Molly C Dougherty
Biographic Data
| ID | 83000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Molly C Dougherty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Molly C |
| FAMILY NAME | Dougherty |
| SIGNATURE | DOUGHERTY M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Diabetes Beliefs Among Low-income, White Residents of a Rural North Carolina Community
CONTEXT: Every social group shares beliefs about health and illness. Knowledge and understanding of these health beliefs are essential for education programs to address health promotion and illness prevention. PURPOSE: This analysis describes the diabetes Explanatory Models of Illness (EMs) of low-income, rural, white Southerners who have not been diagnosed with diabetes. METHOD: In-depth interviews were conducted with low-income white women (n =…
Identifying diabetes knowledge network nodes as sites for a diabetes prevention program
Diabetes meanings a mong those without diabetes: Explanatory models of immigrant Latinos in rural North Carolina
Race Differences in the Health of Elders who Live Alone
This investigation was initiated to determine whether older African Americans who live alone are in poorer health than their White counterparts who live under the same circumstances. Data on 5 measures of health were collected in telephone interviews with a stratified random sample of community-dwelling elders (n = 1,189). Analysis of weighted data indicate that there were fewer differences in health by race among older persons who lived alone co…
Differences by Race in the Decline of Health Over Time
Previous research on race differences in health, we believe, has failed to take into account the initial state of health of the respondents. Other research has demonstrated that elders in poor health are more likely to experience a change in their health over time. It is unclear if the greater probability of decline in health observed among African Americans is a result of being more likely to begin such observations in health states that are wor…
In Her Prime: A New View of Middle-Aged Women . Judith K. Brown, Virginia Kerns
The Interface of Nursing and Anthropology
Nursing in the Western world developed mainly as an applied field, and has contributed to social-cultural theory only in the past 30 years. The purpose of this presentation is to document (a) the contributions of nursing to medical anthropology, (b) the influence anthropology has had on nursing, (c) the differences between the interface of nursing and anthropology and that of medicine and anthropology, and (d) reasons that these differences have …
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Middle-aged Women [and Comments and Replies]
Several exploratory cross-cultural studies have suggested that positive changes take place in the lives of women in non-Western societies as they age beyond the childbearing years. They are freed from a variety of restrictions. They are given authority over certain specified kinsmen, and they are provided with opportunities for achievement and recognition beyond the household. The fact that such changes are more dramatic in some societies than in…
Part 4: Southern midwifery and organized health care: Systems in conflict
Transcultural Nursing: Concepts, Theories, and Practices. Madeleine Leininger
Rebuttal
Southern Lay Midwives as Ritual Specialists
Being Female: Reproduction, Power and Change. Dana Raphael
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Middle-aged Women [and Comments and Replies]
Several exploratory cross-cultural studies have suggested that positive changes take place in the lives of women in non-Western societies as they age beyond the childbearing years. They are freed from a variety of restrictions. They are given authority over certain specified kinsmen, and they are provided with opportunities for achievement and recognition beyond the household. The fact that such changes are more dramatic in some societies than in…
Differences by Race in the Decline of Health Over Time
Previous research on race differences in health, we believe, has failed to take into account the initial state of health of the respondents. Other research has demonstrated that elders in poor health are more likely to experience a change in their health over time. It is unclear if the greater probability of decline in health observed among African Americans is a result of being more likely to begin such observations in health states that are wor…
Diabetes meanings a mong those without diabetes: Explanatory models of immigrant Latinos in rural North Carolina
Race Differences in the Health of Elders who Live Alone
This investigation was initiated to determine whether older African Americans who live alone are in poorer health than their White counterparts who live under the same circumstances. Data on 5 measures of health were collected in telephone interviews with a stratified random sample of community-dwelling elders (n = 1,189). Analysis of weighted data indicate that there were fewer differences in health by race among older persons who lived alone co…
Part 4: Southern midwifery and organized health care: Systems in conflict
Being Female: Reproduction, Power and Change. Dana Raphael
Southern Lay Midwives as Ritual Specialists
Transcultural Nursing: Concepts, Theories, and Practices. Madeleine Leininger
Rebuttal
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Middle-aged Women [and Comments and Replies]
Several exploratory cross-cultural studies have suggested that positive changes take place in the lives of women in non-Western societies as they age beyond the childbearing years. They are freed from a variety of restrictions. They are given authority over certain specified kinsmen, and they are provided with opportunities for achievement and recognition beyond the household. The fact that such changes are more dramatic in some societies than in…
Part 4: Southern midwifery and organized health care: Systems in conflict
The Interface of Nursing and Anthropology
Nursing in the Western world developed mainly as an applied field, and has contributed to social-cultural theory only in the past 30 years. The purpose of this presentation is to document (a) the contributions of nursing to medical anthropology, (b) the influence anthropology has had on nursing, (c) the differences between the interface of nursing and anthropology and that of medicine and anthropology, and (d) reasons that these differences have …
In Her Prime: A New View of Middle-Aged Women . Judith K. Brown, Virginia Kerns
Race Differences in the Health of Elders who Live Alone
This investigation was initiated to determine whether older African Americans who live alone are in poorer health than their White counterparts who live under the same circumstances. Data on 5 measures of health were collected in telephone interviews with a stratified random sample of community-dwelling elders (n = 1,189). Analysis of weighted data indicate that there were fewer differences in health by race among older persons who lived alone co…
Differences by Race in the Decline of Health Over Time
Previous research on race differences in health, we believe, has failed to take into account the initial state of health of the respondents. Other research has demonstrated that elders in poor health are more likely to experience a change in their health over time. It is unclear if the greater probability of decline in health observed among African Americans is a result of being more likely to begin such observations in health states that are wor…
Diabetes meanings a mong those without diabetes: Explanatory models of immigrant Latinos in rural North Carolina
Diabetes Beliefs Among Low-income, White Residents of a Rural North Carolina Community
CONTEXT: Every social group shares beliefs about health and illness. Knowledge and understanding of these health beliefs are essential for education programs to address health promotion and illness prevention. PURPOSE: This analysis describes the diabetes Explanatory Models of Illness (EMs) of low-income, rural, white Southerners who have not been diagnosed with diabetes. METHOD: In-depth interviews were conducted with low-income white women (n =…
Identifying diabetes knowledge network nodes as sites for a diabetes prevention program
Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Cultural Competency in Health Care (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Diabetes Management and Education (3 works)