group that received only CBT. Results using paired t -tests and an analysis of…
Everyday Eating in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
Disenfranchised
Government programs and other forms of assistance act as critical safety nets in times of crisis. The federal government's initial response to coronavirus disease 2019 represented a significant increase in the welfare state, but the provisions enacted were not permanent and did not reach all families. Drawing on interviews with 54 lower-income mothers and grandmothers, we analyze how families navigated the safety net to access food during the pan…
The Impact of Covid-19 on Experiences of Food Insecurity Across Place
Disenfranchised
Social Eating 2.0
Research Article| August 01 2020 Social Eating 2.0 G. Solorzano, G. Solorzano G. Solorzano is a PhD student and instructor at North Carolina State University. Originally from Colombia, G. is a Università di Scienze Gastronomiche alum, where they studied Food Culture and Communication. Currently, their research uses a decolonial lens to examine the intersections of food access, power, and racial inequality. Search for other works by this author on…
Unequally vulnerable
Impact of Language Barriers on Quality of Care and Patient Safety for Official Language Minority Francophones in Canada
INTRODUCTION: The risks to patient safety and quality of care faced by members of linguistic minority groups have been well-documented. However, little research has focused on the experience of official language minorities in Canada. METHODS: This multiple method study (online and paper-based surveys combined with semi-structured individual interviews with patients and interpreters-health navigators) explored the experience of minority Francophon…
Learning to eat the “right” way
Existing studies suggests that immigrants’ dietary quality often declines over time after they move to the U.S., despite public and private efforts to provide immigrants and refugees to the U.S. with nutritional resources. Drawing on two interview-based studies with immigrants (n = 30) and refugees (n = 8) in North Carolina, we find that these immigrant/refugee communities often have healthy food traditions from their home countries that they wan…
Incorporating Online and In-person Book Clubs into Sociology Courses
Previous research has examined the use of nontraditional readings, particularly fiction, as a tool for teaching sociological concepts. Few studies have specifically looked at nonfiction monographs and ethnographies. This paper extends prior research by exploring how in-person and online book clubs using nonfiction texts can be used as a tool to engage and introduce students to sociological ideas. Book clubs were implemented in eight different sec…
Defending Motherhood
The ideology of intensive mothering sets a high bar and is framed against the specter of the "bad" mother. Poor mothers and mothers of color are especially at risk of being labeled bad mothers. Drawing on 138 in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations, this study analyzes the discursive and interpersonal strategies poor mothers use to make sense of and defend their feeding and children's body sizes. Food beliefs and practices reflect and r…
Embedding Local Places in Global Spaces
Geographical indications (GIs) are place-based names that convey the geographical origin, as well as the cultural and historical identity, of agricultural products. GIs are unique, in that they provide a means of ensuring that control over production and sales of a product stays within a local area, but at the same time they make use of extralocal markets. Although control over GIs largely rests with local actors, GIs are nested in wider regional…
Geographical indications, terroir, and socioeconomic and ecological sustainability
Defending Motherhood
The ideology of intensive mothering sets a high bar and is framed against the specter of the "bad" mother. Poor mothers and mothers of color are especially at risk of being labeled bad mothers. Drawing on 138 in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations, this study analyzes the discursive and interpersonal strategies poor mothers use to make sense of and defend their feeding and children's body sizes. Food beliefs and practices reflect and r…
Local or localized? Exploring the contributions of Franco-Mediterranean agrifood theory to alternative food research
New rural livelihoods or museums of production? Quality food initiatives in practice
Creating the taste of place in the United States
The Paradox of Protection
Journal Article The Paradox of Protection: National Identity, Global Commodity Chains, and the Tequila Industry Get access Sarah Bowen, Sarah Bowen Direct correspondence to: Sarah Bowen, Campus Box 8107, Raleigh, NC 27695. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Marie Sarita Gaytán Marie Sarita Gaytán Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Schola…
The structural roots of food insecurity
Rates of food insecurity skyrocketed during the COVID‐19 pandemic, doubling overall and tripling among households with children. Even before the pandemic, the rate of food insecurity in the United States was “unusually high” compared to other rich democracies, and rates have not improved substantially over the last 25 years. What explains the lack of progress in addressing food insecurity? This article maps out an overview of the experiences, cau…
Engaging community change
