Programme

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Anthropology and Health Conference 2014

The convergence of anthropological subfields in research on health and illness: cultural, biological, archaeological, and linguistic factors

Inter-University Centre, Don Frana Bulića 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia

August 4

th

– 9

th

, 2014

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Monday, August 4 th ● OPENING RECEPTION

19.00 Welcoming event (meeting in the IUC)

Tuesday, August 5 th

1 st SESSION ● Convenor: L Whiteford

09.00 – 09.20 P Rudan

Welcome Address: Anthropology and Health Conference - the Founder's View

09.20 – 09.40 L A Bennett, M Marshall

Advances in Anthropological Research on Alcohol: Early Twenty-First Century

Developments

09.40 – 10.00 P Kunstadter

Health Service Disparities in a Multi-Ethnic Setting With Universal Health

Insurance: an Exercise in the Comparative Method in Northern Thailand

10.00 – 10.20 L Henry

Contributions and Collaborations: How Medical Anthropology can inform

Medical Workforce Issues and Health Policy

10.20 – 10.40 N Carceller-Maicas

“Sharing Wisdom(s) to Enrich Knowledge”: Advantages of Working in an

Interdisciplinary Research Team in Medical Anthropology

10.40 – 11.00 Discussion

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

2 nd SESSION ● Convenor: L A Bennett

11.30 – 11.50 M Čoklo

Medical Anthropology and Healthcare System

11.50 – 12.10 B Legetic, R Merritt, C Bryant, J Lindenberger, L Whiteford, M Pasha

Global Health, Anthropology, and Social Marketing – Steps to the Ecology of

Collaboration

12.10 – 12.30 R Mowson

Female Student’s Perceptions of Sexual Health Care at a U.S. Research One

University

12.30 – 12.50 K Anderson, S Chelton, J Donegan, K Marshall, T Brophy

Consideration of Health and Environmental Impacts Associated with Sugar-

Sweetened Beverage Consumption of Students at the University of South

Florida

12.50 – 13.10 B Rylko-Bauer

Integrating Anthropology, History and Memory in an Intimate Ethnography of

A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps

13.10 – 13.30 Discussion

13.30 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 15.00 Closing remarks of 1 st and 2 st session

16.30 – 18.00 Dubrovnik Old Town sightseeing tour (meeting outside the IUC)

Wednesday, August 6 th

3 rd SESSION ● Convenor: L Henry

09.00 – 09.20 D E Crews, G Donley

In American Samoa Allostatic Varies not Only by Sex and Age, but also by ACE

And Apolipoprotein E Genotypes

09.20 – 09.40 I Varela-Silva, H Kim, H Azcorra, H Wilson, F Dickinson, B Bogin

Health and Fat Patterning among the Maya: a Biocultural Analysis of the

Epidemic of Obesity among this Group

09.40 – 10.00 K Musante

The Anthropology of Food Security: Rethinking Food Security Relevant

Research for Indigenous Peoples

10.00 – 10.20 J Sindik, N Novokmet, A Pavelić Tremac, D Kovačević

Control Scales in Personality Tests at Psychiatric Patients

10.20 – 10.40 S Squires, A M Casey

Using Case Notes for Deeper Understanding of Reported Loneliness amongst

Older Irish Adults

10.40 – 11.00 Discussion

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

4 th SESSION ● Convenor: P Kunstadter

11.30 – 11.50 K Yamamoto

A Trial of Alternative Approach to the Issues of Ethics, Humanity and Mental

Health

11.50 – 12.10 A Sujoldžić

Cultural Sensitivity and Competence in Adolescent Mental Health Promotion,

Prevention and Early Intervention

12.10 – 12.30 D Henry

“Listening For His Breath:” the Interaction of Physiology, Culture and Language on Bed Partner Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep

Apnea

12.30 – 12.50 T Zborovskaya

The Point of no Identity: Linguocultural Impact on Transgender Mental Health

12.50 – 13.10 S Doli-Kryeziu

Inter Lingual Borrowing Serbian Dialect in Spoken Gjakovar's Language

13.10 – 13.30 Discussion

13.30 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 15.00 Closing remarks of 3 rd and 4 th session

Thursday, August 7 th

5 th SESSION ● Convenor: D Henry

9.00 – 9.20 D Marjanović, M Vidovič, J Čakar, N Hadžić, M Džehverović, R Hadžiselimović

Isolated Human Population of Bosnian Mountain Area: Permanent Inspiration for the New Genetic Studies

9.20 – 9.40 J Bernasovská, R Lohajová Behulová, I Bernasovský

Y Chromosome AZF Analysis in Slovak Men with Fertility Disorders

9.40 – 10.00 I Bernasovsky, J Bernasovska, D Grejtakova, Z Vilchova

Caries and Oral Health in Romany School Children of Eastern Slovakia

10.00 – 10.20 A Gomula, N Nowak, D Danel, S Kozieł

Secular Changes in Body Mass Index and the Prevalence of Excess Adiposity

among Polish Schoolchildren Aged 7-18 Years Old, 1966-2012

10.20 – 10.40 N Nowak, A Gomula, D Danel, S Kozieł

Secular Trend in Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference as a Mirror of the Socio-

