Mary Coleman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3699466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Coleman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Coleman |
| SIGNATURE | COLEMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lesley University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Perspectives of traditional healers, faith healers, and biomedical providers about mental illness treatment
Most people with mental illness in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not receive biomedical treatment, though many seek care from traditional healers and faith healers. We conducted a qualitative study in Buyende District, Uganda, using framework analysis. Data collection included interviews with 24 traditional healers, 20 faith healers, and 23 biomedical providers, plus 4 focus group discussions. Interviews explored treatment approaches…
Threshold Constitutivism and Social Kinds
In “Constitutivism without Normative Thresholds,” Kathryn Lindeman raises two objections to what she aptly calls Threshold Constitutivism. My aim in this short discussion is to respond to her first objection. Although I will argue that this objection fails, I will also argue that thinking through how to respond to it reminds us of something important, namely, that many of the norm-governed kinds that are directly related to intentional action are…
Improving Computer-mediated Synchronous Communication of Doctors in Rural Communities through Cloud Computing
This paper investigated how doctors in remote rural hospitals in South Africa use computer -mediated tool to communicate with experienced and specialist doctors for professional advice to improve on their clinical practices. A case study approach was used. Ten doctors werepurposively selected from ten hospitals in the North West Province. Data was collected using semi -structured open ended interview questions. The interviewees were asked to tell…
Transnational Civic Education Inquiry in the Lands of Contention
Transnational civic education as defined here refers to the systematic study of nations throughout the world as they struggle with lawlessness and recover governance values and ideas consistent with human dignity and the rule of law. Analytical reasoning is heralded as one approach to dissecting nations' civic cultures. One hundred Palestinian teachers examined the civic education documents and practices of seven nations, including Romania, the U…
The Rural Poor in the American South
This work does not ask why poverty persisted in Indianola and other places in the rural south, but how—despite all the obstacles of state, society and market—the impoverished emerged from and exited poverty with civic assets as well as religious ones. The interdependency and citizenship pathways between families and the state and the pathways of aspiring agrarian capitalists led to a chronic and latent dysfunction—an inadequate protection of the …
Transnational Civic Education Inquiry in the Lands of Contention
Transnational civic education as defined here refers to the systematic study of nations throughout the world as they struggle with lawlessness and recover governance values and ideas consistent with human dignity and the rule of law. Analytical reasoning is heralded as one approach to dissecting nations' civic cultures. One hundred Palestinian teachers examined the civic education documents and practices of seven nations, including Romania, the U…
The Rural Poor in the American South
This work does not ask why poverty persisted in Indianola and other places in the rural south, but how—despite all the obstacles of state, society and market—the impoverished emerged from and exited poverty with civic assets as well as religious ones. The interdependency and citizenship pathways between families and the state and the pathways of aspiring agrarian capitalists led to a chronic and latent dysfunction—an inadequate protection of the …
Transnational Civic Education Inquiry in the Lands of Contention
Transnational civic education as defined here refers to the systematic study of nations throughout the world as they struggle with lawlessness and recover governance values and ideas consistent with human dignity and the rule of law. Analytical reasoning is heralded as one approach to dissecting nations' civic cultures. One hundred Palestinian teachers examined the civic education documents and practices of seven nations, including Romania, the U…
Improving Computer-mediated Synchronous Communication of Doctors in Rural Communities through Cloud Computing
This paper investigated how doctors in remote rural hospitals in South Africa use computer -mediated tool to communicate with experienced and specialist doctors for professional advice to improve on their clinical practices. A case study approach was used. Ten doctors werepurposively selected from ten hospitals in the North West Province. Data was collected using semi -structured open ended interview questions. The interviewees were asked to tell…
Threshold Constitutivism and Social Kinds
In “Constitutivism without Normative Thresholds,” Kathryn Lindeman raises two objections to what she aptly calls Threshold Constitutivism. My aim in this short discussion is to respond to her first objection. Although I will argue that this objection fails, I will also argue that thinking through how to respond to it reminds us of something important, namely, that many of the norm-governed kinds that are directly related to intentional action are…
Perspectives of traditional healers, faith healers, and biomedical providers about mental illness treatment
Most people with mental illness in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not receive biomedical treatment, though many seek care from traditional healers and faith healers. We conducted a qualitative study in Buyende District, Uganda, using framework analysis. Data collection included interviews with 24 traditional healers, 20 faith healers, and 23 biomedical providers, plus 4 focus group discussions. Interviews explored treatment approaches…
Sociology (4 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Citizenship (1 work) · Civics (1 work) · Cloud computing (1 work)