Abstract
SESSION: Nuevo Mexico, our Querencia: Enchanting Transformation Through Applied Anthropology
Northern New Mexico College
Querencia is the “Love of place, land, culture and people. If we don’t learn to love them, we will never defend them” (Esteban Arellano, personal communication, circa 1985). The members of this plática - qualitative action researchers, CBPR innovators, educators, and indigenous methodologies practitioners - will give project examples that express their love of place, via an introduction to applied anthropology Their projects get to the heart of the matter, to the meaning of what it is to work with the people of our unique State, Nuevo Mexico, bringing about transformative cariño to the people.
NM Department of Higher Education
Barrios Unidos, Chimayo, NM
University of New Mexico
SESSION: The Role of the Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (Brazilian Nursing Association) in the Defense and Consolidation of Nursing as a Social Practice
UERJ- State University of Rio de Janeiro
UERJ- State University of Rio de Janeiro
This panel discusses the role of the Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem [ABEn], the Brazilian Nursing Association and its unique position as the largest professional association for nurses in Brazil, the 5th largest country in the world. The socio-historical reality of ABEn is shaped largely by the struggles of nurses for power, capital, authority, influence and autonomy. In existence for nearly 100-years, ABEn has sought to defend and consolidate nursing as a social practice. All professional organizations, including those for anthropologists, help to profile the nature of the profession and to influence symbolic capital, the crucial source of power in society.
SESSION: Social Justice and Health Equity for Diverse Population Groups - Part 1 and Part 2
University of Hartford
Vanderbilt University
This session focuses on the intersections of social justice and health equity for population groups facing structural barriers to health, well-being, and access to healthcare services. Examples include community-based practice, health promotion initiatives, health professional/nursing interventions with diverse populations in rural or urban settings worldwide. Papers will address the experiences of vulnerable populations (equity-deserving groups) and people facing structural barriers. Projects on health promotion or interventions involving populations or groups with limited access to resources and the social determinants of health that foster health and well-being are discussed. Nursing, anthropological, and Indigenous knowledge, worldviews and theories inform our reflections.
UERJ- State University of Rio de Janeiro
UERJ- State University of Rio de Janeiro
Community Public Health Approaches to Healthcare in Brazil.
We think of the field of public health as a social practice, fundamental to produce health care, within the scope of the Unified Health System in Brazil. In this sense, it is necessary to demarcate the theoretical and conceptual practices developed in Primary Health Care, from the perspective of Public Health in relation to Public and Community Health, and reflections on the practices and work processes of nurses in the contexts of care production in PHC. This debate can contribute to the production of interdisciplinary and interprofessional knowledge, especially in the dialogue with collective and community health nursing.
University of Hartford
State University Rio de Janeiro
University of Costa Rica
What Can Anthropology Offer? Centering DEIJ within Sound Theoretical and Methodological Roots.
The topics of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) are omnipresent in academe. Yet, the rationale for interventions, while well-intentioned, often lack a theoretical base. It is essential not only to identify the lived experiences of equity-deserving groups, such as trans and gender non-conforming (TGnC) groups, but also to conduct methodologically sound and theoretically-informed research studies. Social anthropology has a rich history of theory and evidence-based methods for addressing this need. Critical medical anthropology and syndemic theory are two theoretical examples. Ethnography including participant observation are landmark anthropological methods. Using anthropology to inform DEIJ initiatives is an important goal.
Northern New Mexico College
Living in Rural New Mexico: My Holistic Health Praxis Within the Two Worlds of Western and Traditional Ways of Knowing.
I’ll describe the concepts stated in the title of this session, regarding my lived experience of life in the Manito culture, in rural NM, I live in two worlds - as an APRN, educated in English, in the colonizers’ world, where I learned about body systems, and ailments. The other world is that of Indigenous healing, curanderismo, a philosophy about four levels of human beings (physical, mind, emotions, and energy field). that, when in balance, allow the soul (newatl) to manifest and flow, in a most optimal way [Kalpulli Tetzkatlipoka,(n.d.)]. This is praxis, in my people’s holistic health journeys.
Arizona State University
Examining Traumatic Childbirth and the Role of Community-Rooted Birthworkers of Color, Training, and Advocacy in Advancing Birth Equity in Arizona.
