Dissertation Research: K'iche' Mayan Men's Influences on Maternal and Child Health in Guatemala

论文研究：Kiche玛雅男子对危地马拉妇幼健康的影响

• 批准号: 0109311
• 负责人: Carol Worthman
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Emory University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-15 至 2003-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0109311&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; iche; Mayan; Men

0109311Worthman / Dudgeon Men in traditional communities are often thought to be less concerned about maternal health and mortality than women, the difference stemming from the traditional division of labor of men focusing outside the household, and women relating more towards inside the household events. This dissertation research project by an anthropology student from Emory University will study the role of men in maternal health and mortality in the Mayan community of Cantel, Guatemala. The study will examine patterns of men's influences on health in the context of Guatemala's recent civil violence and subsequent Mayan ethnic activism. The student will investigate men's beliefs, attitudes, and contributions to household health status through a combination of health surveys, anthropometric health indicators, and qualitative interviews and observations. Hypotheses will be tested relating maternal morbidity and mortality with household access to health care, maternal health, socioeconomic indicators, ethnic identity, and an array of men's activities. The results from this study will be valuable correctives to the relative paucity of information on men's' household health contributions; will inform health interventions directed towards improving maternal and infant health; will contribute to the training of a young social scientists, and will advance our knowledge of this important region of the world.

传统社区中的男性通常被认为比女性更不关心产妇的健康和死亡率，这是因为传统的分工是男性专注于家庭外，而女性更多地关注家庭内部的事件。这篇论文是由埃默里大学人类学专业的一名学生完成的，他将研究危地马拉坎特尔玛雅社区男性在产妇健康和死亡率方面的作用。这项研究将在危地马拉最近的国内暴力和随后的玛雅民族激进主义的背景下，研究男性对健康的影响模式。学生将通过健康调查、人体测量健康指标以及定性访谈和观察相结合的方式，调查男性的信念、态度和对家庭健康状况的贡献。将检验产妇发病率和死亡率与家庭获得医疗保健的机会、产妇健康、社会经济指标、族裔认同和一系列男性活动之间的关系。这项研究的结果将有价值地纠正关于男性家庭健康贡献的信息相对匮乏的问题；将为旨在改善孕产妇和婴儿健康的健康干预措施提供信息；将有助于培训年轻的社会科学家，并将增进我们对世界这一重要区域的了解。