Anthropology and Health Conference 2014
Anthropology and Health Conference 2014
The convergence of anthropological subfields in research on health and illness:cultural, biological, archaeological, and linguistic factors
Inter-University Centre, Don Frana Bulića 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
August 4th – 9th, 2014
●SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM●
Monday, August 4th● OPENING RECEPTION19.00 / Welcoming event (meeting in the IUC)
Tuesday, August 5th
1st SESSION● Convenor: L Whiteford
09.00 – 09.20 / P Rudan
Welcome Address: Anthropology and Health Conference - the Founder's View
09.20 – 09.40 / L A Bennett, M Marshall
Advances in Anthropological Research on Alcohol: Early Twenty-First Century Developments
09.40 – 10.00 / P Kunstadter
Health Service Disparities in aMulti-Ethnic Setting With Universal Health Insurance: an Exercise in the Comparative Method in Northern Thailand
10.00 – 10.20 / L Henry
Contributions and Collaborations: How Medical Anthropology can inform Medical Workforce Issues and Health Policy
10.20 – 10.40 / NCarceller-Maicas
“Sharing Wisdom(s) to Enrich Knowledge”: Advantages of Working in an Interdisciplinary Research Team in Medical Anthropology
10.40 – 11.00 / Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 / Coffee Break
2nd SESSION ● Convenor: L A Bennett
11.30 – 11.50 / M Čoklo
Medical Anthropology and Healthcare System
11.50 – 12.10 / B Legetic, R Merritt, C Bryant, J Lindenberger, LWhiteford, M Pasha
Global Health, Anthropology, and Social Marketing – Steps to the Ecology of Collaboration
12.10 – 12.30 / RMowson
Female Student’s Perceptions of Sexual Health Care at a U.S. Research One University
12.30 – 12.50 / K Anderson, S Chelton, J Donegan, K Marshall, T Brophy
Consideration of Health and Environmental Impacts Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption of Students at the University of South Florida
12.50 – 13.10 / B Rylko-Bauer
Integrating Anthropology, History and Memory in an Intimate Ethnography of A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps
13.10 – 13.30 / Discussion
13.30 – 14.30 / Lunch
14.30 – 15.00 / Closing remarks of 1st and 2st session
16.30 – 18.00 / Dubrovnik Old Town sightseeing tour (meeting outside the IUC)
Wednesday, August 6th
3rdSESSION● Convenor: L Henry
09.00 – 09.20 / D E Crews, G Donley
In American Samoa Allostatic Varies not Only by Sex and Age, but also by ACE And Apolipoprotein E Genotypes
09.20 – 09.40 / I Varela-Silva, HKim, H Azcorra, H Wilson, F Dickinson, B Bogin
Health and Fat Patterning among the Maya: a Biocultural Analysis of the Epidemic of Obesity among this Group
09.40 – 10.00 / K Musante
The Anthropology of Food Security: Rethinking Food Security Relevant Research for Indigenous Peoples
10.00 – 10.20 / J Sindik, N Novokmet, A Pavelić Tremac, D Kovačević
Control Scales in Personality Tests at Psychiatric Patients
10.20 – 10.40 / SSquires,A M Casey
Using Case Notes for Deeper Understanding of Reported Loneliness amongst Older Irish Adults
10.40 – 11.00 / Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 / Coffee Break
4th SESSION ● Convenor: P Kunstadter
11.30 – 11.50 / K Yamamoto
A Trial of Alternative Approach to the Issues of Ethics, Humanity and Mental Health
11.50 – 12.10 / A Sujoldžić
Cultural Sensitivity and Competence in Adolescent Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention
12.10 – 12.30 / D Henry
“Listening For His Breath:” the Interaction of Physiology, Culture and Language on Bed Partner Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
12.30 – 12.50 / T Zborovskaya
The Point of no Identity: Linguocultural Impact on Transgender Mental Health
12.50 – 13.10 / S Doli-Kryeziu
Inter Lingual Borrowing Serbian Dialect in Spoken Gjakovar's Language
13.10 – 13.30 / Discussion
13.30 – 14.30 / Lunch
14.30 – 15.00 / Closing remarks of 3rd and 4th session
Thursday,August 7th
5th SESSION ● Convenor: D Henry
9.00 – 9.20 / D Marjanović, M Vidovič, J Čakar, N Hadžić, M Džehverović, R Hadžiselimović
Isolated Human Population of Bosnian Mountain Area: Permanent Inspiration for the New Genetic Studies
9.20 – 9.40 / JBernasovská, RLohajováBehulová, I Bernasovský
Y Chromosome AZF Analysis in Slovak Men with Fertility Disorders
9.40 – 10.00 / I Bernasovsky, JBernasovska, DGrejtakova, Z Vilchova
Caries and Oral Health in Romany School Children of Eastern Slovakia
10.00 – 10.20 / A Gomula, N Nowak, D Danel, S Kozieł
Secular Changes in Body Mass Index and the Prevalence of Excess Adiposity among Polish Schoolchildren Aged 7-18 Years Old, 1966-2012
10.20 – 10.40 / N Nowak, A Gomula, D Danel, S Kozieł
Secular Trend in Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference as a Mirror of the Socio-Economic Changes between 1966 and 2012 in Polish Schoolchildren
10.40 – 11.00 / Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 / Coffee Break
