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A recent study from Rice University, "Away from Home, Into the Fields: Assessing the Health of Undocumented and Indigenous Farmworkers," authored by Christina Diaz, associate professor of sociology, Sergio Chavez, associate professor of sociologym Erick Samayoa, sociology graduate student, and Victoria Bejrano, sociology graduate student, University of Houston, reveals that indigenous farm workers in the U.S. experience greater job-related pain compared to undocumented workers, despite many having legal status. Analyzing data from over 20,000 respondents, the researchers found that indigenous workers often face significant challenges, including discrimination and language barriers, contributing to their physical pain. In contrast, undocumented workers tend to be younger and healthier. This research highlights the complexities of immigrant experiences and the need for further studies on health disparities within these communities. The study is published in Social Science & Medicine. #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture Read More: https://lnkd.in/gq76cEvC Read the Study: https://lnkd.in/g_KcWCVH

Our paper on crisis, resilience and the redistribution of societal risk is now available in the Royal Scottish Geographical Society journal theme section 'Rural transformations, rural futures', which elaborates work presented at a European Society for Rural Sociology session in 2022. As Lorna Philip et al write in the theme intro, our paper highlights "a need to redistribute societal risk to ensure that future crises that emerge during what some commentators are now describing as a period of permacrisis do not further exacerbate inequalities in rural communities." Our paper: https://lnkd.in/djaQdBz2 The theme section: https://lnkd.in/dN6_Hb-Z #rural #resilience #community #permacrisis

In a research project co-funded by a Mittal Institute faculty grant, Adaner Usmani, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, delves into India's paradox of low violence rates despite limited policing and high poverty. His team has collected over 180,000 subnational data points covering prison mortality, recidivism, and demographics, making it one of the most comprehensive data sets on India's criminal justice system. Learn more about how this project is shaping our understanding of Indian penal evolution: https://bit.ly/4dZwLq2 Image: A section of the Madras Central Prison before demolition in 2009 | Source: Wikimedia Commons

Franco, S., Augusto, A. described their research findings on #DomesticViolence #HealthProfessionals #InterventionInHealth #Multi-sectoralIntervention #PrimaryHealthCare in their paper "Health professionals’ intervention in the context of domestic violence against women: exploring perceptions and experiences of providing healthcare", published in Health Sociology Review (https://lnkd.in/dgNrXmKJ) More info in https://lnkd.in/dP-hJ4aM #UBI #journal #openaccess:No

Morrie Shwartz was a sociology professor and retires only after he begins to lose control of his body to ALS, also known as Lou Gherig's disease. The disease ravages his body, but, ironically, leaves his mind as lucid as ever. He realizes that his time is running out, and that he must share his wisdom on "The Meaning of Life" with the world before it is too late to do so. We recommend reading his memoir "Tuesdays with Morrie" written by his former student, Mitch Albom! #hospice #geriatriccare #sanfernandovalley #hospicecare

From my standpoint, one of the notable implication of sociology in agriculture is in resolving the prevailing extremely sensitive issues like child labour in agriculture. Learning about promoting youth employment and reducing child labour in agriculture from the FAO platform was quite worthwhile. https://lnkd.in/gmjaUQyr #fao #childlabour #elearning #agriculture #rural

"Penn State research published in the journal Demography suggests that Americans born in 2019 will spend a larger share of their lifetime taking prescription drugs than being married or receiving education. Jessica Ho, associate professor of sociology and demography at Penn State reports that American males will spend around 48% of their lives and females will spend about 60% of their lives taking prescription drugs in this pill-popping nation." https://lnkd.in/gU2iVRMp #Health #Healthcare #Sickness #Wellness #Medication #Perscription #Medication

The 'Universe 25' experiment is one of the most disturbing studies in the history of science, carried out by American scientist John Calhoun between 1958 and 1962. Calhoun designed an ideal environment for rats, called "Mouse Paradise", with abundant food, water and space, in order to study the social dynamics of a growing population. Initially, the colony prospered, but after 317 days, population growth began to stagnate. Upon reaching 600 mice, serious social problems arose: hierarchies were established, the strongest individuals began to attack others, and aggressive and maladaptive behaviors emerged, such as violence between females and a lack of reproductive interest in males. As passive, non-reproductive (beautiful mice) males dominated, the birth rate plummeted, juvenile mortality reached 100%, and the colony collapsed into cannibalism and homosexuality. The experiment was repeated 25 times, each time with similar results, and has been used to model the study of social collapse and urban sociology. #Re5pect

Having realized how difficult it is for some persons and target populations to read health information, I am delighted to learn how to use story telling in bringing change, particularly in addressing sociology-cultural and health misinformation.

Christine Mair, associate professor of sociology and gerontology and director of UMBC’s Center for Health, Equity, and Aging, examines the increasing population of older adults globally who will be both unpartnered and childless, often referred to as “kinless.” Her research explores the presence or absence of family and non-family ties and seeks to document how social integration and support (or lack thereof; e.g., “kinlessness”) shape mental health, physical health, end-of-life experiences, and other aspects of well-being especially cross-nationally. Read more of Inquiring Minds:  https://lnkd.in/eyi-7KuJ