Kelly Corbett
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 277429 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kelly Corbett |
| PRENOMES | Kelly |
| SOBRENOME | Corbett |
| ASSINATURA | CORBETT K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2192-6681 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 162 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Challenging the myth of women's empowerment
Commercial sex and mining have long been interwoven. With the spread of neoliberal capitalism, social relations around the mine site have become increasingly commodified. This ethnographic study examines the experiences of female sex workers in the mining town of Solwezi, Zambia. Women's stories offer insight into the lives of those excluded from the conventional women's economic empowerment narrative that has been widely adopted by the mining in…
Effectiveness of social marketing in improving knowledge, attitudes and practice of consumption of vitamin A-fortified oil in Tanzania
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a social marketing intervention in enhancing knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) related to consumption of vitamin A-fortified oil. Design The intervention employed community events, distribution of educational materials and radio broadcasts. The intervention was assessed in a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group study design by collecting information on KAP regarding vitamin A-fortified o…
Implementation of shared decision-making in healthcare policy and practice
Background: Despite the suggested benefits of shared decision-making (SDM), its implementation in policy and practice has been slow and inconsistent. Use of complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory may provide understanding of how healthcare system factors influence implementation of SDM. Methods: Using the example of choice of mode of birth after a previous caesarean section, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients, provid…
Needs and Barriers of Teen Mothers in Rural Eastern Uganda
For adolescent mothers in rural Eastern Uganda, nutrition and health may be compromised by many factors. Identifying individual and environmental needs and barriers at local levels is important to inform community-based interventions. This qualitative study used interviews based on constructs from social cognitive theory. 101 adolescent mothers, family members, health-related personnel and community workers in Budondo sub-county (Jinja district),…
Conceptualizing depression in Vietnam
The purpose of this qualitative study was to elicit the explanatory models (EMs) of primary healthcare providers (PHPs) in Vietnam in order to (a) understand if and how the concept of depression is understood in Vietnam from the perspective of nonspecialist providers and community members, and (b) to inform the process of introducing services for depression in primary care in Vietnam. We conducted semistructured interviews with 30 PHPs in one rur…
Putting Health Impact Assessment into practice through the lenses of diffusion of innovations theory
The Political Economy of Mental Health in V ietnam
Among low‐ and middle‐income countries, there is evidence that populations experiencing rapid political and economic transition have particularly high burdens of disease and disability from mental health conditions. This paper undertakes a political economy analysis of mental health in Vietnam to enhance knowledge translation, notably how both explicit and tacit knowledge can be used to promote evidence‐based policy making. It argues that Vietnam…
Where are the NGOs and Why? The Distribution of Health and Development NGOs in Bolivia
BACKGROUND: The presence and influence of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the landscape of global health and development have dramatically increased over the past several decades. The distribution of NGO activity and the ways in which contextual factors influence the distribution of NGO activity across geographies merit study. This paper explores the distribution of NGO activity, using Bolivia as a case study, and identifies local factors…
Anthropology and Global Health
This article addresses anthropology's engagement with the emerging discipline of global health. We develop a definition for global health and then present four principal contributions of anthropology to global health: (a) ethnographic studies of health inequities in political and economic contexts; (b) analysis of the impact on local worlds of the assemblages of science and technology that circulate globally; (c) interrogation, analysis, and crit…
Get Smart Colorado”
CONTEXT: Large-scale strategies are needed to reduce overuse of antibiotics in US communities. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of a mass media campaign-"Get Smart Colorado"-on public exposure to campaign, antibiotic use, and office visit rates. DESIGN: Nonrandomized controlled trial. SETTING: Two metropolitan communities in Colorado, United States. SUBJECTS: The general public, managed care enrollees, and physicians residing in the mass media …
Mixed messages
Although smoking by adults in Turkey is a widely practiced, socially accepted habit, social influences on tobacco uptake by Turkish youth have been studied little. This paper reports findings from interviews (42 10th graders plus 10 other students and 24 adults) and three focus groups in a study with high school students in Dursunbey, Turkey. Interviewees reported that youth smoking is not culturally acceptable, but that contradictory messages an…
