Rebecca L H Berman
Biographic Data
| ID | 157284 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca L H Berman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca L H |
| FAMILY NAME | Berman |
| SIGNATURE | BERMAN R L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Psychology Department, at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Developing a Faith-Based Caregiver Support Partnership
Caring Together, Living Better (CTLB), a partnership of nonprofit and faith-based organizations, developed a culturally appropriate regional network of supportive caregiver services in the south suburbs of Chicago, IL. This article describes the findings of a mixed-methods evaluation that included network analysis to track network growth and development, tracking of service delivery, assessment of caregiver-related outcomes using standardized pre…
Lessons From the Navajo: The Impact of a "Good" Field Experience on a Career
While many other professions and disciplines have institutionalized the concept of a professional field experience, American anthropology offers only inconsistent opportunities for students to gain extended hands-on training in anthropological methods and skills in real-life settings. A good ethnographic field experience can be a powerful mechanism for training students to experience research first hand, to understand the dynamics of field work, …
Developing an Aging Services Agenda: Applied Anthropology’s Contribution to Planning and Development in a Community Foundation
Gerontology is an interdisciplinary field, bringing together researchers from vastly different orientations to study a complex human process. Often, the anthropologist is one member of a multidisciplinary team, and must address issues relevant to interdisciplinary research. This article describes our work on the Aging in Chicago Project, an interdisciplinary effort designed to comprehensively describe and evaluate the status of older people in Ch…
Approaches to Self-Care in Late Life
The preponderance of research on self-care examines behaviors and attitudes while overlooking individual conceptualizations of this domain. Qualitative analysis of open-ended interviews regarding health beliefs explored ways of taking care of oneself among 50 older people. The dialogue of individuals was categorized into three overall approaches to self-care. Although one approach dominated the narratives of most individuals, participants referre…
Approaches to Self-Care in Late Life
The preponderance of research on self-care examines behaviors and attitudes while overlooking individual conceptualizations of this domain. Qualitative analysis of open-ended interviews regarding health beliefs explored ways of taking care of oneself among 50 older people. The dialogue of individuals was categorized into three overall approaches to self-care. Although one approach dominated the narratives of most individuals, participants referre…
Lessons From the Navajo: The Impact of a "Good" Field Experience on a Career
While many other professions and disciplines have institutionalized the concept of a professional field experience, American anthropology offers only inconsistent opportunities for students to gain extended hands-on training in anthropological methods and skills in real-life settings. A good ethnographic field experience can be a powerful mechanism for training students to experience research first hand, to understand the dynamics of field work, …
Developing an Aging Services Agenda: Applied Anthropology’s Contribution to Planning and Development in a Community Foundation
Gerontology is an interdisciplinary field, bringing together researchers from vastly different orientations to study a complex human process. Often, the anthropologist is one member of a multidisciplinary team, and must address issues relevant to interdisciplinary research. This article describes our work on the Aging in Chicago Project, an interdisciplinary effort designed to comprehensively describe and evaluate the status of older people in Ch…
Approaches to Self-Care in Late Life
The preponderance of research on self-care examines behaviors and attitudes while overlooking individual conceptualizations of this domain. Qualitative analysis of open-ended interviews regarding health beliefs explored ways of taking care of oneself among 50 older people. The dialogue of individuals was categorized into three overall approaches to self-care. Although one approach dominated the narratives of most individuals, participants referre…
Lessons From the Navajo: The Impact of a "Good" Field Experience on a Career
While many other professions and disciplines have institutionalized the concept of a professional field experience, American anthropology offers only inconsistent opportunities for students to gain extended hands-on training in anthropological methods and skills in real-life settings. A good ethnographic field experience can be a powerful mechanism for training students to experience research first hand, to understand the dynamics of field work, …
Developing a Faith-Based Caregiver Support Partnership
Caring Together, Living Better (CTLB), a partnership of nonprofit and faith-based organizations, developed a culturally appropriate regional network of supportive caregiver services in the south suburbs of Chicago, IL. This article describes the findings of a mixed-methods evaluation that included network analysis to track network growth and development, tracking of service delivery, assessment of caregiver-related outcomes using standardized pre…
Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Field (mathematics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)