Addressing Health Inequities in Appalachian Kentucky Through Community-Engaged Interventions
Reflections after 10 Years of Applied Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14834991 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Schoenberg (0000-0002-4227-6326, University of Kentucky), Claire Snell-Rood (0000-0003-3661-2458, University of Kentucky), Mark Swanson (University of Kentucky), Katie Dollarhide (Health of Mountain Communities), Sherry Wright (Kentucky River Watershed Watch (KRWW)) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 31-36 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.36.4.h82645jv0p303tu4 |
| OpenAlex | W1983905209 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
As this issue suggests, medical and applied anthropologists have been working in Appalachia for many years. Many applied medical anthropologists have cautioned about the limits of seeing the people of this special region as a uniform group, defined by cultural difference and isolated from broader society (Drew and Schoenberg 2011). Appalachian perspectives about health often vary widely, suggesting a diversity that may better demonstrate Appalachia's connection to the rest of the United States, rather than indicate its difference. Anthropologists have illuminated the diversity of groups within Appalachia as they have examined different dimensions of health. For example, cultural differences in community organization and values about child raising between white and Cherokee Appalachian youth shape distinct patterns in the timing of reproduction between the groups (Brown, Hruschka, and Worthman 2009). Examinations of health at the household level have revealed variation in health outcomes even within families. Crooks' analysis of childhood nutrition in Eastern Kentucky reveals that the factors associated with childhood stunting vary by child gender (Crooks 1999), demonstrating the importance of family-level influences on health
Appalachia · Cherokee · Diversity (politics · Geography · Health care · Health equity · Political science · Psychological intervention · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gerontology
Uneven Ground
Child growth and nutritional status in a high-poverty community in eastern Kentucky
Generational Change, Folk Medicine, and Medical Self-Care in a Rural Appalachian Community
Cultural Models and Fertility Timing among Cherokee and White Youth in Appalachia
Deconstructing Fatalism
Paradigms underlying the study of nerves as a popular illness term in Eastern Kentucky
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |