Making Our Research Useful: Case Studies in the Utilization of Anthropological Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9780367018078 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 384 str.

Van Willigen, John

Opis

This book presents case studies that address how to improve the use of applied or policy research done by anthropologists. It documents the applications of anthropology and in so doing, improves practice. The case studies treat the problem of knowledge use from a variety of perspectives.

Spis treści

Preface -- Strategies for Increasing the Use of Anthropological Research in the Policy Process: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis -- Political Action and the Use of Anthropological Research: Land and Religion at Big Mountain -- Prenatal Care and Pregnancy Outcome: Applications of Research Findings to the Reduction of Infant Mortality in Detroit -- Custody Mediation: Taking the Knowledge Act on the Policy Road -- Policymaking Roles for Applied Anthropologists: Personally Ensuring That Your Research Is Used -- A Utilization Study Using Network Analysis: Maternal and Infant Health Policy Change in Washington, D.C. -- The Politics of Planning and Implementing a Statewide Health Service: Medical Rehabilitation in West Virginia -- Lessons from a Community Study of Oral Rehydration Therapy in Haiti -- Utilizing Indigenous Healers in National Health Delivery Systems: The Ghanaian Experiment -- Incorporating Nutrition into Agricultural Research: A Case Study from Southern Honduras -- Knowledge Utilization Structures, Processes, and Alliances in a Psychiatric Hospital Study -- The Use of Feedback in a Model Project: Guardianship for the Impaired Elderly -- Using Stakeholders in the Research Process: A Case Study in Human Services -- Policy and Community-Action Research: The Farm Labor Movement in California -- The Use and Non-Use of Anthropology: The Diarrheal Disease Control Program in Honduras -- Trends in Applied Anthropology and Public Policy: Concluding Remarks

O autorze

Ann McElroy received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1973. She is Associate Professor of the Department of Anthropology of the State University of New Yolk at Buffalo. Barbara Rylko-Bauer received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Kentucky in 1985. She is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University. John van Willigen is Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Applied Studies of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky.