Paula Tallman
Biographic Data
| ID | 137441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paula Tallman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paula |
| FAMILY NAME | Tallman |
| SIGNATURE | TALLMAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2384-249X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Scoping Review of Cultural Responsivity in Interventions to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in Latin America
In this article, we review existing interventions to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin American contexts to evaluate the extent to which this work incorporates cultural responsivity—meaning whether the interventions consider the unique norms, identities, and attributes of specific cultures. We follow Arksey and O’Malley’s steps for conducting systematic scoping reviews. We reviewed articles from 2003 to 2023 across 12 databases. Fiftee…
Infrastructural violence, water insecurity, and gender in northern Peru
Development of a Culturally Responsive Intervention for Stronger Communities
Newly arriving individuals who have relocated from another country, especially those escaping situations of stress and violence, trauma, and uncertainty, can experience challenges with integration in a new country. To respond to these needs among new arrivals, we utilized community-based participatory research (CBPR) to develop a novel and culturally responsive intervention. In this research note, we describe our partnership with a community agen…
Gender equality intervention with schoolteachers to prevent gender-based violence: Case study in Tambogrande, Peru
Peru has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in Latin America. Here we describe our intervention, titled ‘Strengthening capacities of teachers for the prevention of gender-based violence in Tambogrande, Perú’. This intervention was developed with local partners and implemented in 2023 with preschool teachers in a Jesuit school on the northern coast of Peru. The programme aimed to strengthen the capacities of preschool teachers to pr…
Extreme drought and sexual violence against adolescent girls and young women: A multi-country population-based study
Droughts have profound and far-reaching impacts on human health and well-being, but their influence on sexual violence among adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is underexamined.This study examines the association between drought and sexual violence against adolescent girls and young women globally, using cross-sectional, nationally representative data from the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) from 2013 …
Helicobacter pylori in the Philippines: Social and Ecological Determinants of Seropositivity and Lack of Association With Systemic Inflammation
Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) is a bacterium that infects the stomach and is associated with various gastrointestinal outcomes and increased cardiovascular disease risk. We examined the role of sex in and the social and ecological factors associated with H. pylori seropositivity ( n = 124) and the relationship between seropositivity and systemic inflammation ( n = 116) among adults in Metro Cebu, Philippines. Data were drawn from the Cebu Lon…
Somatic Symptoms Are Associated With Elevated Blood Pressure and Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies Among Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon
INTRODUCTION: This study tests the hypothesis that self-reported somatic symptoms are associated with biomarkers of stress, including elevated blood pressure and suppressed immune function, among Shuar adults living in the Ecuadorian Amazon. METHODS: Research was conducted in three Shuar communities in the Upano Valley of the Ecuadorian Amazon and included the collection of biomarkers and a structured morbidity interview. Participants self-report…
Waterscapes meet socio‐ecological models: A relational framework to examine water insecurity and human health and well‐being
Water insecurity, the inability to benefit from affordable, adequate, reliable and safe water, is one of the greatest contemporary threats facing humans. While ‘water insecurity’, as a concept, is globally recognized and serves an essential function in policymaking, it does not capture the multiple, relational connections between Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) and water systems. We contend that studies of water insecurity and he…
Teenage pregnancy in Tambogrande, Peru: Causes, consequences and cycles of violence and disadvantage
Teenage pregnancy carries adverse consequences for health and well-being. In this article, we investigate the perceived causes, consequences and cycles of violence and disadvantage associated with teenage pregnancy in Tambogrande, Peru using an applied anthropological approach. Data were drawn from a larger project investigating the relationship between water insecurity and gender-based violence in Indonesia and Peru. The analysis presented here …
Gender-Based Water Violence: Cross-Cultural Evidence for Severe Harm Associated With Water Insecurity for Women and Girls
We examined how study participants in Indonesia and Peru viewed the relationship between water insecurity and women's health via thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups. Participants reported that water insecurity led to vaginal infections, miscarriage, premature births, uterine prolapse, poor nutrition, restricted economic opportunities, and intergenerational cycles of poverty. Participants in both countries stated that extreme burdens …
