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SAPHA Board member Mushira Mohsin Khan, PhD's latest research on how Indian-origin immigrants are redefining old age in America was highlighted in India Currents. check out the article below!

Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life out now! Co-edited by IER's Professor Philip Taylor and Dr Catherine Earl (RMIT Vietnam), the new Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life critically examines the myriad social and economic inequalities faced by those in later life. Contributors dissect Global North and South examples to support a new approach to studying ageing that moves beyond popular discourses. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e-gh-4fq #EmploymentResearch

The New England Journal of Medicine, launched in 1812, published thousands of articles related to 'Indians' (Indigenous people). Current NEJM issue article 'Indigenous Americans - The Journal's Historical "Indian Problem",Page 2, shows 8 word clouds from journal articls about Indigenous Americans in 25-year increments (1825 - 2000). Societal prejudices were clearly infused in medical care of marginalized people then and continues to the present. #indigenouspeoples #history #healthcare #socialjustice# #bioethics "In response to a 1969 exposé, “Medicine in the Ghetto,” one doctor reminded readers that “Hidden from public view and thus from public conscience, the first American, the American Indian, represents the poorest of the poor in this rich land and an undeniable indictment of our failure as a society.”(48) Even as this doctor condemned the erasure of Indigenous Americans, Indigenous activists demanded attention, launching the American Indian Movement and asserting Red Power. Vine Deloria and other Indigenous scholars offered new histories focused on the experiences and abuses of Indigenous communities.(49) The 1975 Indian Self-Determination "and Education Assistance Act gave those communities more authority to manage their own affairs,including health care. Thinking about disease shifted as well. Physicians increasingly directed their attention away from genetic causes of health disparities and toward social determinants of health. Nevertheless, problems grounded in dispossession and structural racism persisted. In 2005, Lakota physician Yvette Roubideaux described how her efforts to improve health care for the San Carlos Apache “were constantly thwarted by obstacles to good health that extended far beyond the hospital — problems whose roots lie in the high rates of poverty, unemployment, alcoholism, and other ongoing public health crises.”(50) Indigenous Americans (1.7% of the population) remain underrepresented in medicine, accounting for 0.4% of the physician workforce(51) and 1.0% of first authors and 0.7% of senior authors in JAMA and the Journal.(52):

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🚨 NEW ARTICLE ALERT 🚨 "Vivek Ramaswamy: Disrupting US Politics" 🔥 Will the 38-year-old Indian American, born to Tamil parents, be the next US President? Dive into the captivating journey of a second-generation immigrant challenging the conventions of American politics. 🇺🇸🇮🇳 Get insights, stories, and more as we delve into the life, aspirations, and the potential impact of this political game-changer! #VivekRamaswamy #USPolitics #IndianAmerican #Election2024 #NewWavePolitics #Disruptor Be sure to read, share, and let us know your thoughts! ✨📢🗳️

We are excited to announce that the Department of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Shiv Nadar IoE, will be hosting a seminar titled "Women’s Political Representation and Intimate Partner Violence." Our guest speaker for this event is Dr. Priya Mukherjee from University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Here are the details for the seminar: - Date: 15th January 2024 (Monday)  - Time: 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM - Format: D128, Shiv Nadar IoE Campus   Abstract: Recent studies demonstrate that female leaders can improve gender-specific outcomes along multiple dimensions through better provision of public goods and legislative changes that benefit women. Using quasi-random exposure to female leaders in India, we show that there may also be an unintended effect: an increase in rural women’s reported experience of physical spousal abuse. We find that a plausible channel underlying this effect is an increase in women’s modern contraceptive use—potentially resulting from improvements in public provision of health services—which leads to marital conflict among couples where the husband has a stronger preference for sons. Ananya MukherjeeRajat KathuriaShikhar MalhotraPartha Chatterjee Ram RanjanMandar OakShraman BanerjeeGitanjali SenTrishita Ray BarmanPunarjit RoychowdhuryAmrita Ghosh DastidarSiddharth KumarAditi SinghAmit GoyalParul GuptaJordan van Rijn #economicsseminar #seminar #shivnadarioe

November is Native American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month. Did you know that #NIGMS has opportunities to help Tribes reduce health disparities within their communities? The Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) program supports federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal colleges or universities, Tribal health programs, and Tribal organizations. The program funds health-related research, research career enhancement, and research infrastructure-enhancement activities. Potential applicants are encouraged to consult with the program staff listed in the notice of funding opportunity about the suitability of proposed NARCH applications. For more information about the program and a list of currently funded centers, visit the NARCH webpage. Applications are due July 8, 2024. https://go.nih.gov/YEFQceR #Biomedical #Research #NativeHealth #IndigenousHealth #PublicHealth #HealthDisparities #HealthEquity #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #AmericanIndian #AlaskaNative #NARCH

Very interesting article in the latest issue of Health Affairs on the possibility of including spirituality as a social determinant of health outcomes. My work with members of the Internews Health Journalism Network highlighted the important role that religious and spiritual beliefs play in influencing health decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, in every day life. I recommend reading this Ida Jooste, Megan Miller, Kathryn Cleary, and Jaya! https://lnkd.in/dum3pXfH

A better way to view our life course! "Such reframing highlights aging as an experience fundamentally shaped by the society, culture, politics, and economics of a particular place, in a particular time. "Like other times in the life course, aging is a profoundly local experience. To understand local ideals of aging, it is necessary to examine experiences and meanings of aging in their sociocultural and political-economic contexts... "Ethnographic research asks what types of activities contribute to a good old age according to the perspective of older adults themselves, and how the contemporary and historical context have shaped these activities. "Ethnographic research takes a culturally relative perspective by attempting to understand a particular phenomenon within its own terms..." (Source: https://lnkd.in/d_8a3vzt) #ethnography #sociocultural #lifecourse #aging #lifeexperiences #wellness #historicalcontext #dominantnarratives

Avichal Warke writes an important commentary for The Daak Special Issue on "𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎𝐌? 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄, 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒". He argues, "The role of mass media is pivotal in large democracies, not only serving as a source of information and entertainment but also playing a central role in facilitating discussions and debates on crucial societal issues. The examination of diversity, or the lack thereof, in newsrooms, is a relatively recent topic to pique academic interest, but the discussion around it is very important to understand the deep-rooted social realities and plays a key role in shaping public opinion." To read more, follow the link below. Avichal Warke The Daak The Mooknayak Eklavya India Foundation Raju Kendre https://lnkd.in/gnpsgxU3