Monica Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3950906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Monica Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Monica |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smithsonian Institution |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0164-4310 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Designing for diverse museum visitors’ identity exploration around inventiveness
Introduction This paper describes an initial phase of research to inform the design of Change YOUR Game—an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH) that aims to promote visitors’ inventiveness in STEM and in other life domains. The exhibition’s content focused on the history of inventions and innovations in sports. The research was framed by the Dynamic Systems Model of Role Identity (DSMRI) and by a set of design …
Perceptions of Older Adults with Hematological Cancer on Diet and Exercise Behavior and Its Role in Navigating Daily Tasks
Diet and exercise are associated with the maintenance of physical function, independence and better health-related quality of life in cancer survivors. Adherence to healthy diet and exercise guidelines, however, remains low. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of hematological cancer survivors (HCS, ≥50 years) on the role of diet and exercise in navigating daily tasks using a qualitative descriptive research method. Eligible HCS …
Playful invention, inventive play
The Smithsonian Lemelson Center's Invention at Play exhibition project brought a fresh perspective to the study of invention by exploring the role of play in the creative processes of historic and contemporary inventors. This special journal issue provides a welcome opportunity to share the Lemelson Center's primary research, featuring interviews with inventors about their personal play histories, combined with secondary research regarding connec…
Variations in the Implementation and Characteristics of Chiropractic Services in VA
BACKGROUND: In 2004, the US Department of Veterans Affairs expanded its delivery of chiropractic care by establishing onsite chiropractic clinics at select facilities across the country. Systematic information regarding the planning and implementation of these clinics and describing their features and performance is lacking. OBJECTIVES: To document the planning, implementation, key features and performance of VA chiropractic clinics, and to ident…
Geographies of friendships
Friendships are an important part of what makes us, and our geographies of various kinds, human. We consider how geographers can contribute to efforts to afford friendship greater prominence in the social sciences. The main part of the article considers three strands of work on friendship that push the boundaries of research in human geography: (1) geographies of affect/emotion and the ontological construction of the human; (2) children’s and you…
Erasure of Sexuality and Desire: State Morality and Sri Lankan Migrants in Beirut, Lebanon
This paper presents a critical analysis of State and non-State interventions into the intimate and sexual lives of Sri Lankan migrant women in Beirut and interrogates the ways that normative ideals of heterosexual marriage and family are regulated and enforced transnationally. Drawing on research in Lebanon and Sri Lanka in 2006–9, I juxtapose official representations of Sri Lankan migrant women with migrant accounts that disclose the diverse and…
Factors Associated with Low Early Uptake of a National Program to Prevent Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT): Results of a Survey of Mothers and Providers, Botswana, 2003
"Model Employees": Sri Lankan Domestics in Lebanon
Chiropractic Care: A Flawed Risk–benefit Analysis
We have several concerns regarding Ernst’s article “Chiropractic Care: Attempting a Risk–Benefit Analysis.”1 The omission of methods is most troubling. Explicit criteria should be described to prevent bias in the selection of source material. With a search of one database covering 1995–2001, we retrieved 4 additional articles on chiropractic benefits and risks (references available from the author upon request). Unspecified methods preclude other…
Chiropractic Health Care in Health Professional Shortage Areas in the United States
Objectives. We compared chiropractic practice volume in areas of high versus areas of low or no shortages of primary care providers. Methods. Using data from a cross-sectional survey of US chiropractors and data from the Bureau of Health Professions’ Area Resource File, we conducted multiple linear and logistic regression modeling of the effects of rural or Health Professional Shortage Area location on chiropractic practice volume and wait times.…
"Indianization" from the Indian Point of View: Trade and Cultural Contacts with Southeast Asia in the Early First Millennium C.E
The idea that Indian "influence" was responsible for the socio-political development of early Southeast Asia is now largely discredited, but the question of the actual impact of early trade between India and Southeast Asia remains. Prior to the fourth century C.E., Indian trade activities with Southeast Asia appear to have been relatively infrequent, when assessed through the number of items of Indian origin recovered, and the incentives for such…
