Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Effects of Grassroots Men's Organizations on Civil Society in China

布兰代斯大学博士候选人Casey J. Miller将在Sarah Lamb博士和Ellen Schattschneider博士的指导下，对全球卫生危机对当地社会和文化的影响进行研究。该研究将在中国进行，研究人员将重点关注当地健康促进团体的成员如何适应和转化有关全球疾病的国际思想和做法。这项研究将从中国基层男性健康组织的区域网络开始。尽管中国的非政府组织受到限制，但这类组织在中国正在增加，有时还与国家卫生部门合作。研究人员将使用多种民族志方法，包括：参与和观察群体活动和事件，进行半结构化访谈，以及与群体志愿者、卫生部门官员和当地社区成员进行焦点小组讨论。研究人员还将分析由男子团体制作并为其服务的印刷和电子媒体。这项研究很重要，因为它将产生有关基层卫生教育和预防活动的知识，这对于防止未来全球流行病的传播至关重要。加深我们对全球和国家预防目标和政策如何相互作用以及如何通过地方和区域利益相关者制定的理解，可能有助于在中国和其他地方规划和实施更有效的政策和项目。这项研究还将支持社会科学家的教育。

Brandeis University doctoral candidate, Casey J. Miller, advised by Dr. Sarah Lamb and Dr. Ellen Schattschneider, will undertake research on the local social and cultural effects of a global health crisis. The research will be carried out in China, where the researcher will focus on how members of local health-promotion groups appropriate and translate international ideas and practices regarding global diseases.The study will start with a regional network of Chinese grassroots men's health groups. Such groups are increasing in China, sometimes in collaboration with state health departments, despite restrictions on Chinese non-governmental organizations. The researcher will use a mix of ethnographic methods including: participating in and observing group activities and events, conducting semi-structured interviews, and holding focus groups with group volunteers, health department officials, and local community members. The researcher also will as analyze print and electronic media produced by and for men's groups.This research is important because it will generate knowledge about grassroots health education and prevention activities, crucial for preventing the future spread of global pandemics. Deepening our understanding of how global and national prevention goals and policies interact with and are enacted through local and regional stakeholders may assist in the planning and implementation of more effective policies and programs both in China and elsewhere. The research also will support the education of a social scientist.