Kathleen M Dewalt
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3617320 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kathleen M Dewalt |
| NOMBRES | Kathleen M |
| APELLIDO | Dewalt |
| FIRMA | DEWALT K M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Pittsburgh |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 117 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1982 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Participant Observation
Participant observation is the foundation of ethnographic research design and supports and complements other types of qualitative and quantitative data collection. Qualitative research in such diverse areas as anthropology, sociology, education, medicine draws on the insights gained through the use of participant observation. The authors have written a guide to the collection of systematic data in naturalistic settings - communities in many diffe…
Influence of dietary quality on the growth of highland and coastal Ecuadorian children
This study examines variation in dietary patterns and its influence on physical growth among children under 60 months of age from rural households of highland and coastal Ecuador. Differences in subsistence ecology between the regions appear to influence infant and early childhood feeding patterns. Coastal children are weaned significantly earlier than their highland counterparts (median +/- SE = 15.9 +/- 1.7 vs. 24.7 +/- 3.4 months) and have a w…
Caretakers, Child Care Practices, and Growth Failure in Highland Ecuador
Problems for child health have been attributed to child and sibling caretaking. Nevertheless, our data from highland Ecuador suggest an ambiguous relationship between growth failure and the practice of peer care. In a region where levels of chronic undernutrition as measured by stunting exceed 75 percent and fully one-quarter of children under five are underweight, analysis of structured observations of a sample of 28 children reveals no statisti…
Growth differences between children of highland and coastal Ecuador
This study examines patterns of growth in height and weight among children ( The similarity in growth rates between the highland and coastal samples suggests that high altitude hypoxia plays a relatively small role in shaping growth during the first five years after birth. Rather, it appears that most of the disparity in height between the two samples can be attributed to differences established by 6 months of age. The pattern of growth retardati…
Home gardening and food preservation practices of the elderly in rural Kentucky
Previous research on the nutritional vulnerability of the elderly has failed to examine the unique potential for dietary enhancement provided by gardening and food preservation among the rural elderly. The goal of this paper is to describe contemporary home gardening and food preservation practices in persons 55 years and older in rural Kentucky. Data come from a year of qualitative research and two subsequent surveys designed to record seasonal …
Diet and nutritional status among cassava producing agriculturalists of coastal Ecuador
This paper investigates the correlates of dietary consumption and nutritional status among a sample of 43 cassava producing households of coastal Ecuador. Household energy consumption in the sample is marginally adequate and is substantially higher than that observed among coffee producing farmers from the same region (2459 vs. 1851 kcal/day). Cassava producing farmers also derive a much larger share of their diet from home produced foods (34% vs…
Ecological correlates of dietary consumption and nutritional status in highland and coastal Ecuador
This paper investigates the patterns of variation in food availability and nutritional status among small‐scale farmers from highland and coastal regions of Ecuador. Dietary adequacy is greater among households of the highland sample and appears to be associated with higher consumption of foods from subsistence production. Energy consumption is marginal in the coastal sample where farmers are involved in the production of coffee as a cash crop. H…
Meal Patterns of the Elderly in Rural Kentucky
Nutrition and the commercialization of agriculture
Shifts from maize to sorghum production
Potato Production and Consumption in the Sierra of Ecuador
Potato Production and Consumption in the Sierra of Ecuador
Applied
Research priorities for medical anthropologists in the 1980s
Income and dietary adequacy in an agricultural community
Medical Choice in a Mexican Village
Medical Choice in a Mexican Village
Growth differences between children of highland and coastal Ecuador
This study examines patterns of growth in height and weight among children ( The similarity in growth rates between the highland and coastal samples suggests that high altitude hypoxia plays a relatively small role in shaping growth during the first five years after birth. Rather, it appears that most of the disparity in height between the two samples can be attributed to differences established by 6 months of age. The pattern of growth retardati…
Nutrition and the commercialization of agriculture
