Daniel Hruschka
Biographic Data
| ID | 88618 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Hruschka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Hruschka |
| SIGNATURE | HRUSCHKA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Human Evolution and Social Change Arizona State University Tempe Arizona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Educational & income disparities among ethnic minorities of China
Evaluating the Performance of Five Asset-based Wealth Indices in Predicting Socioeconomic Position in Rural Bangladesh
Social scientists have developed numerous asset-based wealth indices to assess and target socioeconomic inequalities globally. However, there are no systematic studies of the relative performance of these different measures as proxies for socioeconomic position. In this study, we compare how five asset-based wealth indices—the International Wealth Index (IWI), the Standard of Living portion of the Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI-SL), the Pov…
An Agricultural Wealth Index for Multidimensional Wealth Assessments
Social scientists have increasingly used asset‐based wealth scores, like the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) wealth index, to assess economic disparities. However, current indices primarily capture wealth in globalized market economies, thus ignoring other forms of prosperity, such as success in agricultural activities. Using a simple extension to the standard estimation of the DHS wealth index, we describe procedures for estimating an agricu…
Similarity in meal plan use among first-year roommates
Different forms of household wealth are associated with opposing risks for HIV infection in East Africa
Stability and Change in In-Group Mate Preferences among Young People in Ethiopia Are Predicted by Food Security and Gender Attitudes, but Not by Expected Pathogen Exposures
Measuring material wealth in low‐income settings: A conceptual and how‐to guide
Although wealth is consistently found to be an important predictor of health and well‐being, there remains debate as to the best way to conceptualize and operationalize wealth. In this article, we focus on the measurement of economic resources, which is one among many forms of wealth. We provide an overview of the process of measuring material wealth, including theoretical and conceptual considerations, a how‐to guide based on the most common app…
Revisiting Psychological Mechanisms in the Anthropology of Altruism
Longitudinal social networks impacts on weight and weight-related behaviors assessed using mobile-based ecological momentary assessments: Study Protocols for the SPARC study
Findings are intended to guide the development of more effective interventions to enhance behaviors among college students that protect against weight gain during college
Translating obesity: Navigating the front lines of the “war on fat”
OBJECTIVES: Obesity is treated within medicine, public health, and applied sciences as a biomedical fact with urgent health implications; obesity is also, however, a social fact and one that reveals biomedical concerns can lead to social suffering. Translation of social science-oriented obesity research for broader public good requires navigation of the space between these polemical and seemingly mutually exclusive positions. METHODS: Using examp…
Helminths and human ancestral immune ecology: What is the evidence for high helminth loads among foragers
OBJECTIVES: Recent theories of human immune ecology have invoked high helminth loads as an important selection factor among early humans. However, few studies have assessed this assumption among extant human foragers. METHODS: We review the current evidence for high helminth loads in documented forager populations and present new data from members of a Kawymeno Waorani forager group in Amazonian Ecuador (n = 16) compared with neighboring Kichwa s…
Impartial Institutions, Pathogen Stress and the Expanding Social Network
Response to Fincher and Thornhill
Fast life histories, not pathogens, account for state-level variation in homicide, child maltreatment, and family ties in the U.S.
Women's social networks and birth attendant decisions: Application of the Network-Episode Model
Effectiveness of an integrated approach to reduce perinatal mortality: Recent experiences from Matlab, Bangladesh
The continuum of care approach provided through the integration of service delivery modes decreased the perinatal mortality rate within a short period of time. Further testing of this model is warranted within the government health system in Bangladesh and other low-income countries
FriendshipDevelopment, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship: Development, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship
Friends—they are generous and cooperative with each other in ways that appear to defy standard evolutionary expectations, frequently sacrificing for one another without concern for past behaviors or future consequences. This multidisciplinary study synthesizes an array of cross-cultural, experimental, and ethnographic data to understand the broad meaning of friendship, how it develops, how it interfaces with kinship and romantic relationships, an…
Culture and epidemiology special issue: Towards an integrated study of culture and population health
Defining Cultural Competence in Context: Dyadic Norms of Friendship Among U.S. High School Students
Cultural competence is often defined as the ability to adhere to a core set of beliefs and practices. In this article, I argue that in many cases competence also involves the creative and occasionally idiosyncratic use of conventional knowledge to meet both personal goals and the specific requirements of local relationships and settings. I illustrate this tension between adopting broadly shared cultural norms and adapting them to local circumstan…
Impartial Institutions, Pathogen Stress and the Expanding Social Network
Different forms of household wealth are associated with opposing risks for HIV infection in East Africa
Women's social networks and birth attendant decisions: Application of the Network-Episode Model
Revisiting Psychological Mechanisms in the Anthropology of Altruism
Defining Cultural Competence in Context: Dyadic Norms of Friendship Among U.S. High School Students
