Gillian L Hundt
Biographic Data
| ID | 204814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gillian L Hundt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gillian L |
| FAMILY NAME | Hundt |
| SIGNATURE | HUNDT G L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7894-3461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Research Usually Sits on Shelves, Through the Play It Was Shared.” Co-producing Knowledge Through Post-show Discussions of Research-Based Theatre
This is a critical analysis of the co-production of knowledge on health care with members of the public attending two research-based plays that were followed by post-show discussions with expert panelists. Passing On was developed from the findings of a qualitative research study of family decision making toward the end of life. Cracked explored help seeking pathways for young people experiencing psychosis in families of different ethnicities dev…
Dilemmas of Ethics in Practice in Longitudinal Health Research: Identifying Opportunities for Widening Participation of Residents
Background: Mechanisms for widening participation of local participants in research studies can improve governance of public health research. Research conducted in longitudinal health study areas depends on there being mutual trust and respect over time between the local residents and researchers. Ethics in practice needs consideration alongside procedural ethics. By widening participation of the experimental public-local residents and resident s…
Migration and HIV/Aids in Rural South Africa: A dual-phase intergenerational, gendered chain migration
Migration is a complex process that is fundamental in understanding the complexity of societies across the world. In South Africa, there are high levels of migration associated with HIV and AIDS, and the process is intrinsically linked with issues associated with population health. Research conducted in KwaZulu-Natal Province, and in the wider country, has reported on a circular migratory flow of women to and from the province. However, this pape…
The right to traditional, complementary, and alternative health care
BACKGROUND: State parties to human rights conventions and declarations are often faced with the seemingly contradictory problem of having an obligation to protect people from harmful practices while also having an obligation to enable access to culturally appropriate effective healing. As people increasingly migrate across the globe, previous distinctions between 'traditional' and 'complementary and alternative medicine' practices are being trans…
The provision of accessible, acceptable health care in rural remote areas and the right to health: Bedouin in the North East region of Jordan
Inside ‘Inside View’: Reflections on stimulating debate and engagement through a multimedia live theatre production on the dilemmas and issues of pre-natal screening policy and practice
BACKGROUND: The role of applied theatre in engaging both lay and professional publics with debate on health policy and practice is an emergent field. This paper discusses the development, production performance and discussion of 'Inside View'. OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to produce applied theatre from research findings of a completed study on genetic prenatal screening, exploring the dilemmas for women and health professionals of prenatal ge…
An examination of social work interventions for use with displaced Iraqi households in Jordan
The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine how models of social work intervention are being used with displaced Iraqi households in Jordan. The review of the situation of displaced Iraqis in Jordan identifies the size, characteristics and experiences of this group, Jordanian government policies towards them, and the role of IGOs and NGOs dealing with them. The literature review of social work interventions with refugees internationally …
Sites for Health Rights: The Experiences of Homeless Families in England
This paper explores non-legal spaces in which the right to health is invoked. Consideration is given to the potential for creating spaces in which people who are mobile can access health care services, as well as engage with services and activities related to the underlying determinants of health in order to overcome inequities in health. The aims of the research were to explore: service user and provider perceptions of the right to health; the r…
A cross-sectional study of vascular risk factors in a rural South African population: Data from the Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (Saspi)
We found a high prevalence of hypertension, obesity in women, and a suggestion of subclinical atheroma despite relatively favourable cholesterol levels in a rural South African population. South Africa is facing the challenge of an emerging epidemic of vascular disease. Research to establish the social determinates of these risk factors and interventions to reduce both individual and population risk are required
Use of applied theatre in health research dissemination and data validation: A pilot study from South Africa
This article reports on a pilot study of the use of applied theatre in the dissemination of health research findings and validation of data. The study took place in South Africa, as part of the Southern Africa Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) and was based at the University/Medical Research Council Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (also known as the Agincourt Unit). The aim of SASPI was to investigate the prevalence of…
On being at higher risk: A qualitative study of prenatal screening for chromosomal anomalies
Women heroin users: Exploring the limitations of the structural violence approach
Advocating Multi-Disciplinarity in Studying Complex Emergencies: The Limitations of a Psychological Approach to Understanding How Young People Cope With Prolonged Conflict in Gaza