Income and dietary adequacy in an agricultural community
Caretakers, Child Care Practices, and Growth Failure in Highland Ecuador
Problems for child health have been attributed to child and sibling caretaking. Nevertheless, our data from highland Ecuador suggest an ambiguous relationship between growth failure and the practice of peer care. In a region where levels of chronic undernutrition as measured by stunting exceed 75 percent and fully one-quarter of children under five are underweight, analysis of structured observations of a sample of 28 children reveals no statisti…
Research priorities for medical anthropologists in the 1980s
Shifts from maize to sorghum production
Meal Patterns of the Elderly in Rural Kentucky
Medical Choice in a Mexican Village
Income and dietary adequacy in an agricultural community
Applied
Research priorities for medical anthropologists in the 1980s
Potato Production and Consumption in the Sierra of Ecuador
Potato Production and Consumption in the Sierra of Ecuador
Shifts from maize to sorghum production
Ecological correlates of dietary consumption and nutritional status in highland and coastal Ecuador
This paper investigates the patterns of variation in food availability and nutritional status among small‐scale farmers from highland and coastal regions of Ecuador. Dietary adequacy is greater among households of the highland sample and appears to be associated with higher consumption of foods from subsistence production. Energy consumption is marginal in the coastal sample where farmers are involved in the production of coffee as a cash crop. H…
Meal Patterns of the Elderly in Rural Kentucky
Nutrition and the commercialization of agriculture
Home gardening and food preservation practices of the elderly in rural Kentucky
Previous research on the nutritional vulnerability of the elderly has failed to examine the unique potential for dietary enhancement provided by gardening and food preservation among the rural elderly. The goal of this paper is to describe contemporary home gardening and food preservation practices in persons 55 years and older in rural Kentucky. Data come from a year of qualitative research and two subsequent surveys designed to record seasonal …
Diet and nutritional status among cassava producing agriculturalists of coastal Ecuador
This paper investigates the correlates of dietary consumption and nutritional status among a sample of 43 cassava producing households of coastal Ecuador. Household energy consumption in the sample is marginally adequate and is substantially higher than that observed among coffee producing farmers from the same region (2459 vs. 1851 kcal/day). Cassava producing farmers also derive a much larger share of their diet from home produced foods (34% vs…
Growth differences between children of highland and coastal Ecuador
This study examines patterns of growth in height and weight among children ( The similarity in growth rates between the highland and coastal samples suggests that high altitude hypoxia plays a relatively small role in shaping growth during the first five years after birth. Rather, it appears that most of the disparity in height between the two samples can be attributed to differences established by 6 months of age. The pattern of growth retardati…
Influence of dietary quality on the growth of highland and coastal Ecuadorian children
This study examines variation in dietary patterns and its influence on physical growth among children under 60 months of age from rural households of highland and coastal Ecuador. Differences in subsistence ecology between the regions appear to influence infant and early childhood feeding patterns. Coastal children are weaned significantly earlier than their highland counterparts (median +/- SE = 15.9 +/- 1.7 vs. 24.7 +/- 3.4 months) and have a w…
Caretakers, Child Care Practices, and Growth Failure in Highland Ecuador
Problems for child health have been attributed to child and sibling caretaking. Nevertheless, our data from highland Ecuador suggest an ambiguous relationship between growth failure and the practice of peer care. In a region where levels of chronic undernutrition as measured by stunting exceed 75 percent and fully one-quarter of children under five are underweight, analysis of structured observations of a sample of 28 children reveals no statisti…
Participant Observation
Participant observation is the foundation of ethnographic research design and supports and complements other types of qualitative and quantitative data collection. Qualitative research in such diverse areas as anthropology, sociology, education, medicine draws on the insights gained through the use of participant observation. The authors have written a guide to the collection of systematic data in naturalistic settings - communities in many diffe…
Geography (10 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Agricultural economics (6 obras) · Agriculture (6 obras) · Economics (6 obras) · Biology (5 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 obras) · Agricultural science (4 obras) · Consumption (sociology (4 obras)