Biological implications of human mobility / Slawomir Koziel, Raja Chakraborty and Kaushik Bose, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koziel, Slawomir, editor.

Chakraborty, Raja, editor.

Bose, Kaushik, 1962- editor.

Series:

Public health in the 21st century series.

Public Health in the 21st Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social mobility.

Biology--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical, 2016.

Summary:

Editor Biography: S'awomir Kozie? is a biological anthropologist based at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland. Actually he works as an associate professor in Anthropology Unit in Wroclaw acting as a director. He is a Member or Fellow of several national and international professional bodies, most notable among them are the International Fellow of the Unit for the Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO), Oxford University, U.K., and the Chief of the Auxological Society (Germany). His work involves mathematical modelling and statistical analysis of large anthropometric datasets, particularly with respect to changing patterns of physical growth and development of children and emergence of obesity across periods of socio-political and economic change. He also made research in issue of human mating preference and biological markers of social behavior. He published more than 90 articles, mostly in renowned journals and 21 chapters in books. He is an Associate Editor of the Anthropological Review. He was awarded by international research fellowship by Royal Society of London and British Council (UK), National Founds for Scientific Research (Belgium) and Indian National Academy of Sciences. Book Description: This book outlays the possible influence of some important aspects of human migration and social mobility on the biological characters of human populations, including their health and well-being. It contains ten contributions from different researchers working in this area of research. The first chapter, written by Budnik and Henneberg, demonstrates the effect of social class and mobility on morphological characters of body size like height and body mass index (BMI) in a historical population of Poland. In Chapter Two, Chakraborty et al. shows that the migration of disadvantaged people to an adverse environment in an early period of growth and development may increase health risk in adulthood compared to those after completion of major physical growth period, or even compared to those who are born into that adverse environment. Chapter Three (by J. R. Ghosh) reveals the influence of educational and occupational positions on clinical hypertension among adult males from the eastern part of India. In the fourth chapter of this volume, S. Ghosh et al. attempts to find out the relationship between the socio-economic status of family and growth on height and weight demographics in school children aged 5-12 from Kolkata, India. Godina et al. in Chapter Five delineates the differences in various anthropometrical measurements in children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years across different types of schools, representing different social strata in Moscow. Chapter Six by Kaczmarek discusses the implications of rural to urban migration and its impact on women''s health status in Poland. The next chapter by Krzy'anowska* and C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor discusses the impact of regional migration and social mobility on variation in adult height, weight and Body Mass Index, which is evidenced from a British cohort study. In Chapter Eight, Gomula and Koziel highlight from a study in Poland the effect of social mobility of fathers on maturity, measured by the age at menarche in their daughters. In the next chapter, Missoni and Sarac review dietary and lifestyle characteristics in the Eastern Adriatic Islands of Croatia in the backdrop of recent economic transition, urbanisation and migration. The tenth chapter contributed by Singh and Kirchengast compares demographic health related characteristics and reproductive behaviours between Punjabi women residing in Punjab and in Vienna, Austria. This book will be useful for researchers dealing with biological implications of human mobility. It may be of particular interest to human biologists, biological anthropologists, epidemiologists, demographers, economists and other researchers dealing with biological implications of human mobility. Target Audience: Postgraduate students and academic researchers in the fields of biological anthropology, human biology, epidemiology, economists, demographers and allied health professionals.

Contents:

BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN MOBILITY; BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN MOBILITY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE APPEARANCE OF A NEW SOCIAL CLASS OF WEALTHY COMMONERS IN THE 19TH AND THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY POLAND AND ITS BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Aims; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: IS THE EFFECT OF AGE ON DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE MODIFIED BY THE AGE AT MIGRATION? A STUDY AMONG THE ADULT MALE SLUM DWELLERS IN EASTERN INDIA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; The Subjects and Setting

MeasurementsStatistical analysis; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: HIGHER GRADE OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASED PHYSICAL GROWTH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN OF KOLKATA, INDIA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; Study Population; Nutritional Status; Socio-Economic Status; Statistical Analyses; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 5: DIFFERENCES IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN MOSCOW SCHOOL CHILDREN DUE TO THEIR FAMILY STATUSABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH STATUS IN POLAND; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; The Concept of Urbanization; Urbanization and Health; Internal Migration in Poland; Why Women's Health Matters?; Study Objectives; METHODS; Participants, Study Design and Instruments; Variables; Data Analysis; RESULTS; Characteristics of Study Participants; Self-Rated Health Status

MorbidityDISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: DOES SOCIAL MOBILITY OF FATHERS AFFECT AGE AT MENARCHE IN DAUGHTERS?; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: IMPACT OF REGIONAL MIGRATION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY ON VARIATION IN ADULT HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX: EVIDENCE FROM A BRITISH COHORT STUDY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; The National Child Development Study; 1. GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION AND REGIONAL MIGRATION IN RELATION TO HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX; 1.1.Geographical Variation; 1.2. Regional Migration; 1.3. Discussion of Findings

2. SOCIAL CLASS VARIATION AND SOCIALCLASS MOBILITY IN RELATION TO HEIGHT,WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX2.1.Social Class Variation; 2.2. Social Mobility; 2.3. Discussion of Findings; 3. BIOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF INTERGENERATIONALSOCIAL MOBILITY; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2.Relationship between Biosocial Variables and Inter-Generational Social Mobility; 3.3. Discussion of Findings; 4. IMPACT OF BOTH SOCIAL MOBILITY AND REGIONAL MIGRATION ON VARIATION IN MALE HEIGHT,WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX; 4.1.Inter-Relationships between Social Mobility andGeographical Migration

4.2.Impact of Social Mobility and Geographical Migration onVariation in Height, Weight and BMI

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63485-659-7