Med Anth Quiz 2

Looking at the conditions and poor health that affect the entire world, not just a single individual. Caused by political strife, power inequality and environmental disasters amongst others.

Violence through passiveness. The systematic inequalities in a system that have catastrophic impacts on groups of people. (ie Government does nothing to improve the lives of their people)

An element of cultural structure and social environment. People with less power ar more vulnerable to suffering and disease

Bigger than an epidemic. For example, HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic

High frequency of a certain disease is one area/country

Occurs through pathogen transmission

Infectious; can spread from person to person

Pathogen is transmitted by a specific organism (ie Mosquitos with malaria)

Men who have sex with men. Identifies a behavior, not an identity category

When a crowd witnesses a crime but nobody does anything to help because each individual feels no responsibility.

Tendency to think that victims of misfortune somehow deserved their fate. "misfortune does not descend upon the innocent."

Means of social control that is the embodiment of social inequity. Social disputes are resolved by marginalizing an individual. Person dosed with tetrodotoxin, buried, allowed to be resurrected and determined to be damaged. Person now has less power.

Inequality in a health-related dimension. Less access to quality treatment and no access to care.

1) Structured
2) Semi-structured
3) Unstructured

More concerned with the health of all of the global population

Older model, more concerne with national boundaries and "us" and "them"

Goal of understanding culture, worldview, social interactions, etc. May ask about an illness as a means to understand their lives.

Goal of diagnosis. May ask about an individual's life as a means to understand their illness

Anthropologists gather info by talking to people one-on-one

Non-verbal communication. Surveyors rarely meet their informants.

Questions are pre-planned, and moved through systematically, without divergence

Some questions or themes are planned beforehand, but there is more flexibility. Typical means of anthropological research

Little or no pre-planning nor directive role of interviewer

A controlled group discussion lead by someone with specific questions in mind. Often used in market research, but also for public health.

Focus on a chronological story of one's life, either in general or with a specific sub-focus. Takes many hours and multiple sessions

Don't give specific enough info in your report to identify your subject. Can often use a pseudonym.

Asking people if you can observe them, especially in private spaces. Must alert them of any side-effects or letting them know that they are being observed.