Issues of recruitment and maintaining high response rates in a longitudinal study of older hospital patients in England--pathways through care study
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe and discuss the methods used to recruit and maintain an unbiased sample of older discharged hospital patients in a study of the process and outcomes of hospital care. DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal interview study of consecutive patients admitted to hospital over a 12 month period and followed up for six months. Interviews took place in hospital five days after admission, at home 10 days after discharge, and six mo…
Chiropractic and Medical Costs of Low Back Care
This study compares health insurance payments and patient utilization patterns for episodes of care for common lumbar and low back conditions treated by chiropractic and medical providers. Using 2 years of insurance claims data, this study examines 6,183 patients who had episodes with medical or chiropractic first-contact providers. Multiple regression analysis, to control for differences in patient, clinical, and insurance characteristics, indic…
Geographies of friendships
Friendships are an important part of what makes us, and our geographies of various kinds, human. We consider how geographers can contribute to efforts to afford friendship greater prominence in the social sciences. The main part of the article considers three strands of work on friendship that push the boundaries of research in human geography: (1) geographies of affect/emotion and the ontological construction of the human; (2) children’s and you…
Erasure of Sexuality and Desire: State Morality and Sri Lankan Migrants in Beirut, Lebanon
This paper presents a critical analysis of State and non-State interventions into the intimate and sexual lives of Sri Lankan migrant women in Beirut and interrogates the ways that normative ideals of heterosexual marriage and family are regulated and enforced transnationally. Drawing on research in Lebanon and Sri Lanka in 2006–9, I juxtapose official representations of Sri Lankan migrant women with migrant accounts that disclose the diverse and…
"Indianization" from the Indian Point of View: Trade and Cultural Contacts with Southeast Asia in the Early First Millennium C.E
The idea that Indian "influence" was responsible for the socio-political development of early Southeast Asia is now largely discredited, but the question of the actual impact of early trade between India and Southeast Asia remains. Prior to the fourth century C.E., Indian trade activities with Southeast Asia appear to have been relatively infrequent, when assessed through the number of items of Indian origin recovered, and the incentives for such…
Issues of recruitment and maintaining high response rates in a longitudinal study of older hospital patients in England--pathways through care study
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe and discuss the methods used to recruit and maintain an unbiased sample of older discharged hospital patients in a study of the process and outcomes of hospital care. DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal interview study of consecutive patients admitted to hospital over a 12 month period and followed up for six months. Interviews took place in hospital five days after admission, at home 10 days after discharge, and six mo…
Chiropractic Health Care in Health Professional Shortage Areas in the United States
Objectives. We compared chiropractic practice volume in areas of high versus areas of low or no shortages of primary care providers. Methods. Using data from a cross-sectional survey of US chiropractors and data from the Bureau of Health Professions’ Area Resource File, we conducted multiple linear and logistic regression modeling of the effects of rural or Health Professional Shortage Area location on chiropractic practice volume and wait times.…
Chiropractic and Medical Costs of Low Back Care
This study compares health insurance payments and patient utilization patterns for episodes of care for common lumbar and low back conditions treated by chiropractic and medical providers. Using 2 years of insurance claims data, this study examines 6,183 patients who had episodes with medical or chiropractic first-contact providers. Multiple regression analysis, to control for differences in patient, clinical, and insurance characteristics, indic…
Issues of recruitment and maintaining high response rates in a longitudinal study of older hospital patients in England--pathways through care study
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe and discuss the methods used to recruit and maintain an unbiased sample of older discharged hospital patients in a study of the process and outcomes of hospital care. DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal interview study of consecutive patients admitted to hospital over a 12 month period and followed up for six months. Interviews took place in hospital five days after admission, at home 10 days after discharge, and six mo…