Cultural competence is often defined as the ability to adhere to a core set of beliefs and practices. In this article, I argue that in many cases competence also involves the creative and occasionally idiosyncratic use of conventional knowledge to meet both personal goals and the specific requirements of local relationships and settings. I illustrate this tension between adopting broadly shared cultural norms and adapting them to local circumstan…
Educational & income disparities among ethnic minorities of China
An Agricultural Wealth Index for Multidimensional Wealth Assessments
Social scientists have increasingly used asset‐based wealth scores, like the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) wealth index, to assess economic disparities. However, current indices primarily capture wealth in globalized market economies, thus ignoring other forms of prosperity, such as success in agricultural activities. Using a simple extension to the standard estimation of the DHS wealth index, we describe procedures for estimating an agricu…
Culture and epidemiology special issue: Towards an integrated study of culture and population health
Defining Cultural Competence in Context: Dyadic Norms of Friendship Among U.S. High School Students
Cultural competence is often defined as the ability to adhere to a core set of beliefs and practices. In this article, I argue that in many cases competence also involves the creative and occasionally idiosyncratic use of conventional knowledge to meet both personal goals and the specific requirements of local relationships and settings. I illustrate this tension between adopting broadly shared cultural norms and adapting them to local circumstan…
FriendshipDevelopment, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship: Development, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship
Friends—they are generous and cooperative with each other in ways that appear to defy standard evolutionary expectations, frequently sacrificing for one another without concern for past behaviors or future consequences. This multidisciplinary study synthesizes an array of cross-cultural, experimental, and ethnographic data to understand the broad meaning of friendship, how it develops, how it interfaces with kinship and romantic relationships, an…
Effectiveness of an integrated approach to reduce perinatal mortality: Recent experiences from Matlab, Bangladesh
The continuum of care approach provided through the integration of service delivery modes decreased the perinatal mortality rate within a short period of time. Further testing of this model is warranted within the government health system in Bangladesh and other low-income countries
Women's social networks and birth attendant decisions: Application of the Network-Episode Model
Response to Fincher and Thornhill
Fast life histories, not pathogens, account for state-level variation in homicide, child maltreatment, and family ties in the U.S.
Helminths and human ancestral immune ecology: What is the evidence for high helminth loads among foragers
OBJECTIVES: Recent theories of human immune ecology have invoked high helminth loads as an important selection factor among early humans. However, few studies have assessed this assumption among extant human foragers. METHODS: We review the current evidence for high helminth loads in documented forager populations and present new data from members of a Kawymeno Waorani forager group in Amazonian Ecuador (n = 16) compared with neighboring Kichwa s…
Impartial Institutions, Pathogen Stress and the Expanding Social Network
Translating obesity: Navigating the front lines of the “war on fat”
OBJECTIVES: Obesity is treated within medicine, public health, and applied sciences as a biomedical fact with urgent health implications; obesity is also, however, a social fact and one that reveals biomedical concerns can lead to social suffering. Translation of social science-oriented obesity research for broader public good requires navigation of the space between these polemical and seemingly mutually exclusive positions. METHODS: Using examp…
Longitudinal social networks impacts on weight and weight-related behaviors assessed using mobile-based ecological momentary assessments: Study Protocols for the SPARC study
Findings are intended to guide the development of more effective interventions to enhance behaviors among college students that protect against weight gain during college
Stability and Change in In-Group Mate Preferences among Young People in Ethiopia Are Predicted by Food Security and Gender Attitudes, but Not by Expected Pathogen Exposures
Measuring material wealth in low‐income settings: A conceptual and how‐to guide
Although wealth is consistently found to be an important predictor of health and well‐being, there remains debate as to the best way to conceptualize and operationalize wealth. In this article, we focus on the measurement of economic resources, which is one among many forms of wealth. We provide an overview of the process of measuring material wealth, including theoretical and conceptual considerations, a how‐to guide based on the most common app…
Revisiting Psychological Mechanisms in the Anthropology of Altruism
Different forms of household wealth are associated with opposing risks for HIV infection in East Africa
Similarity in meal plan use among first-year roommates
An Agricultural Wealth Index for Multidimensional Wealth Assessments
Social scientists have increasingly used asset‐based wealth scores, like the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) wealth index, to assess economic disparities. However, current indices primarily capture wealth in globalized market economies, thus ignoring other forms of prosperity, such as success in agricultural activities. Using a simple extension to the standard estimation of the DHS wealth index, we describe procedures for estimating an agricu…
Evaluating the Performance of Five Asset-based Wealth Indices in Predicting Socioeconomic Position in Rural Bangladesh
Social scientists have developed numerous asset-based wealth indices to assess and target socioeconomic inequalities globally. However, there are no systematic studies of the relative performance of these different measures as proxies for socioeconomic position. In this study, we compare how five asset-based wealth indices—the International Wealth Index (IWI), the Standard of Living portion of the Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI-SL), the Pov…
Educational & income disparities among ethnic minorities of China
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Biology (4 works)