RESEARCH
METHODS, HEALTH AND CULTURE
Exploring the relationship between health and culture entails
crafting research strategies that are methodologically appropriate,
theoretically rigorous, and ethically sound. Years of experience
reveal a fruitful framework: the formative research model. This
research-action strategy draws upon several qualitative and quantitative
methods, and engages multiple actors to develop community-congruent
interventions. The process entails becoming informed about and
informing community dialogue; identifying needs and resources;
generating intervention options via critical assessment and problem
solving; and monitoring process, outcome, and responses. This
multi-stage participatory research process is iterative, in that
it is flexible enough to allow for mid-course correction and improvement
as called for by participants and beneficiaries (Nichter 1990).
This type of research has sparked community dialogue about health
needs and spurred plans for health service reform. My articles
and presentations about research on reproductive health, domestic
violence, contraception, and elder health exemplify the value
of both process and findings.
Titles in Spanish indicate work written, published, and/or presented
in Spanish. Translated titles follow in parentheses.
Publications
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Publications authored by Namino Glantz
“Diez Años de Investigación y Acción
en el Sur de Chiapas: Programa Género y Salud Reproductiva.”
(“Ten Years of Research and Action in Southern Chiapas:
Gender and Reproductive Health Program.”)
Glantz N, Martinez I, de León P. Comitán, Chiapas,
Mexico: CISC.
“Estudiando la violencia doméstica en Chiapas, México.”
(“Studying domestic violence in Chiapas, Mexico.”)
Glantz NM, Halperin DC, Hunt LM. In: Análisis Cualitativo
en Salud. Teoría, Método y Práctica. Torres
T & Mercado FJ (eds.). Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara
Press, 141-160. 2000.
“Studying domestic violence in Chiapas, Mexico.”
Glantz N, Halperin D, Hunt L. In: Qualitative Health Research
8(3): 377-392. 1998.
“Studying domestic violence: Perceptions of women in Chiapas,
Mexico.”
Glantz NM, Halperin DC. In: Reproductive Health Matters 7: 122-127.
1996.
Manuscripts Not Yet Published
“Formative research on elder health and care in Chiapas,
Mexico.”
Glantz NM. Tucson: University of Arizona Ph.D. Dissertation. 2007.
“Exploring
the text and context of professional medical ethics discourse
in the Journal of the American Medical Association.”
Glantz N. Tucson: University of Arizona. 23 pages. 2002.
“Domestic servants as household health care workers: A key
target group for health education intervention?”
Glantz N. Grant proposal for research based in Comitán,
Chiapas, Mexico. 14 pages. 2002.
Presentations, Conferences, and Sessions Organized
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Presentations authored by Namino Glantz
“Merging formative research with participatory GIS mapping
to address elder health in Chiapas, Mexico.”
Glantz N. Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meeting,
Tampa, March 2007.
“Aging Adults, Maturing Methods? Multidisciplinary Health
Research in Elder Populations.”
Glantz N. Session Organizer. Society for Applied Anthropology/Society
for Medical Anthropology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2006.
“Jumpstarting community engagement around elder health:
Formative research in Chiapas, Mexico.”
Glantz N. Society for Applied Anthropology / Society for Medical
Anthropology (SfAA/SMA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, March 2006.
“Estudiando la violencia conyugal en Chiapas.”
(“Studying conjugal violence in Chiapas.”)
Glantz N, Martínez I, de León P, Halperin D. Regional
Committee on Reproductive Health (CORSAR), Comitán, Chiapas,
1999.
“Improving reproductive health in Chiapas, Mexico: New findings
on contraception from quantitative and qualitative studies.”
Halperin D, Nazar A, Glantz N. American Anthropological Association
(AAA) Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, 1995.
Working Group on Gender, Reproductive Health and Population Policies
(GRHPP) Global Meeting, Zimbabwe, 1995. |