The paper looks at the limitations and strengths of using the A-cope questionnaire for measuring strategies for coping with prolonged conflict by Palestinian young people in Gaza. The scale was administered to young people between the ages of 8 and 17. The results show some gender differences in coping strategies. However, some items on the subscales are not relevant for Muslim societies or societies in situations of prolonged conflict. The autho…
The characteristics and recent growth of heroin injecting in a Kenyan coastal town
This article discusses the challenges of estimating levels and patterns of heroin use in a setting where there were no official records. Ethnographic fieldwork, carried out in a Kenyan Coastal town, utilised a range of qualitative research methods in an attempt to estimate numbers of male and female users and the proportion of them who were injectors of heroin. In the town of at least 85 000 people, it was estimated that there were perhaps about …
The Social Diagnostics of Stroke-Like Symptoms: Healers, Doctors and Prophets in Agincourt, Limpopo Province, South Africa
This paper focuses on the clinical and social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The research questions addressed here are: what are the lay understandings of strokelike symptoms and what are the health-seeking behaviours of Tsongan Mozambican refugees and South Africans in this area? The study site is ten villages in the Agincourt sub-district of Limpopo Province which are within the health surveillance area o…
Women's Health Custom Made: Building on the 40 Days Postpartum for Arab Women
The 40-day postpartum period is characterised in the Middle East and elsewhere by an observance of seclusion, congratulatory visiting, the reciprocal exchange of gifts and money, and a special diet. Based on primary data from in-depth interviews among the Negev Bedouin in Israel, health enhancing practices are reviewed. The data are a subset from a larger study carried out in this setting. Often postnatal checkups, family planning counselling, an…
Multiple Scripts and Contested Discourse in Disseminating Research Findings
Disseminating research findings locally, nationally and internationally is complicated and sensitive. International teams of researchers have to navigate and wind their way through multiple agendas, scripts and discourses. This leads to contested discourses concerning the meaning and relevance of findings, often expressed through disputes over the use of language. There is a need to consider local, national and international sensitivities, struct…
Maternal recall of infant feeding events is accurate
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Retrospective infant feeding data are important to the study of child and adult health patterns. The accuracy of maternal recall of past infant feeding events was examined and specifically the infant's age when breast feeding was stopped and formula feeding and solid foods were introduced. DESIGN AND SETTING--The sample consisted of Bedouin Arab women (n = 318) living in the Negev in Israel who were a part of a larger cohort part…
Seasonality of births among Bedouin Arabs residing in the Negev Desert of Israel
From 1 January 1981 to 31 December 1982 information on all births to Bedouin Arab women residing in the Negev Desert of Israel showed a previously unreported seasonal pattern. The peak season, November-February, coincided with the period of cool temperatures and the Bedouin Arab cultural seasons of winter and spring. This pattern is different from those of Jewish and Christian groups in the same region, a difference not attributable to religion a…
The forty-day rest period and infant feeding practices among Negev Bedouin Arab women in Israel
Four hundred and twelve Bedouin Arab women were interviewed within 48 hours of delivering a newborn in 1982 and two months later to examine the effect of social support during the forty-day postpartum rest period on the incidence of exclusive breast feeding at two months. Whereas the distribution of infant feeding practices at two months did not differ among women with and without support during the "forty days," the number of days of help during…
On being at higher risk: A qualitative study of prenatal screening for chromosomal anomalies
Maternal recall of infant feeding events is accurate
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Retrospective infant feeding data are important to the study of child and adult health patterns. The accuracy of maternal recall of past infant feeding events was examined and specifically the infant's age when breast feeding was stopped and formula feeding and solid foods were introduced. DESIGN AND SETTING--The sample consisted of Bedouin Arab women (n = 318) living in the Negev in Israel who were a part of a larger cohort part…
Use of applied theatre in health research dissemination and data validation: A pilot study from South Africa
This article reports on a pilot study of the use of applied theatre in the dissemination of health research findings and validation of data. The study took place in South Africa, as part of the Southern Africa Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) and was based at the University/Medical Research Council Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (also known as the Agincourt Unit). The aim of SASPI was to investigate the prevalence of…
The forty-day rest period and infant feeding practices among Negev Bedouin Arab women in Israel
Four hundred and twelve Bedouin Arab women were interviewed within 48 hours of delivering a newborn in 1982 and two months later to examine the effect of social support during the forty-day postpartum rest period on the incidence of exclusive breast feeding at two months. Whereas the distribution of infant feeding practices at two months did not differ among women with and without support during the "forty days," the number of days of help during…