Asset mapping has emerged as a promising tool for mobilizing and sustaining positive changes related to community health and wellbeing. In contrast to approaches that focus on communities' needs or deficits, asset mapping harnesses community resources in order to foster transformation and growth. In this article, the authors analyze asset mapping workshops, which focused on access to food and safe places to be active, that were conducted in two N…
The Importance of Place
Sociologists have used the concept of embeddedness to examine the relationships between social networks, social capital, cultural and cognitive elements and the construction of markets. Yet important questions remain regarding how local and extra-local actors actively construct embedded markets and how networks exhibit both embedding and disembedding tendencies. I use qualitative data on a case study of Comté cheese, an origin-labelled cheese pro…
Disenfranchised
Government programs and other forms of assistance act as critical safety nets in times of crisis. The federal government's initial response to coronavirus disease 2019 represented a significant increase in the welfare state, but the provisions enacted were not permanent and did not reach all families. Drawing on interviews with 54 lower-income mothers and grandmothers, we analyze how families navigated the safety net to access food during the pan…
Unequally vulnerable
Disproportionality as a Framework for Linking Social and Biophysical Systems
Interdisciplinary research is capable of investigating questions that no single or independent collection of disciplines can address. This interdisciplinary approach was used to investigate why nonpoint source pollution to a lake had not changed even though the often cited social drivers of this situation had changed significantly. The concept of disproportionality was adapted to examine social and biophysical interactions at different spatial an…
Terroir
Most people who love France seem to love it because during a visit they ate something better than they have ever eaten before. Maybe it was the dessert sorbet on the prix-fixe menu or the banal ste
Learning to eat the “right” way
Existing studies suggests that immigrants’ dietary quality often declines over time after they move to the U.S., despite public and private efforts to provide immigrants and refugees to the U.S. with nutritional resources. Drawing on two interview-based studies with immigrants (n = 30) and refugees (n = 8) in North Carolina, we find that these immigrant/refugee communities often have healthy food traditions from their home countries that they wan…
Incorporating Online and In-person Book Clubs into Sociology Courses
Previous research has examined the use of nontraditional readings, particularly fiction, as a tool for teaching sociological concepts. Few studies have specifically looked at nonfiction monographs and ethnographies. This paper extends prior research by exploring how in-person and online book clubs using nonfiction texts can be used as a tool to engage and introduce students to sociological ideas. Book clubs were implemented in eight different sec…
Marking time in ethnography
In this paper, we reflect on how time is appraised, organized, and managed by a group of researchers conducting an ethnography of 12 low-income families. We develop the concept of temporal dispositions: perceptions and preferences around time that in turn shape temporal practices. The concept of temporal dispositions encapsulates individuals’ background and training, agency and reflexivity, and the dynamic nature of ongoing social life and intera…
Wisconsin’s “Happy Cows”? Articulating heritage and territory as new dimensions of locality
Reverse leasing and power dynamics among blue agave farmers in western Mexico
The Impact of Covid-19 on Experiences of Food Insecurity Across Place
Naturalizing Neoliberalism and the De-Mexicanization of the Tequila Industry
Although scholars agree that nationalism remains an important aspect of the new vocabulary of neoliberalism, little is known about how these discourses operate on the ground and in particular contexts. In this paper, we investigate how a specific adaption of national identity, one that underscores the values of cultural integrity, is used to naturalize neoliberal shifts in the tequila industry. Tequila has long circulated in the images and myths …
Rural Food Insecurity
Researchers have noted large spatial variations in rates of food insecurity. But little research exists on why this is so and the impacts it has on rural families. Drawing on a mixed-methods longitudinal study with 124 poor and working-class households in North Carolina, we analyze the processes that shape lower-income rural families’ access to food. We trace the narratives of three families whose stories are emblematic of themes from the larger …
I have to be the example”
Parents and people living in poverty are less likely to engage in leisure-time physical activity, yet these groups are underrepresented in socio-ecological studies of activity. To understand barriers and facilitators to leisure-time physical activity within these groups, this study draws on 138 interviews with low-income U.S. mothers to highlight the ways in which motherhood framed their decisions and ability to engage in physical activity. The c…
Beyond Dietary Acculturation
