Shahna Arps
Biographic Data
| ID | 5888561 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shahna Arps |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shahna |
| FAMILY NAME | Arps |
| SIGNATURE | ARPS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Carolina University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Building Local Capacity for Monitoring Health Through Nutritional Status Training in the Dominican Republic
In this article, we discuss and evaluate a project aimed at capacity building for staff at a school that serves Haitian immigrant and Dominico-Haitian students in the Dominican Republic. The purpose of this analysis is to advance field-based educational practices that have the power to promote self-determination related to health and wellness. To accomplish this aim, we describe the training of school staff members by our nine-person team, which …
Socioeconomic status and body size among women in Honduran Miskito communities
High SES women were significantly fatter than low SES women; and variation observed among groups is likely related to different patterns of dietary intake and physical activity
Threats to safe motherhood in Honduran Miskito communities
"A "Demographic Turnaround
In contrast to the rich scholarship documenting the traumatic post-contact destruction of indigenous populations in the Latin American tropics, little is known about their contemporary population dynamics. What accounts for the "demographic turnaround" reported for some groups? How widespread is population recovery, and what are its implications for indigenous political resurgence? We address these questions by compiling recent (post-1980) demogr…
Forthcoming in Volume 40 Number 1
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"A "Demographic Turnaround
In contrast to the rich scholarship documenting the traumatic post-contact destruction of indigenous populations in the Latin American tropics, little is known about their contemporary population dynamics. What accounts for the "demographic turnaround" reported for some groups? How widespread is population recovery, and what are its implications for indigenous political resurgence? We address these questions by compiling recent (post-1980) demogr…
Threats to safe motherhood in Honduran Miskito communities
Forthcoming in Volume 40 Number 1
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
"A "Demographic Turnaround
In contrast to the rich scholarship documenting the traumatic post-contact destruction of indigenous populations in the Latin American tropics, little is known about their contemporary population dynamics. What accounts for the "demographic turnaround" reported for some groups? How widespread is population recovery, and what are its implications for indigenous political resurgence? We address these questions by compiling recent (post-1980) demogr…
Threats to safe motherhood in Honduran Miskito communities
Socioeconomic status and body size among women in Honduran Miskito communities
High SES women were significantly fatter than low SES women; and variation observed among groups is likely related to different patterns of dietary intake and physical activity
Building Local Capacity for Monitoring Health Through Nutritional Status Training in the Dominican Republic
In this article, we discuss and evaluate a project aimed at capacity building for staff at a school that serves Haitian immigrant and Dominico-Haitian students in the Dominican Republic. The purpose of this analysis is to advance field-based educational practices that have the power to promote self-determination related to health and wellness. To accomplish this aim, we describe the training of school staff members by our nine-person team, which …
Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Global Health and Epidemiology (2 works) · Indigenous Health and Education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works)