In their own words
Information needs in terminal illness
Gender, social pressure, and smoking cessations
Community mobilization for smoking cessation
The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) required that 11 different project sites utilize a standard protocol to mobilize their communities for a four-year intervention aimed at smoking cessation. This experience provided a unique opportunity to describe the process and examine several questions about the mobilization components and to assess the effectiveness of a common set of mobilization strategies. Specific questions o…
Smoking cessation factors among African Americans and whites. Commit Research Group
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to explore smoking patterns and attitudes that influence smoking cessation and relapse among African Americans. METHODS. Baseline data from eight Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) sites were analyzed. RESULTS. Compared with Whites, African Americans who smoke less than 25 cigarettes per day were 1.6 times more likely to smoke within 10 minutes of awakening (a behavioral indicator of …
Sexual Harassment in High School
This study presents results of a survey that asked current university students to recall instances of sexual harassment by high school teachers. Although most respondents did not think that sexual harassment by teachers was frequent or serious in their high schools, half cited examples of such incidents involving other students. Approximately 6% of the respondents reported having personally experienced sexually inappropriate attention from high s…
Anthropology and Global Health
This article addresses anthropology's engagement with the emerging discipline of global health. We develop a definition for global health and then present four principal contributions of anthropology to global health: (a) ethnographic studies of health inequities in political and economic contexts; (b) analysis of the impact on local worlds of the assemblages of science and technology that circulate globally; (c) interrogation, analysis, and crit…
In their own words
Smoking cessation factors among African Americans and whites. Commit Research Group
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to explore smoking patterns and attitudes that influence smoking cessation and relapse among African Americans. METHODS. Baseline data from eight Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) sites were analyzed. RESULTS. Compared with Whites, African Americans who smoke less than 25 cigarettes per day were 1.6 times more likely to smoke within 10 minutes of awakening (a behavioral indicator of …
Gender, social pressure, and smoking cessations
Information needs in terminal illness
Conceptualizing depression in Vietnam
The purpose of this qualitative study was to elicit the explanatory models (EMs) of primary healthcare providers (PHPs) in Vietnam in order to (a) understand if and how the concept of depression is understood in Vietnam from the perspective of nonspecialist providers and community members, and (b) to inform the process of introducing services for depression in primary care in Vietnam. We conducted semistructured interviews with 30 PHPs in one rur…
The Political Economy of Mental Health in V ietnam
Among low‐ and middle‐income countries, there is evidence that populations experiencing rapid political and economic transition have particularly high burdens of disease and disability from mental health conditions. This paper undertakes a political economy analysis of mental health in Vietnam to enhance knowledge translation, notably how both explicit and tacit knowledge can be used to promote evidence‐based policy making. It argues that Vietnam…
Sexual Harassment in High School
This study presents results of a survey that asked current university students to recall instances of sexual harassment by high school teachers. Although most respondents did not think that sexual harassment by teachers was frequent or serious in their high schools, half cited examples of such incidents involving other students. Approximately 6% of the respondents reported having personally experienced sexually inappropriate attention from high s…
Community mobilization for smoking cessation
The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) required that 11 different project sites utilize a standard protocol to mobilize their communities for a four-year intervention aimed at smoking cessation. This experience provided a unique opportunity to describe the process and examine several questions about the mobilization components and to assess the effectiveness of a common set of mobilization strategies. Specific questions o…
Smoking cessation factors among African Americans and whites. Commit Research Group
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to explore smoking patterns and attitudes that influence smoking cessation and relapse among African Americans. METHODS. Baseline data from eight Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) sites were analyzed. RESULTS. Compared with Whites, African Americans who smoke less than 25 cigarettes per day were 1.6 times more likely to smoke within 10 minutes of awakening (a behavioral indicator of …
Sexual Harassment in High School
This study presents results of a survey that asked current university students to recall instances of sexual harassment by high school teachers. Although most respondents did not think that sexual harassment by teachers was frequent or serious in their high schools, half cited examples of such incidents involving other students. Approximately 6% of the respondents reported having personally experienced sexually inappropriate attention from high s…