Water insecurity is associated with gender-based violence: A mixed-methods study in Indonesia
Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a global pandemic and water insecurity is increasing in intensity and extent. This study explores the association between these two global health threats. Cross-sectional, quantitative data were collected via surveys (n = 365 adult women) to measure household water insecurity (HWI) and women's experiences of GBV in the last year. Qualitative data were collected from semi-structured interviews (n = 24 men and women),…
Water insecurity, self‐reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health in the Peruvian Amazon
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the associations between water insecurity, self-reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health among 225 Awajún adults (107 women; 118 men) living in the Peruvian Amazon, a "water-abundant" region. METHODS: A survey, which included multiple measures of self-reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health such as blood pressure and nutritional and immune biomarkers. RESUL…
Ecosyndemics: The potential synergistic health impacts of highways and dams in the Amazon
Explorando percepciones del impacto del cambio climático en tres regiones en el Perú
El cambio climático es atribuido directa o indirectamente a la actividad humana y se considera como la mayor amenaza a la salud pública del siglo XXI. Tiene impactos sobre el acceso al agua, la alimentación, en la agricultura y medios de vida, y en la salud de las personas. El objetivo de este texto es evaluar las percepciones del cambio climático en niños, niñas, adolescentes, autoridades y representantes de organizaciones juveniles, de mujeres …
Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: Shifting food systems and health among the Awajún of the Peruvian Amazon
We suggest that the unexpected relationship between traditional food consumption and metabolic syndrome may be due to substantial reductions in the diversity of traditional foods. Currently available traditional foods are primarily high in carbohydrates and are supplemented with cheap, non-perishable, and carbohydrate heavy market food items
The “Double Burden of Malnutrition” in the Amazon: Dietary change and drastic increases in obesity and anemia over 40 years among the Awajún
Undernutrition and overnutrition are interconnected. Yet few studies have examined the "double burden of malnutrition" (DBM) over time in indigenous communities. We investigated changes in the food systems and nutritional health of Awajún communities in the Peruvian Amazon in the 1970s and in 2013. Methods included ethnography, 24 hr food recalls, and biological measures. In 2013, the number of traditional foods consumed decreased to 10% of level…
Water insecurity and mental health in the Amazon: Economic and ecological drivers of distress
Despite the abundance of water in the Amazon rainforest, people living in Awajún communities in northern Peru express concern over their water security. In this article, I employ a critical biocultural approach to examine how shifts from subsistence to market-based livelihoods have created threats to water security that can "get under the skin" to influence the mental health of Awajún community members. Specifically, I show how highway constructi…
Now We Live for the Money: Shifting Markers of Status, Stress, and Immune Function in the Peruvian Amazon
This article examines the relationship between cultural changes, socioeconomic status (SES), and psychobiological health outcomes among the Awajún, an indigenous group living in the Peruvian Amazon. Specifically, it documents how historically important markers of status for the Awajún, such as spiritual visions and war-time success, were replaced by Western markers of status including occupation, income, education and Spanish-language use. These …
A new approach to conservation: Using Community Empowerment for Sustainable Well-Being
Wali, A., D. Alvira, P. S. Tallman, A. Ravikumar, and M. O. Macedo. 2017. A new approach to conservation: using community empowerment for sustainable well-being. Ecology and Society 22(4):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09598-220406
The Index of Vulnerability: An anthropological method linking social-ecological systems to mental and physical health outcomes
Microbial exposures in infancy predict levels of the immunoregulatory cytokine interleukin‐4 in filipino young adults
OBJECTIVES: Infancy represents a window of development during which long-term immunological functioning can be influenced. In this study, we evaluate proxies of microbial exposures in infancy as predictors of interleukin-4 (IL-4) in young adulthood. IL-4 is an immunoregulatory cytokine that plays a role in the pathogenesis of atopic and allergic diseases. METHODS: Data were obtained from 1,403 participants in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutr…
Analysis of variability of high sensitivity C‐reactive protein in lowland ecuador reveals no evidence of chronic low‐grade inflammation
This study is the first to investigate CRP variability in a nonindustrialized, high infectious disease environment. It documents a pattern of variation over time that is distinct from prior research, with no evidence for chronic low-grade inflammation. These results may have substantial implications for research on inflammation and diseases of aging globally, as well as for scientific understandings of the regulation of inflammation
Inflammatory profiles in the non-pregnant state predict offspring birth weight at Cebu: Evidence for inter-generational effects of low grade inflammation