This investigation centers on indigenous epistemologies as a means of decolonizing the study of childbirth within medical anthropology. It delves into the incidence of traumatic childbirth and emphasizes the role of community-rooted birthworkers of color. The research involves conducting a mixed-methods analysis of doula training curricula recognized by the Arizona Department of Health to meet doula state certification requirements. It also involves birthworker talking circles and stakeholder listening sessions in Tucson and Phoenix. The research aims to uncover indigenous feminist principles in current advocacy and doula training to contribute to a culturally restorative framework for birth equity policies and practices.
UERJ- State University of Rio de Janeiro
UERJ- State University of Rio de Janeiro
"I Want to Graduate to Take Charge" Expressions of Gender, Race, and Class in Brazilian Nursing.
Brazil created two career paths in nursing. The professional path which drew primarily white women from working classes and the technical path which drew primarily black and brown women from lower socio-economic levels. This social division of labor in nursing created a two-tiered system of compensation, professional development and career opportunities. This paper explores the relationships within the labor force highlighting recent trends and post-pandemic realities. Special attention is paid to the exodus from the profession, privatization and subsequent decline in educational quality. The fact that poor, black, brown and peripheral women are most affected by the changes are highlighted.
Independent
Using the voices of childrens to identify risks for future adult-onset chronic/degenerative diseases.
Within the Child-Adolescent Health realm, miscellaneous symptoms/complaints are often managed using an algorithm. During office visits symptoms are not typically associated with a potential future disease. Yet, these childhood symptoms/complaints could be the body’s attempt to warn us about adult-onset illness/disease/disorder. Being more proactive/preventative, aware, making lifestyle changes and adjustments may help delay onset and/or decrease symptom manifestation later in life. The narratives from a group of young adults with chronic/degenerative disorders, presented here, supports this evolving concern by consumers that early childhood complaints could help identify possible chronic/degenerative diseases occurring later in life and should not be negated.
SESSION: The Influence of Culture in Health Professional Education and Practice - Part 1and Part 2
University of Regina
Widener University
This session focuses on impacts and intersections of cultural contexts, identities, knowledge, and standards of practice within: health professional practice; education of health professionals; the academy; and healthcare systems. These papers consider and critique practices including: culturally appropriate and responsive mental health, disability, and family care and assessment; mentorship of Indigenous students in the health professions; simulation practices in health professional education; and justice in equity and inclusion work in the academy. These papers will be of interest to nurses, nurse-anthropologists, physicians, allied health professionals, anthropologists, and other health social scientists interested in culturally safe scholarly and evidence-based practices initiatives.
University of Milano-Bicocca
Anthropology and Simulation Education in Nursing.
Simulation education in nursing teaches novices skills needed to function in clinical practice. As a bridge between theoretical classroom learning and real-life experiences, simulation scenarios using mannequins offer students the opportunity to practice skills and decision-making in a risk-free environment. Despite its many advantages, simulation education is the artificial representation of a complex real-world process. Since its origin, nurses have learned to practice by observing and mirroring experienced nurses dealing with actual patient suffering, pain, fears, and joys. This presentation uses the anthropological gaze to critique nursing simulation education with mannequins by adopting French philosopher and anthropologist Bruno Latour’s concepts.
University of Regina
University of Regina
University of Regina
University of Regina
University of Regina
University of Regina
Indigenous High School Mentorship for Nursing: A Proposed Pilot Program.
Nursing educators recognize the priority of welcoming Indigenous students to the profession, to address the pressing need for culturally safe health care and meet human resource needs in rural and remote communities. Programs have allocated seats for Indigenous students; however, recruitment and retention remains a challenge, for reasons including lack of Indigenous representation in education and practice settings. We describe a proposed pilot of a high school mentorship program. Strategies will include a local cohort approach, Indigenous role models, guidance to meet entrance requirements, development of skills for post-secondary success, and a Two-Eyed Seeing approach valuing Indigenous identity and knowledge.
University of California, Berkeley
A Cultural Evolution is Occurring Within Academic Equity and Inclusion Work: The Personal Narrative of a Chief Diversity Officer.