The Social Diagnostics of Stroke-Like Symptoms: Healers, Doctors and Prophets in Agincourt, Limpopo Province, South Africa
This paper focuses on the clinical and social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The research questions addressed here are: what are the lay understandings of strokelike symptoms and what are the health-seeking behaviours of Tsongan Mozambican refugees and South Africans in this area? The study site is ten villages in the Agincourt sub-district of Limpopo Province which are within the health surveillance area o…
The provision of accessible, acceptable health care in rural remote areas and the right to health: Bedouin in the North East region of Jordan
Sites for Health Rights: The Experiences of Homeless Families in England
This paper explores non-legal spaces in which the right to health is invoked. Consideration is given to the potential for creating spaces in which people who are mobile can access health care services, as well as engage with services and activities related to the underlying determinants of health in order to overcome inequities in health. The aims of the research were to explore: service user and provider perceptions of the right to health; the r…
An examination of social work interventions for use with displaced Iraqi households in Jordan
The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine how models of social work intervention are being used with displaced Iraqi households in Jordan. The review of the situation of displaced Iraqis in Jordan identifies the size, characteristics and experiences of this group, Jordanian government policies towards them, and the role of IGOs and NGOs dealing with them. The literature review of social work interventions with refugees internationally …
Seasonality of births among Bedouin Arabs residing in the Negev Desert of Israel
From 1 January 1981 to 31 December 1982 information on all births to Bedouin Arab women residing in the Negev Desert of Israel showed a previously unreported seasonal pattern. The peak season, November-February, coincided with the period of cool temperatures and the Bedouin Arab cultural seasons of winter and spring. This pattern is different from those of Jewish and Christian groups in the same region, a difference not attributable to religion a…
The forty-day rest period and infant feeding practices among Negev Bedouin Arab women in Israel
Four hundred and twelve Bedouin Arab women were interviewed within 48 hours of delivering a newborn in 1982 and two months later to examine the effect of social support during the forty-day postpartum rest period on the incidence of exclusive breast feeding at two months. Whereas the distribution of infant feeding practices at two months did not differ among women with and without support during the "forty days," the number of days of help during…
Maternal recall of infant feeding events is accurate
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Retrospective infant feeding data are important to the study of child and adult health patterns. The accuracy of maternal recall of past infant feeding events was examined and specifically the infant's age when breast feeding was stopped and formula feeding and solid foods were introduced. DESIGN AND SETTING--The sample consisted of Bedouin Arab women (n = 318) living in the Negev in Israel who were a part of a larger cohort part…
Women's Health Custom Made: Building on the 40 Days Postpartum for Arab Women
The 40-day postpartum period is characterised in the Middle East and elsewhere by an observance of seclusion, congratulatory visiting, the reciprocal exchange of gifts and money, and a special diet. Based on primary data from in-depth interviews among the Negev Bedouin in Israel, health enhancing practices are reviewed. The data are a subset from a larger study carried out in this setting. Often postnatal checkups, family planning counselling, an…
Multiple Scripts and Contested Discourse in Disseminating Research Findings
Disseminating research findings locally, nationally and internationally is complicated and sensitive. International teams of researchers have to navigate and wind their way through multiple agendas, scripts and discourses. This leads to contested discourses concerning the meaning and relevance of findings, often expressed through disputes over the use of language. There is a need to consider local, national and international sensitivities, struct…
Advocating Multi-Disciplinarity in Studying Complex Emergencies: The Limitations of a Psychological Approach to Understanding How Young People Cope With Prolonged Conflict in Gaza
The paper looks at the limitations and strengths of using the A-cope questionnaire for measuring strategies for coping with prolonged conflict by Palestinian young people in Gaza. The scale was administered to young people between the ages of 8 and 17. The results show some gender differences in coping strategies. However, some items on the subscales are not relevant for Muslim societies or societies in situations of prolonged conflict. The autho…
The characteristics and recent growth of heroin injecting in a Kenyan coastal town
This article discusses the challenges of estimating levels and patterns of heroin use in a setting where there were no official records. Ethnographic fieldwork, carried out in a Kenyan Coastal town, utilised a range of qualitative research methods in an attempt to estimate numbers of male and female users and the proportion of them who were injectors of heroin. In the town of at least 85 000 people, it was estimated that there were perhaps about …
The Social Diagnostics of Stroke-Like Symptoms: Healers, Doctors and Prophets in Agincourt, Limpopo Province, South Africa