Immune factors measured outside of pregnancy predict offspring BW in these young women. Stable variation in inflammatory phenotype could impact the gestational environment of offspring, thus pointing to potential inter-generational effects of chronic low-grade inflammation
Comparative insights into the regulation of inflammation: Levels and predictors of interleukin 6 and interleukin 10 in young adults in the Philippines
Inflammation is a central part of innate immunity, but its role in anti‐pathogen defenses has been overshadowed by recent interest in the contribution of inflammation to a wide range of chronic degenerative diseases. Current research on chronic inflammation is conducted primarily in affluent populations with low levels of infectious disease; comparative research in different ecological settings is needed to advance understandings of the causes an…
A new approach to conservation: Using Community Empowerment for Sustainable Well-Being
Wali, A., D. Alvira, P. S. Tallman, A. Ravikumar, and M. O. Macedo. 2017. A new approach to conservation: using community empowerment for sustainable well-being. Ecology and Society 22(4):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09598-220406
The Index of Vulnerability: An anthropological method linking social-ecological systems to mental and physical health outcomes
Water insecurity and mental health in the Amazon: Economic and ecological drivers of distress
Despite the abundance of water in the Amazon rainforest, people living in Awajún communities in northern Peru express concern over their water security. In this article, I employ a critical biocultural approach to examine how shifts from subsistence to market-based livelihoods have created threats to water security that can "get under the skin" to influence the mental health of Awajún community members. Specifically, I show how highway constructi…
Now We Live for the Money: Shifting Markers of Status, Stress, and Immune Function in the Peruvian Amazon
This article examines the relationship between cultural changes, socioeconomic status (SES), and psychobiological health outcomes among the Awajún, an indigenous group living in the Peruvian Amazon. Specifically, it documents how historically important markers of status for the Awajún, such as spiritual visions and war-time success, were replaced by Western markers of status including occupation, income, education and Spanish-language use. These …
Ecosyndemics: The potential synergistic health impacts of highways and dams in the Amazon
The “Double Burden of Malnutrition” in the Amazon: Dietary change and drastic increases in obesity and anemia over 40 years among the Awajún
Undernutrition and overnutrition are interconnected. Yet few studies have examined the "double burden of malnutrition" (DBM) over time in indigenous communities. We investigated changes in the food systems and nutritional health of Awajún communities in the Peruvian Amazon in the 1970s and in 2013. Methods included ethnography, 24 hr food recalls, and biological measures. In 2013, the number of traditional foods consumed decreased to 10% of level…
Comparative insights into the regulation of inflammation: Levels and predictors of interleukin 6 and interleukin 10 in young adults in the Philippines
Inflammation is a central part of innate immunity, but its role in anti‐pathogen defenses has been overshadowed by recent interest in the contribution of inflammation to a wide range of chronic degenerative diseases. Current research on chronic inflammation is conducted primarily in affluent populations with low levels of infectious disease; comparative research in different ecological settings is needed to advance understandings of the causes an…
Water insecurity is associated with gender-based violence: A mixed-methods study in Indonesia
Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a global pandemic and water insecurity is increasing in intensity and extent. This study explores the association between these two global health threats. Cross-sectional, quantitative data were collected via surveys (n = 365 adult women) to measure household water insecurity (HWI) and women's experiences of GBV in the last year. Qualitative data were collected from semi-structured interviews (n = 24 men and women),…
Gender-Based Water Violence: Cross-Cultural Evidence for Severe Harm Associated With Water Insecurity for Women and Girls
We examined how study participants in Indonesia and Peru viewed the relationship between water insecurity and women's health via thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups. Participants reported that water insecurity led to vaginal infections, miscarriage, premature births, uterine prolapse, poor nutrition, restricted economic opportunities, and intergenerational cycles of poverty. Participants in both countries stated that extreme burdens …
Comparative insights into the regulation of inflammation: Levels and predictors of interleukin 6 and interleukin 10 in young adults in the Philippines
Inflammation is a central part of innate immunity, but its role in anti‐pathogen defenses has been overshadowed by recent interest in the contribution of inflammation to a wide range of chronic degenerative diseases. Current research on chronic inflammation is conducted primarily in affluent populations with low levels of infectious disease; comparative research in different ecological settings is needed to advance understandings of the causes an…
Microbial exposures in infancy predict levels of the immunoregulatory cytokine interleukin‐4 in filipino young adults