Academic institutions are shifting away from metrics centered diversity plans to thriving initiatives designed to bolster resilience. This has emerged out of communities of color demanding institutional accountability for social-emotional harms experienced on campuses. The responsibility to mitigate these harms lies within the role of the chief diversity officer. Amid this juncture, it is important to look to proponents of trauma informed practices, adverse childhood experiences, and transformative justice to center healing as a core pillar of equity and inclusion work. The purpose of this work is to illuminate the impact of these changes through one chief diversity officer’s lens.
University of Regina
Queen’s University
University of Saskatchewan
University of Jordan
Childhood Disability among Immigrant and Refugee Parents: A Lifeworld Approach.
Parental perspectives on childhood disability impact healthcare experiences and wellbeing of immigrant and refugee children and families. Professionals must understand these perspectives to provide culturally safe interventions and plans of care. Our integrative review searched databases for experiences of childhood disability among newcomer caregivers settled in Canada and the United States, from origin countries primarily in the global south. Thematic analysis employing Ashworth’s lifeworld fractions found parents draw on multiple cultural frameworks to make meaning of their experiences. A lifeworld approach offers an holistic assessment and support framework to explore various facets of childhood disability experience for newcomer families.
SESSION: Integrated Learning of Traditional Practices and Biomedical Care: Perspectives from Four Cultures
Frontier Nursing University
This session compares and contrasts four cultures on the receptivity to integrated learning and practice of healthcare among traditional and biomedical healthcare providers. From a three-continent perspective, the speakers, all global health leaders, offer their perspectives on the success and challenges of integrated learning with exemplars from low-middle-and high-income nations. Programmatic approaches are presented from Uganda, Nepal, China, and the United States. The speakers have personal experience in planning and provision in healthcare in these regions of the world and have worked first-hand in these regions.
Frontier Nursing University
Integration and Conflicts- Traditional and Biomedical Approaches to Maternal HealthCare in the United States.
This paper presents a critical analysis of integration and conflict of traditional practices and biomedical approaches from the perspective of maternal healthcare in the United States (US). The paper is based upon recently published research and provides exemplars of the synthesis of traditional and biomedical care. It discusses some joint efforts by both homeopathic and allopathic practitioners, and it identifies areas of conflict among these perspectives, as they emerged from the research. Populations discussed are Alaskan Natives, African-Americans, Appalachian Whites, and Hispanic immigrants on the southern US border, all demographics with whom the author has worked.
University of California, Riverside
Integration of Traditional Medical Practice and Contemporary Biomedical Practice in Mainland China
For 2000 years, Chinese traditional medical practices were passed down with historic integrity by practitioners using an apprentice education model by direct instruction, mentoring, requiring memorization of classic texts, reference to commentaries, and developing new monographs. Students were frequently the sons, or, rarely, daughters, of practitioners. Doctors, pharmacists, and religious healers had separate roles, each with high investment in the education of these students. Today, in mainland China, while Chinese traditional practices have modernized, many intact traditions continue and are integrated simultaneously with biomedical care in the education of Chinese healthcare students.
University of British Columbia
Integrated practice of traditional and biomedical practitioners promoting safe birth in remote health centers in Nepal.
In villages of remote Nepal, families have always used services of local shamen, “Dhamis” and “Jankris,” to help with physical, and psychological problems. With the recent advance of roads, rural health clinics have been built including “birthing centers”. While some women begin to access facility care, others continue to stay home with traditional birthing customs, using Dhamis for pregnancy and birth problems, but remain vulnerable to postpartum hemorrhage. A rural health project encourages integration of these alternative carers to continue psychological support of Dhamis for pregnant mothers, facility birth, and education for Dhamis about medical problems in pregnancy and birth.
University of British Columbia
Interprofessional training in midwifery care in Uganda and Nepal.
Collaborative, culturally appropriate, Interprofessional midwifery education can improve quality of care for skilled birth attendants. For more than a decade, a University of British Columbia physician and midwife, teamed with Nepali and Ugandan midwives, have been offering interprofessional, continuing professional development workshops in Nepal and Uganda. Canadian students, together with local midwives, medical students and interns, have practiced maternity skills side by side, using culturally appropriate scenarios with translation, local expert midwives to co-lead, rotating mannequin simulation stations and use of hands-on learning that demonstrates knowledge by doing.