Previous studies of dietary acculturation explain how immigrants' diets change over time, but they don't tell us why. In response to calls for additional research on the complex social processes that shape health disparities, this study uses an intersectional approach to examine the role of food in the daily lives of 23 Latina immigrants living in North Carolina. Our findings, based on semi-structured interviews conducted over a five-year period,…
A model for collaborative evaluation of university-community partnerships
Introduction: Manitoba’s The Need to Know project was presented with a unique opportunity to develop a collaborative approach to evaluation, and to explore the effectiveness of a variety of evaluation methods for assessment of university-community collaborative health research partnerships. Objectives: The evaluation was designed to incorporate participation of community partners in planning, developing, and evaluating all aspects of the project.…
Disproportionality as a Framework for Linking Social and Biophysical Systems
Interdisciplinary research is capable of investigating questions that no single or independent collection of disciplines can address. This interdisciplinary approach was used to investigate why nonpoint source pollution to a lake had not changed even though the often cited social drivers of this situation had changed significantly. The concept of disproportionality was adapted to examine social and biophysical interactions at different spatial an…
A model for collaborative evaluation of university-community partnerships
Introduction: Manitoba’s The Need to Know project was presented with a unique opportunity to develop a collaborative approach to evaluation, and to explore the effectiveness of a variety of evaluation methods for assessment of university-community collaborative health research partnerships. Objectives: The evaluation was designed to incorporate participation of community partners in planning, developing, and evaluating all aspects of the project.…
Reverse leasing and power dynamics among blue agave farmers in western Mexico
Geographical indications, terroir, and socioeconomic and ecological sustainability
Creating the taste of place in the United States
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorders
The current study is the first randomized-controlled trial evaluating the feasibility and initial efficacy of an 8-week outpatient Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) program as compared to treatment as usual (TAU). Participants were 168 adults with substance use disorders who had recently completed intensive inpatient or outpatient treatment. Assessments were administered pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 2 and 4 months post-inter…
Terroir
Most people who love France seem to love it because during a visit they ate something better than they have ever eaten before. Maybe it was the dessert sorbet on the prix-fixe menu or the banal ste
New rural livelihoods or museums of production? Quality food initiatives in practice
Embedding Local Places in Global Spaces
Geographical indications (GIs) are place-based names that convey the geographical origin, as well as the cultural and historical identity, of agricultural products. GIs are unique, in that they provide a means of ensuring that control over production and sales of a product stays within a local area, but at the same time they make use of extralocal markets. Although control over GIs largely rests with local actors, GIs are nested in wider regional…
The Importance of Place
Sociologists have used the concept of embeddedness to examine the relationships between social networks, social capital, cultural and cognitive elements and the construction of markets. Yet important questions remain regarding how local and extra-local actors actively construct embedded markets and how networks exhibit both embedding and disembedding tendencies. I use qualitative data on a case study of Comté cheese, an origin-labelled cheese pro…
A compassionate approach to the treatment of addictive behaviors
Dr Alan Marlatt dedicated the last decade of his research career to development and assessment of mindfulness-based treatments for addictive behaviors. From his research in the 1970s on effects of transcendental meditation to several recent trials of vipassana and other mindfulness-based practices, Alan inspired and laid the foundation for the development of numerous interventions and studies on mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments for sub…
The Paradox of Protection
Journal Article The Paradox of Protection: National Identity, Global Commodity Chains, and the Tequila Industry Get access Sarah Bowen, Sarah Bowen Direct correspondence to: Sarah Bowen, Campus Box 8107, Raleigh, NC 27695. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Marie Sarita Gaytán Marie Sarita Gaytán Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Schola…
Genealogy And Knowledge In Muslim Societies Understanding The Past
This collection of nine case studies provides an understanding of genealogy in Muslim societies and highlights how ideas about kinship and descent have shaped communal and national identities in such societies. The volume provides a window onto Muslim societies, particularly with regard to the generation, preservation and manipulation of genealogical knowledge
Local or localized? Exploring the contributions of Franco-Mediterranean agrifood theory to alternative food research
Relative Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, Standard Relapse Prevention, and Treatment as Usual for Substance Use Disorders
clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01159535
The Joy of Cooking?
