Jean Schensul
Biographic Data
| ID | 3771248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean Schensul |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean |
| FAMILY NAME | Schensul |
| SIGNATURE | SCHENSUL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Community Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Collaboration of Community and University Scholars: Training in the Transformation of Research for Community Development
Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) provides a methodology that creates mutually beneficial and equitable partnerships between researchers and community people involved in positive change. Participatory Action Research (PAR) is rooted in trust, connectivity, and reciprocity to address issues and actions that remedy inequitable social, economic, and environmental problems arising from racism rooted in structural/political imbalances. In …
Building a Systems Dynamic Model of Smokeless Tobacco Use in Mumbai
In this paper, I review the steps our international research team followed in transforming an ethnographic description of drivers of smokeless tobacco use into systems dynamic model with potential for calibration and quantification. In 2010, the Institute for Community Research (ICR) and the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH) mounted a mixed methods ethnographic study funded by the National Cancer Institute and the Uni…
What’s the Rap About Ecstasy: Popular Music Lyrics and Drug Trends Among American Youth
Trends in ecstasy use in America during the past decade were reflected in mainstream, American rap-music lyrics between 1996 and 2003. Drawing on communication and cultural studies theory, this article provides a content analysis of 69 rap songs mentioning the club drug ecstasy. The songs are coded according to whether they contain positive, mixed or ambiguous, or negative messages about using or dealing ecstasy. Through an interpretive lens, the…
Needle Access as an Aids Prevention Strategy for IV Drug Users: A Research Perspective
The AIDS crisis has forced the consideration of controversial prevention strategies, including the public distribution of sterile syringes and needles as a public heath measure. Because this strategy appears to some to condone IV drug use, it has met with considerable opposition. Arguing for the importance of a research approach to evaluating the health costs and benefits of needle exchange, this paper reviews existing studies and reports on need…
Issues In Applied Anthropology Training Programs
Any training program in applied anthropology or the applied behavioral sciences should begin with the following assumptions:that the institutionalization of anthropology in the university has been central to its survival as a discipline;that the current survival of anthropology as a discipline rests on its ability to train, place and retain the identification of anthropologists working in settings out-side the university;that the latter can only …
Needle Access as an Aids Prevention Strategy for IV Drug Users: A Research Perspective
The AIDS crisis has forced the consideration of controversial prevention strategies, including the public distribution of sterile syringes and needles as a public heath measure. Because this strategy appears to some to condone IV drug use, it has met with considerable opposition. Arguing for the importance of a research approach to evaluating the health costs and benefits of needle exchange, this paper reviews existing studies and reports on need…
What’s the Rap About Ecstasy: Popular Music Lyrics and Drug Trends Among American Youth
Trends in ecstasy use in America during the past decade were reflected in mainstream, American rap-music lyrics between 1996 and 2003. Drawing on communication and cultural studies theory, this article provides a content analysis of 69 rap songs mentioning the club drug ecstasy. The songs are coded according to whether they contain positive, mixed or ambiguous, or negative messages about using or dealing ecstasy. Through an interpretive lens, the…
Issues In Applied Anthropology Training Programs
Any training program in applied anthropology or the applied behavioral sciences should begin with the following assumptions:that the institutionalization of anthropology in the university has been central to its survival as a discipline;that the current survival of anthropology as a discipline rests on its ability to train, place and retain the identification of anthropologists working in settings out-side the university;that the latter can only …
Needle Access as an Aids Prevention Strategy for IV Drug Users: A Research Perspective
The AIDS crisis has forced the consideration of controversial prevention strategies, including the public distribution of sterile syringes and needles as a public heath measure. Because this strategy appears to some to condone IV drug use, it has met with considerable opposition. Arguing for the importance of a research approach to evaluating the health costs and benefits of needle exchange, this paper reviews existing studies and reports on need…
What’s the Rap About Ecstasy: Popular Music Lyrics and Drug Trends Among American Youth
Trends in ecstasy use in America during the past decade were reflected in mainstream, American rap-music lyrics between 1996 and 2003. Drawing on communication and cultural studies theory, this article provides a content analysis of 69 rap songs mentioning the club drug ecstasy. The songs are coded according to whether they contain positive, mixed or ambiguous, or negative messages about using or dealing ecstasy. Through an interpretive lens, the…
Building a Systems Dynamic Model of Smokeless Tobacco Use in Mumbai
In this paper, I review the steps our international research team followed in transforming an ethnographic description of drivers of smokeless tobacco use into systems dynamic model with potential for calibration and quantification. In 2010, the Institute for Community Research (ICR) and the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH) mounted a mixed methods ethnographic study funded by the National Cancer Institute and the Uni…
Collaboration of Community and University Scholars: Training in the Transformation of Research for Community Development
Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) provides a methodology that creates mutually beneficial and equitable partnerships between researchers and community people involved in positive change. Participatory Action Research (PAR) is rooted in trust, connectivity, and reciprocity to address issues and actions that remedy inequitable social, economic, and environmental problems arising from racism rooted in structural/political imbalances. In …
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Action research (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)