OBJECTIVES: Infancy represents a window of development during which long-term immunological functioning can be influenced. In this study, we evaluate proxies of microbial exposures in infancy as predictors of interleukin-4 (IL-4) in young adulthood. IL-4 is an immunoregulatory cytokine that plays a role in the pathogenesis of atopic and allergic diseases. METHODS: Data were obtained from 1,403 participants in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutr…
Analysis of variability of high sensitivity C‐reactive protein in lowland ecuador reveals no evidence of chronic low‐grade inflammation
This study is the first to investigate CRP variability in a nonindustrialized, high infectious disease environment. It documents a pattern of variation over time that is distinct from prior research, with no evidence for chronic low-grade inflammation. These results may have substantial implications for research on inflammation and diseases of aging globally, as well as for scientific understandings of the regulation of inflammation
Inflammatory profiles in the non-pregnant state predict offspring birth weight at Cebu: Evidence for inter-generational effects of low grade inflammation
Immune factors measured outside of pregnancy predict offspring BW in these young women. Stable variation in inflammatory phenotype could impact the gestational environment of offspring, thus pointing to potential inter-generational effects of chronic low-grade inflammation
The Index of Vulnerability: An anthropological method linking social-ecological systems to mental and physical health outcomes
A new approach to conservation: Using Community Empowerment for Sustainable Well-Being
Wali, A., D. Alvira, P. S. Tallman, A. Ravikumar, and M. O. Macedo. 2017. A new approach to conservation: using community empowerment for sustainable well-being. Ecology and Society 22(4):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09598-220406
Now We Live for the Money: Shifting Markers of Status, Stress, and Immune Function in the Peruvian Amazon
This article examines the relationship between cultural changes, socioeconomic status (SES), and psychobiological health outcomes among the Awajún, an indigenous group living in the Peruvian Amazon. Specifically, it documents how historically important markers of status for the Awajún, such as spiritual visions and war-time success, were replaced by Western markers of status including occupation, income, education and Spanish-language use. These …
Water insecurity and mental health in the Amazon: Economic and ecological drivers of distress
Despite the abundance of water in the Amazon rainforest, people living in Awajún communities in northern Peru express concern over their water security. In this article, I employ a critical biocultural approach to examine how shifts from subsistence to market-based livelihoods have created threats to water security that can "get under the skin" to influence the mental health of Awajún community members. Specifically, I show how highway constructi…
Explorando percepciones del impacto del cambio climático en tres regiones en el Perú
El cambio climático es atribuido directa o indirectamente a la actividad humana y se considera como la mayor amenaza a la salud pública del siglo XXI. Tiene impactos sobre el acceso al agua, la alimentación, en la agricultura y medios de vida, y en la salud de las personas. El objetivo de este texto es evaluar las percepciones del cambio climático en niños, niñas, adolescentes, autoridades y representantes de organizaciones juveniles, de mujeres …
Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: Shifting food systems and health among the Awajún of the Peruvian Amazon
We suggest that the unexpected relationship between traditional food consumption and metabolic syndrome may be due to substantial reductions in the diversity of traditional foods. Currently available traditional foods are primarily high in carbohydrates and are supplemented with cheap, non-perishable, and carbohydrate heavy market food items
The “Double Burden of Malnutrition” in the Amazon: Dietary change and drastic increases in obesity and anemia over 40 years among the Awajún
Undernutrition and overnutrition are interconnected. Yet few studies have examined the "double burden of malnutrition" (DBM) over time in indigenous communities. We investigated changes in the food systems and nutritional health of Awajún communities in the Peruvian Amazon in the 1970s and in 2013. Methods included ethnography, 24 hr food recalls, and biological measures. In 2013, the number of traditional foods consumed decreased to 10% of level…
Water insecurity, self‐reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health in the Peruvian Amazon
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the associations between water insecurity, self-reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health among 225 Awajún adults (107 women; 118 men) living in the Peruvian Amazon, a "water-abundant" region. METHODS: A survey, which included multiple measures of self-reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health such as blood pressure and nutritional and immune biomarkers. RESUL…
Ecosyndemics: The potential synergistic health impacts of highways and dams in the Amazon
Waterscapes meet socio‐ecological models: A relational framework to examine water insecurity and human health and well‐being
Water insecurity, the inability to benefit from affordable, adequate, reliable and safe water, is one of the greatest contemporary threats facing humans. While ‘water insecurity’, as a concept, is globally recognized and serves an essential function in policymaking, it does not capture the multiple, relational connections between Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) and water systems. We contend that studies of water insecurity and he…