Sociologists Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott, and Joslyn Brenton offer a critique of the increasingly prevalent message that reforming the food system necessarily entails a return to the kitchen. They argue that time pressures, tradeoffs to save money, and the burden of pleasing others make it difficult for mothers to enact the idealized vision of home-cooked meals advocated by foodies and public health officials.
Relation Between Personality Traits and Mindfulness Following Mindfulness-Based Training
Wisconsin’s “Happy Cows”? Articulating heritage and territory as new dimensions of locality
Naturalizing Neoliberalism and the De-Mexicanization of the Tequila Industry
Although scholars agree that nationalism remains an important aspect of the new vocabulary of neoliberalism, little is known about how these discourses operate on the ground and in particular contexts. In this paper, we investigate how a specific adaption of national identity, one that underscores the values of cultural integrity, is used to naturalize neoliberal shifts in the tequila industry. Tequila has long circulated in the images and myths …
Engaging community change
Asset mapping has emerged as a promising tool for mobilizing and sustaining positive changes related to community health and wellbeing. In contrast to approaches that focus on communities' needs or deficits, asset mapping harnesses community resources in order to foster transformation and growth. In this article, the authors analyze asset mapping workshops, which focused on access to food and safe places to be active, that were conducted in two N…
Weighing In
Prevalence and covariates of food insecurity among residents of single-room occupancy housing in Chicago, IL, USA
Objective Emerging evidence suggests that food insecurity is a significant public health concern among people who are homeless or marginally housed. The present study assessed prevalence of food insecurity and its covariates among a group of marginally housed individuals living in single-room occupancy (SRO) dwellings, a population for which there is little extant health or nutrition research. Design Cross-sectional survey incorporating the House…
Marking time in ethnography
In this paper, we reflect on how time is appraised, organized, and managed by a group of researchers conducting an ethnography of 12 low-income families. We develop the concept of temporal dispositions: perceptions and preferences around time that in turn shape temporal practices. The concept of temporal dispositions encapsulates individuals’ background and training, agency and reflexivity, and the dynamic nature of ongoing social life and intera…
Incorporating Online and In-person Book Clubs into Sociology Courses
Previous research has examined the use of nontraditional readings, particularly fiction, as a tool for teaching sociological concepts. Few studies have specifically looked at nonfiction monographs and ethnographies. This paper extends prior research by exploring how in-person and online book clubs using nonfiction texts can be used as a tool to engage and introduce students to sociological ideas. Book clubs were implemented in eight different sec…
Defending Motherhood
The ideology of intensive mothering sets a high bar and is framed against the specter of the "bad" mother. Poor mothers and mothers of color are especially at risk of being labeled bad mothers. Drawing on 138 in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations, this study analyzes the discursive and interpersonal strategies poor mothers use to make sense of and defend their feeding and children's body sizes. Food beliefs and practices reflect and r…
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