"Indianization" from the Indian Point of View: Trade and Cultural Contacts with Southeast Asia in the Early First Millennium C.E
The idea that Indian "influence" was responsible for the socio-political development of early Southeast Asia is now largely discredited, but the question of the actual impact of early trade between India and Southeast Asia remains. Prior to the fourth century C.E., Indian trade activities with Southeast Asia appear to have been relatively infrequent, when assessed through the number of items of Indian origin recovered, and the incentives for such…
Chiropractic Health Care in Health Professional Shortage Areas in the United States
Objectives. We compared chiropractic practice volume in areas of high versus areas of low or no shortages of primary care providers. Methods. Using data from a cross-sectional survey of US chiropractors and data from the Bureau of Health Professions’ Area Resource File, we conducted multiple linear and logistic regression modeling of the effects of rural or Health Professional Shortage Area location on chiropractic practice volume and wait times.…
Chiropractic Care: A Flawed Risk–benefit Analysis
We have several concerns regarding Ernst’s article “Chiropractic Care: Attempting a Risk–Benefit Analysis.”1 The omission of methods is most troubling. Explicit criteria should be described to prevent bias in the selection of source material. With a search of one database covering 1995–2001, we retrieved 4 additional articles on chiropractic benefits and risks (references available from the author upon request). Unspecified methods preclude other…
"Model Employees": Sri Lankan Domestics in Lebanon
Factors Associated with Low Early Uptake of a National Program to Prevent Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT): Results of a Survey of Mothers and Providers, Botswana, 2003
Erasure of Sexuality and Desire: State Morality and Sri Lankan Migrants in Beirut, Lebanon
This paper presents a critical analysis of State and non-State interventions into the intimate and sexual lives of Sri Lankan migrant women in Beirut and interrogates the ways that normative ideals of heterosexual marriage and family are regulated and enforced transnationally. Drawing on research in Lebanon and Sri Lanka in 2006–9, I juxtapose official representations of Sri Lankan migrant women with migrant accounts that disclose the diverse and…
Geographies of friendships
Friendships are an important part of what makes us, and our geographies of various kinds, human. We consider how geographers can contribute to efforts to afford friendship greater prominence in the social sciences. The main part of the article considers three strands of work on friendship that push the boundaries of research in human geography: (1) geographies of affect/emotion and the ontological construction of the human; (2) children’s and you…
Variations in the Implementation and Characteristics of Chiropractic Services in VA
BACKGROUND: In 2004, the US Department of Veterans Affairs expanded its delivery of chiropractic care by establishing onsite chiropractic clinics at select facilities across the country. Systematic information regarding the planning and implementation of these clinics and describing their features and performance is lacking. OBJECTIVES: To document the planning, implementation, key features and performance of VA chiropractic clinics, and to ident…
Playful invention, inventive play
The Smithsonian Lemelson Center's Invention at Play exhibition project brought a fresh perspective to the study of invention by exploring the role of play in the creative processes of historic and contemporary inventors. This special journal issue provides a welcome opportunity to share the Lemelson Center's primary research, featuring interviews with inventors about their personal play histories, combined with secondary research regarding connec…
Perceptions of Older Adults with Hematological Cancer on Diet and Exercise Behavior and Its Role in Navigating Daily Tasks
Diet and exercise are associated with the maintenance of physical function, independence and better health-related quality of life in cancer survivors. Adherence to healthy diet and exercise guidelines, however, remains low. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of hematological cancer survivors (HCS, ≥50 years) on the role of diet and exercise in navigating daily tasks using a qualitative descriptive research method. Eligible HCS …
Designing for diverse museum visitors’ identity exploration around inventiveness
Introduction This paper describes an initial phase of research to inform the design of Change YOUR Game—an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH) that aims to promote visitors’ inventiveness in STEM and in other life domains. The exhibition’s content focused on the history of inventions and innovations in sports. The research was framed by the Dynamic Systems Model of Role Identity (DSMRI) and by a set of design …
Medicine (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Alternative medicine (4 works) · Chiropractic (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Nursing (3 works)