Teenage pregnancy in Tambogrande, Peru: Causes, consequences and cycles of violence and disadvantage
Teenage pregnancy carries adverse consequences for health and well-being. In this article, we investigate the perceived causes, consequences and cycles of violence and disadvantage associated with teenage pregnancy in Tambogrande, Peru using an applied anthropological approach. Data were drawn from a larger project investigating the relationship between water insecurity and gender-based violence in Indonesia and Peru. The analysis presented here …
Gender-Based Water Violence: Cross-Cultural Evidence for Severe Harm Associated With Water Insecurity for Women and Girls
We examined how study participants in Indonesia and Peru viewed the relationship between water insecurity and women's health via thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups. Participants reported that water insecurity led to vaginal infections, miscarriage, premature births, uterine prolapse, poor nutrition, restricted economic opportunities, and intergenerational cycles of poverty. Participants in both countries stated that extreme burdens …
Water insecurity is associated with gender-based violence: A mixed-methods study in Indonesia
Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a global pandemic and water insecurity is increasing in intensity and extent. This study explores the association between these two global health threats. Cross-sectional, quantitative data were collected via surveys (n = 365 adult women) to measure household water insecurity (HWI) and women's experiences of GBV in the last year. Qualitative data were collected from semi-structured interviews (n = 24 men and women),…
Extreme drought and sexual violence against adolescent girls and young women: A multi-country population-based study
Droughts have profound and far-reaching impacts on human health and well-being, but their influence on sexual violence among adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is underexamined.This study examines the association between drought and sexual violence against adolescent girls and young women globally, using cross-sectional, nationally representative data from the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) from 2013 …
Helicobacter pylori in the Philippines: Social and Ecological Determinants of Seropositivity and Lack of Association With Systemic Inflammation
Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) is a bacterium that infects the stomach and is associated with various gastrointestinal outcomes and increased cardiovascular disease risk. We examined the role of sex in and the social and ecological factors associated with H. pylori seropositivity ( n = 124) and the relationship between seropositivity and systemic inflammation ( n = 116) among adults in Metro Cebu, Philippines. Data were drawn from the Cebu Lon…
Somatic Symptoms Are Associated With Elevated Blood Pressure and Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies Among Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon
INTRODUCTION: This study tests the hypothesis that self-reported somatic symptoms are associated with biomarkers of stress, including elevated blood pressure and suppressed immune function, among Shuar adults living in the Ecuadorian Amazon. METHODS: Research was conducted in three Shuar communities in the Upano Valley of the Ecuadorian Amazon and included the collection of biomarkers and a structured morbidity interview. Participants self-report…
Scoping Review of Cultural Responsivity in Interventions to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in Latin America
In this article, we review existing interventions to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin American contexts to evaluate the extent to which this work incorporates cultural responsivity—meaning whether the interventions consider the unique norms, identities, and attributes of specific cultures. We follow Arksey and O’Malley’s steps for conducting systematic scoping reviews. We reviewed articles from 2003 to 2023 across 12 databases. Fiftee…
Infrastructural violence, water insecurity, and gender in northern Peru
Development of a Culturally Responsive Intervention for Stronger Communities
Newly arriving individuals who have relocated from another country, especially those escaping situations of stress and violence, trauma, and uncertainty, can experience challenges with integration in a new country. To respond to these needs among new arrivals, we utilized community-based participatory research (CBPR) to develop a novel and culturally responsive intervention. In this research note, we describe our partnership with a community agen…
Gender equality intervention with schoolteachers to prevent gender-based violence: Case study in Tambogrande, Peru
Peru has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in Latin America. Here we describe our intervention, titled ‘Strengthening capacities of teachers for the prevention of gender-based violence in Tambogrande, Perú’. This intervention was developed with local partners and implemented in 2023 with preschool teachers in a Jesuit school on the northern coast of Peru. The programme aimed to strengthen the capacities of preschool teachers to pr…
Medicine (16 works) · Environmental health (13 works) · Biology (8 works) · Amazon rainforest (7 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Political science (6 works)