Economic Changes between 1966 and 2012 in Polish Schoolchildren

10.40 – 11.00 Discussion

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

6 th SESSION ● Convenor: B Rylko-Bauer

11.30 – 11.50 A Speier

“Fertility Tourism” from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

11.50 – 12.10 A Begić, J H Halilović

The Acceleration of Birth Weight and Birth Length of Hypotrophic and

Hypertrophic Newborns from Tuzla Canton from 1976 to 2007

12.10 – 12.30 J H Halilović, A Begić

General Characteristics of Newborn Infants in Tuzla Canton Area Born during

2007

12.30 – 12.50 M Wozniewicz, J Jeszka, P M Nowaczyk, D E Crews, Y Sone

Allostatic Load and Frailty Measures among Polish Urban and Rural 55+

Subjects

12.50 – 13.10 M Vidovič, G Sharron, D E Crews

Frailty and Physiological Variation among Elderly Population of Villages

Under Ratitovec Mountain, Slovenia

13.10 – 13.30 Discussion

13.30 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 15.00 Closing remarks of the 5 th and 6 th session

Friday August 8 th

7 th SESSION ● Convenor: S Missoni

9.00 – 9.20 Z Premužić

A Case of Childhood Tuberculosis from an Archaeological Site in Umag, Croatia

9.20 – 9.40 V Krklec

Kraneamus – Krapina Neanderthal Museum

9.40 – 10.00 Discussion

10.00 – 10.30 Closing remarks of the 7 th session and Closing of the Conference

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.15 Optional excursion with lunch (meeting outside the IUC)

LECTURERS

Kelsey Anderson, University of South Florida, USA ● Amela Begić, Meša Selimović High school, BiH ● Linda Bennett,

University of Memphis, USA ● Jarmila Bernasovska, University of Presov Presov, Slovakia ● Ivan Bernasovský, University of

Presov, Presov, Slovakia ● Barry Bogin, Loughborough University, UK ● Natàlia Carceller-Maicas, Universitat Rovira I Virgili,

Tarragona, Spain ● Miran Čoklo, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia ● Sindorela Doli-Kryeziu, University of

Prishtina, Kosovo ● Aleksandra Gomula, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland ● Jasminka H. Halilović, University of Tuzla, BiH

● Doug Henry, University of North Texas, USA ● Lisa Henry, University of North Texas, USA ● Jan Jeszka, Poznan University of Life Science, Poland ● Vlasta Krklec, Museums of Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia ● Peter Kunstadter, Program for HIV

Prevention and Treatment, Thailand ● Branca Legetic, Pan American Health organization – World Health Organization, USA

● Damir Marjanović, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, BiH ● Robin Mowson, University of South Florida,

USA ● Rowena Merritt, University of South Florida, USA ● Kathleen Musante, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, USA ● Natalia

Nowak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland ● Mahmooda Pasha, University of South Florida, USA ● Zrinka Premužić,

Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia ● Pavao Rudan, Croatian Anthropological Society and Croatian Academy of

Sciences and Arts ● Barbara Rylko-Bauer, Michigan State University, USA ● Joško Sindik, Institute for Anthropological

Research, Croatia ● Amy Speier, University of Texas Arlington, USA ● Anita Sujoldžić, Institute for Anthropological Research,

Croatia ● Susan Squires, University of North Texas, USA ● Ines Varela Silva, Loughborough University, UK ● Maruška

Vidovič, National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia ● Linda Whiteford, University of South Florida, USA ● Malgorzata

Wozniewicz, Poznan University of Life Science, Poland ● Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kyushu University, Japan ● Tatiana

Zborovskaya, Russian Academy Of Sciences Moscow, Russia

ORGANIZERS

Croatian Anthropological Society ● Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia ● Department for Natural

Sciences, Anthropological Center and Scientific Council for Anthropological Research of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts ● Croatian Medical Association, Croatian Society for Medical Anthropology ● Academy of Medical Sciences of

Croatia ● Comission on Medical Anthropology and Epidemiology, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological

Sciences ● University of Memphis, USA ● University of South Florida, USA

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE

Pavao Rudan, Croatian Anthropological Society; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Saša Missoni, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia

Linda Bennett, University of Memphis, USA

Linda Whiteford, University of South Florida, USA

Lisa Henry, University of North Texas, USA

Barbara Rylko-Bauer, Michigan State University, USA

Doug Henry, University of North Texas, USA

Peter Kunstadter, Program for HIV Prevention and Treatment, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Kelsey Anderson, University of South Florida, USA

Morana Jarec, Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia

SPONSORS

Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia

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