Jessica Scott Jerome
Biographic Data
| ID | 3918208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Scott Jerome |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Jerome |
| SIGNATURE | JEROME J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Household Histories: Generating Fixity in the Urban Periphery of Northeast Brazil
In urban peripheral neighborhoods in Northeast Brazil, residents invest significant savings, labor, and time into their homes. Such investment has produced stable housing and inheritable assets for generations of residents. This article uses archival and longitudinal ethnographic data from Barra do Ceará, an urban peripheral neighborhood in Fortaleza, to investigate the daily maintenance, renovation, and upkeep that is necessary to generate stabl…
Eric D. Carter, In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine
Journal Article Eric D. Carter, In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine Get access Eric D. Carter, In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2023. Pp. xviii + 189. $24.95. Pbk. ISBN 978-1-4696-7445-2. Jessica Scott Jerome Jessica Scott Jerome DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this…
Participatory governance in the context of local health councils: Interviews with six local health council presidents in Northeastern Brazil
The aim of this study was to describe the challenges and opportunities faced by local health council presidents in their practice of participatory governance. In-depth interviews were conducted with six presidents at health posts at six neighborhoods located in a single region in a peripheral neighborhood in Fortaleza. The interviews were complemented by participant observation of local health council meetings conducted over a three-year period (…
A Right to Health: Medicine, Marginality, and Health Care Reform in Northeastern Brazil
In 1988, a new health care system, the Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health Care System or SUS) was formally established in Brazil. The system was intended, among other goals, to provide universal access to health care services and to redefine health as a citizen’s right and a duty of the state. A Right to Health explores how these goals have unfolded within an urban peripheral community located on the edges of the northeastern city of Fortalez…
Brazilian mothers with HIV: Experiences with diagnosis and treatment in a human rights based health care system
Drawing on in-depth interviews with a group of urban poor HIV-positive mothers in Northeastern Brazil, this essay examines their experiences with HIV medical diagnosis and treatment. It argues that strong social and religious networks as well as the Universal HIV treatment program provide Northeastern Brazilian mothers with forms of support that may be absent in other countries. It further suggests that more research be done to determine how part…
Participatory governance in the context of local health councils: Interviews with six local health council presidents in Northeastern Brazil
The aim of this study was to describe the challenges and opportunities faced by local health council presidents in their practice of participatory governance. In-depth interviews were conducted with six presidents at health posts at six neighborhoods located in a single region in a peripheral neighborhood in Fortaleza. The interviews were complemented by participant observation of local health council meetings conducted over a three-year period (…
Brazilian mothers with HIV: Experiences with diagnosis and treatment in a human rights based health care system
Drawing on in-depth interviews with a group of urban poor HIV-positive mothers in Northeastern Brazil, this essay examines their experiences with HIV medical diagnosis and treatment. It argues that strong social and religious networks as well as the Universal HIV treatment program provide Northeastern Brazilian mothers with forms of support that may be absent in other countries. It further suggests that more research be done to determine how part…
A Right to Health: Medicine, Marginality, and Health Care Reform in Northeastern Brazil
In 1988, a new health care system, the Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health Care System or SUS) was formally established in Brazil. The system was intended, among other goals, to provide universal access to health care services and to redefine health as a citizen’s right and a duty of the state. A Right to Health explores how these goals have unfolded within an urban peripheral community located on the edges of the northeastern city of Fortalez…
Participatory governance in the context of local health councils: Interviews with six local health council presidents in Northeastern Brazil
The aim of this study was to describe the challenges and opportunities faced by local health council presidents in their practice of participatory governance. In-depth interviews were conducted with six presidents at health posts at six neighborhoods located in a single region in a peripheral neighborhood in Fortaleza. The interviews were complemented by participant observation of local health council meetings conducted over a three-year period (…
Eric D. Carter, In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine
Journal Article Eric D. Carter, In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine Get access Eric D. Carter, In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2023. Pp. xviii + 189. $24.95. Pbk. ISBN 978-1-4696-7445-2. Jessica Scott Jerome Jessica Scott Jerome DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this…
Household Histories: Generating Fixity in the Urban Periphery of Northeast Brazil
In urban peripheral neighborhoods in Northeast Brazil, residents invest significant savings, labor, and time into their homes. Such investment has produced stable housing and inheritable assets for generations of residents. This article uses archival and longitudinal ethnographic data from Barra do Ceará, an urban peripheral neighborhood in Fortaleza, to investigate the daily maintenance, renovation, and upkeep that is necessary to generate stabl…
Health care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)