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| Susan J ShawSummaryAffiliation: University of Arizona Country: USA Publications
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Chronic disease self-management and health literacy in four ethnic groupsSusan J Shaw
School of Anthropology, PO Box 210030, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0030, USA
J Health Commun 17:67-81. 2012..It also discusses the culturally variable health beliefs identified among participants interviewed that may play important roles in their chronic disease self-management practices...
Consistency in attitudes across cancer screenings in medically underserved minority populationsSusan J Shaw
School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0030, USA
J Cancer Educ 27:165-71. 2012....
Public citizens, marginalized communities: the struggle for syringe exchange in Springfield, MassachusettsSusan J Shaw
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0030, USA
Med Anthropol 25:31-63. 2006..These arguments about addiction, HIV, and community both index and turn on the unique relationships with government experienced by a range of social actors...
The role of culture in health literacy and chronic disease screening and managementSusan J Shaw
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0030, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 11:460-7. 2009..This paper proposes key aspects of the intersection between health literacy and culturally varying beliefs about health which merit further exploration...
The logic of identity and resemblance in culturally appropriate health careSusan J Shaw
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Health (London) 14:523-44. 2010....
The ethical self-fashioning of physicians and health care systems in culturally appropriate health careSusan J Shaw
School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, P O Box 210030, Tucson, AZ 85721 0030, USA
Cult Med Psychiatry 35:236-61. 2011..We argue that the hybrid formation of culturally appropriate health care is becoming detached from its social justice origins as it becomes rationalized by and more firmly embedded in the operations of the health care marketplace...
Research Grants
- The Impact of Cultural Differences on Health Literacy & Chronic Disease OutcomesSusan Shaw; Fiscal Year: 2009..Focus groups, ethnographic interviews, chronic disease diaries and home observations with a subsample of patients will provide greater contextualization and detail, aiding in survey development and the interpretation of survey findings. ..
- Community Organizations in Syringe Exchange in SpringfiSusan Shaw; Fiscal Year: 2004..To examine community opinions on needle exchange and other aspects of IDU-targeted HIV prevention through quantitative surveys. ..
- The Impact of Cultural Differences on Health Literacy & Chronic Disease OutcomesSusan Shaw; Fiscal Year: 2009....
