Lisa B Markowitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 139262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa B Markowitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa B |
| FAMILY NAME | Markowitz |
| SIGNATURE | MARKOWITZ L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Healthicization and Lay Knowledge About Eating Practices in Two African American Communities
In this manuscript, we expand upon sociological research in lay knowledge about health and healthicization by examining socially mediated ways in which 40 African American adults in two communities acquired information about eating practices. Participants employed a variety of socially informed information-seeking strategies. Many, but not all, used socially prescribed sources exhorting them to maximize their own health and reported an amalgam of…
Exploring Media’s Impact on African American Women’s Healthy Food Habits in Kentucky
This qualitative study employs the uses and gratifications framework to explore the perspective of African American women in Kentucky, specifically urban Louisville and rural Hopkinsville, to understand their use of media as potential sources for gathering information about healthy food habits. Key findings include how the participants used media for instrumental purposes to educate themselves about healthy food habits, and that the specific medi…
Discourses of Development: Anthropological Perspectives
Discourses of Development: Anthropological Perspectives. R. D. GRILLO and R. L. STIRRAT. eds. Oxford: Berg, 1997. viil. 299 pp., tables, references, index
Healthicization and Lay Knowledge About Eating Practices in Two African American Communities
In this manuscript, we expand upon sociological research in lay knowledge about health and healthicization by examining socially mediated ways in which 40 African American adults in two communities acquired information about eating practices. Participants employed a variety of socially informed information-seeking strategies. Many, but not all, used socially prescribed sources exhorting them to maximize their own health and reported an amalgam of…
Discourses of Development: Anthropological Perspectives
Discourses of Development: Anthropological Perspectives. R. D. GRILLO and R. L. STIRRAT. eds. Oxford: Berg, 1997. viil. 299 pp., tables, references, index
Exploring Media’s Impact on African American Women’s Healthy Food Habits in Kentucky
This qualitative study employs the uses and gratifications framework to explore the perspective of African American women in Kentucky, specifically urban Louisville and rural Hopkinsville, to understand their use of media as potential sources for gathering information about healthy food habits. Key findings include how the participants used media for instrumental purposes to educate themselves about healthy food habits, and that the specific medi…
Healthicization and Lay Knowledge About Eating Practices in Two African American Communities
In this manuscript, we expand upon sociological research in lay knowledge about health and healthicization by examining socially mediated ways in which 40 African American adults in two communities acquired information about eating practices. Participants employed a variety of socially informed information-seeking strategies. Many, but not all, used socially prescribed sources exhorting them to maximize their own health and reported an amalgam of…
Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · African american (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (1 works)