Weekly Readings

Thursday, Jan. 4: What is medical anthropology? History of international/global health

Required Readings:

• Review syllabus and introduce course themes
• Hahn, Introduction Download Hahn, Introduction

Recommended Readings:

• Farmer, Chap. 1

Tuesday, Jan. 9: Social determinants of health

Required Readings:

• Birn, Introduction
• Birn Chap. 7

Thursday, Jan. 11: History of international health

Required Readings:

• Birn, Chap. 2
• Abimbola, S., Asthana, S., Montenegro, C., Guinto, R.R., Jumbam, D.T., Louskieter, L., Kabubei, K.M., Munshi, S., Muraya, K., Okumu, F. and Saha, S., 2021. Addressing power asymmetries in global health: imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS medicine, 18(4), p.e1003604. Download Abimbola, S., Asthana, S., Montenegro, C., Guinto, R.R., Jumbam, D.T., Louskieter, L., Kabubei, K.M., Munshi, S., Muraya, K., Okumu, F. and Saha, S., 2021. Addressing power asymmetries in global health: imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS medicine, 18(4), p.e1003604.

Recommended Readings: 

Farmer, Chap. 3

Tuesday, Jan. 16: Approaches to understanding and improving health

Required Readings:

• Birn, Chap. 3

Thursday, Jan. 19: Anthropology, primary health care, and global health agencies

Required Readings:

• Birn, Chap. 4
• Coreil, Jeannine. 1990. “The Evolution of Anthropology in International Health.” In Anthropology and Primary Health Care, ed. Jeannine Coreil and J. Dennis Mull. Boulder: Westview Press. p. 3-27. Download Coreil, Jeannine. 1990. “The Evolution of Anthropology in International Health.” In Anthropology and Primary Health Care, ed. Jeannine Coreil and J. Dennis Mull. Boulder: Westview Press. p. 3-27.
• Abimbola, S. and Pai, M., 2020. Will global health survive its decolonisation?. Lancet (London, England), 396 Download Abimbola, S. and Pai, M., 2020. Will global health survive its decolonisation?. Lancet (London, England), 396(10263), pp.1627-1628 Download (10263), pp.1627-1628.

Recommended Readings: 

• Farmer, Chap. 4

Tuesday, Jan. 23: Measuring health; Global burden of disease overview

Required Reading:

• Birn, Chaps. 5 and 6

Thursday, Jan. 26: Nutrition and food security

Required Reading:

• Baro, M. and Deubel, T. “Persistent Hunger: Perspectives on Vulnerability, Famine, and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Annual Review of Anthropology. 2006. 35:521–38 Download Baro, M. and Deubel, T. “Persistent Hunger: Perspectives on Vulnerability, Famine, and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Annual Review of Anthropology. 2006. 35:521–38

Tuesday, Jan. 30: Population debates and family planning

Required Readings:

• Sen, Amartya. 1997. “Population: Delusion or Reality.” In The Gender Sexuality Reader. New York; Routledge. 89-106. Download Sen, Amartya. 1997. “Population: Delusion or Reality.” In The Gender Sexuality Reader. New York; Routledge. 89-106.

Thursday, Feb. 1: Reproductive health

Required Readings:

• Hahn, Chap. 15

• Chapman R. 2003. Endangering safe motherhood in Mozambique: prenatal care as pregnancy risk. Sci. Med. 57(2): 355-74 Download Chapman R. 2003. Endangering safe motherhood in Mozambique: prenatal care as pregnancy risk. Sci. Med. 57(2): 355-74

Tuesday, Feb. 7: Immunization, DD, ARI, and malaria

Required Readings:

• Hahn, Chaps. 1 and 18

• Nichter, Mark 1996. “Social Science Lessons from Diarrhea Research and Their Application to ARI”. In Anthropology and International Health. Eds. M. Nichter and M. Nichter. pp. 135-171. Download Nichter, Mark 1996. “Social Science Lessons from Diarrhea Research and Their Application to ARI”. In Anthropology and International Health. Eds. M. Nichter and M. Nichter. pp. 135-171.

Thursday, Feb. 9: Exam

MIDTERM EXAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, Feb. 13: HIV/AIDS and TB

Thursday, Feb. 15: HIV/AIDS and TB

Required Readings:

• Hahn, Chap. 17

Recommended Readings: 

• Farmer, Chap. 5

Tuesday, Feb. 20: Mental health, environmental health, injury, and chronic disease

Required Readings:

• Hahn, Chap. 8
• Birn, Chap. 10

Thursday, Feb. 22: Globalization, work, and health

Required Readings:

• Birn, Chap. 9

• Hahn, Chap 11 

Recommended Readings: 

• Farmer, Chap. 8 (pp. 212-234)

Tuesday, Feb 27: Ebola, other infectious diseases; refugees and displacement

Required Readings:

• Hahn, Chap. 7
• Birn, Chap. 8

• Farmer, Paul 2014. “Diary”. London Review of Books. 36 (20) October Download Farmer, Paul 2014. “Diary”. London Review of Books. 36 (20) October

Thursday, Mar. 2: Structural adjustment and the economics of health

Required Readings:

• Pfeiffer, J. and Chapman, R. “Anthropological Perspectives on Structural Adjustment and Public Health.” Annual Review of Anthropology. 2010. 39:149–65 Download Pfeiffer, J. and Chapman, R. “Anthropological Perspectives on Structural Adjustment and Public Health.” Annual Review of Anthropology. 2010. 39:149–65

Recommended Readings: 

• Birn, Chap. 12
• Farmer, Chap. 10

Tuesday, Mar. 5: Health systems and health system strengthening

Required Readings:

• Birn, Chap. 11
• Khan, M., Abimbola, S., Aloudat, T., Capobianco, E., Hawkes, S. and Rahman-Shepherd, A., 2021. Decolonising global health in 2021: a roadmap to move from rhetoric to reform. BMJ Global Health, 6(3), p.e005604.

 Thursday, Mar. 9: Health and human rights/Working for global health

Required Readings:

• Birn, Chap. 13

• Pfeiffer, J. and Nichter, M. (2008), “What Can Critical Medical Anthropology Contribute to Global Health?” Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 22: 410–415. Download Pfeiffer, J. and Nichter, M. (2008), “What Can Critical Medical Anthropology Contribute to Global Health?” Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 22: 410–415.

Recommended Readings: 

• Birn, Chap. 14
• Farmer, Chap. 12