Gender, social pressure, and smoking cessations
Information needs in terminal illness
In their own words
Mixed messages
Although smoking by adults in Turkey is a widely practiced, socially accepted habit, social influences on tobacco uptake by Turkish youth have been studied little. This paper reports findings from interviews (42 10th graders plus 10 other students and 24 adults) and three focus groups in a study with high school students in Dursunbey, Turkey. Interviewees reported that youth smoking is not culturally acceptable, but that contradictory messages an…
Get Smart Colorado”
CONTEXT: Large-scale strategies are needed to reduce overuse of antibiotics in US communities. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of a mass media campaign-"Get Smart Colorado"-on public exposure to campaign, antibiotic use, and office visit rates. DESIGN: Nonrandomized controlled trial. SETTING: Two metropolitan communities in Colorado, United States. SUBJECTS: The general public, managed care enrollees, and physicians residing in the mass media …
Anthropology and Global Health
This article addresses anthropology's engagement with the emerging discipline of global health. We develop a definition for global health and then present four principal contributions of anthropology to global health: (a) ethnographic studies of health inequities in political and economic contexts; (b) analysis of the impact on local worlds of the assemblages of science and technology that circulate globally; (c) interrogation, analysis, and crit…
Where are the NGOs and Why? The Distribution of Health and Development NGOs in Bolivia
BACKGROUND: The presence and influence of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the landscape of global health and development have dramatically increased over the past several decades. The distribution of NGO activity and the ways in which contextual factors influence the distribution of NGO activity across geographies merit study. This paper explores the distribution of NGO activity, using Bolivia as a case study, and identifies local factors…
Putting Health Impact Assessment into practice through the lenses of diffusion of innovations theory
The Political Economy of Mental Health in V ietnam
Among low‐ and middle‐income countries, there is evidence that populations experiencing rapid political and economic transition have particularly high burdens of disease and disability from mental health conditions. This paper undertakes a political economy analysis of mental health in Vietnam to enhance knowledge translation, notably how both explicit and tacit knowledge can be used to promote evidence‐based policy making. It argues that Vietnam…
Needs and Barriers of Teen Mothers in Rural Eastern Uganda
For adolescent mothers in rural Eastern Uganda, nutrition and health may be compromised by many factors. Identifying individual and environmental needs and barriers at local levels is important to inform community-based interventions. This qualitative study used interviews based on constructs from social cognitive theory. 101 adolescent mothers, family members, health-related personnel and community workers in Budondo sub-county (Jinja district),…
Conceptualizing depression in Vietnam
The purpose of this qualitative study was to elicit the explanatory models (EMs) of primary healthcare providers (PHPs) in Vietnam in order to (a) understand if and how the concept of depression is understood in Vietnam from the perspective of nonspecialist providers and community members, and (b) to inform the process of introducing services for depression in primary care in Vietnam. We conducted semistructured interviews with 30 PHPs in one rur…
Effectiveness of social marketing in improving knowledge, attitudes and practice of consumption of vitamin A-fortified oil in Tanzania
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a social marketing intervention in enhancing knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) related to consumption of vitamin A-fortified oil. Design The intervention employed community events, distribution of educational materials and radio broadcasts. The intervention was assessed in a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group study design by collecting information on KAP regarding vitamin A-fortified o…
Implementation of shared decision-making in healthcare policy and practice
Background: Despite the suggested benefits of shared decision-making (SDM), its implementation in policy and practice has been slow and inconsistent. Use of complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory may provide understanding of how healthcare system factors influence implementation of SDM. Methods: Using the example of choice of mode of birth after a previous caesarean section, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients, provid…
Challenging the myth of women's empowerment
Commercial sex and mining have long been interwoven. With the spread of neoliberal capitalism, social relations around the mine site have become increasingly commodified. This ethnographic study examines the experiences of female sex workers in the mining town of Solwezi, Zambia. Women's stories offer insight into the lives of those excluded from the conventional women's economic empowerment narrative that has been widely adopted by the mining in…
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