This paper focuses on the clinical and social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The research questions addressed here are: what are the lay understandings of strokelike symptoms and what are the health-seeking behaviours of Tsongan Mozambican refugees and South Africans in this area? The study site is ten villages in the Agincourt sub-district of Limpopo Province which are within the health surveillance area o…
Women heroin users: Exploring the limitations of the structural violence approach
Use of applied theatre in health research dissemination and data validation: A pilot study from South Africa
This article reports on a pilot study of the use of applied theatre in the dissemination of health research findings and validation of data. The study took place in South Africa, as part of the Southern Africa Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) and was based at the University/Medical Research Council Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (also known as the Agincourt Unit). The aim of SASPI was to investigate the prevalence of…
On being at higher risk: A qualitative study of prenatal screening for chromosomal anomalies
A cross-sectional study of vascular risk factors in a rural South African population: Data from the Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (Saspi)
We found a high prevalence of hypertension, obesity in women, and a suggestion of subclinical atheroma despite relatively favourable cholesterol levels in a rural South African population. South Africa is facing the challenge of an emerging epidemic of vascular disease. Research to establish the social determinates of these risk factors and interventions to reduce both individual and population risk are required
Sites for Health Rights: The Experiences of Homeless Families in England
This paper explores non-legal spaces in which the right to health is invoked. Consideration is given to the potential for creating spaces in which people who are mobile can access health care services, as well as engage with services and activities related to the underlying determinants of health in order to overcome inequities in health. The aims of the research were to explore: service user and provider perceptions of the right to health; the r…
Inside ‘Inside View’: Reflections on stimulating debate and engagement through a multimedia live theatre production on the dilemmas and issues of pre-natal screening policy and practice
BACKGROUND: The role of applied theatre in engaging both lay and professional publics with debate on health policy and practice is an emergent field. This paper discusses the development, production performance and discussion of 'Inside View'. OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to produce applied theatre from research findings of a completed study on genetic prenatal screening, exploring the dilemmas for women and health professionals of prenatal ge…
An examination of social work interventions for use with displaced Iraqi households in Jordan
The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine how models of social work intervention are being used with displaced Iraqi households in Jordan. The review of the situation of displaced Iraqis in Jordan identifies the size, characteristics and experiences of this group, Jordanian government policies towards them, and the role of IGOs and NGOs dealing with them. The literature review of social work interventions with refugees internationally …
The provision of accessible, acceptable health care in rural remote areas and the right to health: Bedouin in the North East region of Jordan
The right to traditional, complementary, and alternative health care
BACKGROUND: State parties to human rights conventions and declarations are often faced with the seemingly contradictory problem of having an obligation to protect people from harmful practices while also having an obligation to enable access to culturally appropriate effective healing. As people increasingly migrate across the globe, previous distinctions between 'traditional' and 'complementary and alternative medicine' practices are being trans…
Migration and HIV/Aids in Rural South Africa: A dual-phase intergenerational, gendered chain migration
Migration is a complex process that is fundamental in understanding the complexity of societies across the world. In South Africa, there are high levels of migration associated with HIV and AIDS, and the process is intrinsically linked with issues associated with population health. Research conducted in KwaZulu-Natal Province, and in the wider country, has reported on a circular migratory flow of women to and from the province. However, this pape…
Research Usually Sits on Shelves, Through the Play It Was Shared.” Co-producing Knowledge Through Post-show Discussions of Research-Based Theatre
This is a critical analysis of the co-production of knowledge on health care with members of the public attending two research-based plays that were followed by post-show discussions with expert panelists. Passing On was developed from the findings of a qualitative research study of family decision making toward the end of life. Cracked explored help seeking pathways for young people experiencing psychosis in families of different ethnicities dev…
Dilemmas of Ethics in Practice in Longitudinal Health Research: Identifying Opportunities for Widening Participation of Residents
Background: Mechanisms for widening participation of local participants in research studies can improve governance of public health research. Research conducted in longitudinal health study areas depends on there being mutual trust and respect over time between the local residents and researchers. Ethics in practice needs consideration alongside procedural ethics. By widening participation of the experimental public-local residents and resident s…
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