Syndemic suffering : social distress, depression, and diabetes among Mexican immigrant women / Emily Mendenhall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendenhall, Emily, 1982-

Series:

Advances in Critical Medical Anthro

Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diabetes in women.

Mexican American women--Health and hygiene.

Mexican American women.

Mexican American women--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a major contribution to the study of diabetes, this book is the first to analyze the disease through a syndemic framework. An innovative, mixed-methods study, Emily Mendenhall shows how adverse social conditions, such as poverty and oppressive relationships, disproportionately stress certain populations and expose them to disease clusters. She goes beyond epidemiological research that has linked diabetes and depression, revealing how broad structural inequalities play out in the life histories of individuals, families and communities and lead to higher rates of mortality and morbidity.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Synthesizing the Syndemic; 2. Synergies of the Self: The Endurance of Syndemic Suffering; 3. Unpacking VIDDA: An Analysis of Social Stress; 4. Borderlands: Immigration, Integration, and Isolation; 5. Narrative to Mechanism: Understanding Distress and Diabetes; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-41944-0

1-315-41945-9

1-61132-143-3

9781315419459

OCLC:

818819228