6th SESSION ● Convenor: B Rylko-Bauer
11.30 – 11.50 / ASpeier
“Fertility Tourism” from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
11.50 – 12.10 / A Begić, J H Halilović
The Acceleration of Birth Weight and Birth Length of Hypotrophic and Hypertrophic Newborns from Tuzla Canton from 1976 to 2007
12.10 – 12.30 / J H Halilović, A Begić
General Characteristics of Newborn Infants in Tuzla Canton Area Born during 2007
12.30 – 12.50 / M Wozniewicz, J Jeszka, P M Nowaczyk, D E Crews, Y Sone
Allostatic Load and Frailty Measures among Polish Urban and Rural 55+ Subjects
12.50 – 13.10 / M Vidovič,G Sharron, D E Crews
Frailty and Physiological Variation among Elderly Population of Villages Under Ratitovec Mountain, Slovenia
13.10 – 13.30 / Discussion
13.30 – 14.30 / Lunch
14.30 – 15.00 / Closing remarks of the 5th and 6th session
FridayAugust 8th
7th SESSION ● Convenor: S Missoni
9.00 – 9.20 / Z Premužić
A Case of Childhood Tuberculosis from an Archaeological Site in Umag, Croatia
9.20 – 9.40 / V Krklec
Kraneamus – Krapina Neanderthal Museum
9.40 – 10.00 / Discussion
10.00 – 10.30 / Closing remarks of the 7th session and Closing of the Conference
10.30 – 11.00 / Coffee Break
11.15 / Optional excursion with lunch (meeting outside the IUC)
LECTURERS
Kelsey Anderson, University of South Florida, USA ● Amela Begić, Meša Selimović High school, BiH ● Linda Bennett, University of Memphis, USA ● Jarmila Bernasovska, University of Presov Presov, Slovakia ● Ivan Bernasovský, University of Presov, Presov, Slovakia ● Barry Bogin, Loughborough University, UK ● Natàlia Carceller-Maicas, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain ● Miran Čoklo, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia ● Sindorela Doli-Kryeziu,University of Prishtina, Kosovo● Aleksandra Gomula, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland ● Jasminka H. Halilović, University of Tuzla, BiH ● Doug Henry, University of North Texas, USA ● Lisa Henry, University of North Texas, USA ● Jan Jeszka, Poznan University of Life Science, Poland ● Vlasta Krklec, Museums of Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia ● Peter Kunstadter, Program for HIV Prevention and Treatment, Thailand ● Branca Legetic, Pan American Health organization – World Health Organization, USA ● Damir Marjanović, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, BiH ● Robin Mowson, University of South Florida, USA ● Rowena Merritt, University of South Florida, USA ● Kathleen Musante, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, USA ● Natalia Nowak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland ● Mahmooda Pasha, University of South Florida, USA ● Zrinka Premužić, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia ● Pavao Rudan, Croatian Anthropological Society and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts ●Barbara Rylko-Bauer, Michigan State University, USA ● Joško Sindik, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia ● Amy Speier, University of Texas Arlington, USA ● Anita Sujoldžić, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia ● Susan Squires, University of North Texas, USA ● Ines Varela Silva, Loughborough University, UK● Maruška Vidovič, National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia ● Linda Whiteford, University of South Florida, USA ● Malgorzata Wozniewicz, Poznan University of Life Science, Poland ● Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kyushu University, Japan ● Tatiana Zborovskaya, Russian Academy Of Sciences Moscow, Russia
ORGANIZERS
Croatian Anthropological Society ● Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia ● Department for Natural Sciences, Anthropological Center and Scientific Council for Anthropological Research of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts ● Croatian Medical Association, Croatian Society for Medical Anthropology ● Academy of Medical Sciences of Croatia ● Comission on Medical Anthropology and Epidemiology, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences ● University of Memphis, USA ● University of South Florida, USA
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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE
Pavao Rudan, Croatian Anthropological Society; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Saša Missoni, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia
Linda Bennett, University of Memphis, USA
Linda Whiteford, University of South Florida, USA
Lisa Henry, University of North Texas, USA
Barbara Rylko-Bauer, Michigan State University, USA
Doug Henry, University of North Texas, USA
Peter Kunstadter, Program for HIV Prevention and Treatment, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Kelsey Anderson, University of South Florida, USA
Morana Jarec, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia
SPONSORS
/ Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia