Diabetes Among the Pima - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Diabetes Among the Pima write by Carolyn Smith-Morris. This book was released on 2008-03-01. Diabetes Among the Pima available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For the past forty years, the Pima Indians living in the Gila River Indian Community have been among the most consistently studied diabetic populations in the world. But despite many medical advances, the epidemic is continuing and prevalence rates are increasing. Diabetes among the Pima is the first in-depth ethnographic volume to delve into the entire spectrum of causes, perspectives, and conditions that underlie the occurrence of diabetes in this community. Drawing on the narratives of pregnant Pima women and nearly ten yearsÕ work in this community, this book reveals the PimasÕ perceptions and understanding of type 2 and gestational diabetes, and their experience as they live in the midst of a health crisis. Arguing that the prenatal period could offer the best hope for curbing this epidemic, Smith-Morris investigates many core values informing the PimasÕ experience of diabetes: motherhood, foodways, ethnic identity, exercise, attitude toward health care, and a willingness to seek care. Smith-Morris contrasts gripping first-person narratives with analyses of several political, economic, and biomedical factors that influence diabetes among the Pimas. She also integrates major theoretical explanations for the disease and illuminates the strengths and weaknesses of intervention strategies and treatment. An important contribution to the ongoing struggle to understand and prevent diabetes, this volume will be of special interest to experts in the fields of epidemiology, genetics, public health, and anthropology. Click here for a Facilitator's Guide to Diabetes among the Pima
The Pima Indians
The Pima Indians - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pima Indians write by Frank Russell. This book was released on 1908. The Pima Indians available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Pima Indians
The Pima Indians - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pima Indians write by Frank Russell. This book was released on 1908. The Pima Indians available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Pima Past
A Pima Past - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Pima Past write by Anna Moore Shaw. This book was released on 2016-12-15. A Pima Past available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In simple, unaffected prose, Mrs. Shaw constructs a moving saga of Native Americans caught between their tribal past and a Europeanized present. . . . Some of the most interesting passages deal with the wrenching realities of Indian life on the reservation in the years around the turn of the century, when the Indian male as a warrior found himself bereft of his very reason for being and forced to endeavor to become a farmer."—Journal of Arizona History "A most interesting book. . . . [Shaw's] account of how the Pima Indians lived, their family structure, how they reared their children, courtship and marriage, how they treated their elders, their religious practices before the coming of a Christian missionary in 1870, and their accommodation with death are related in language that can be easily understood by the layman and, yet, provide information which can be used by the sociologist and anthropologist."—Journal of the West "The current trend in books written by American Indians is to idealize the Indian past while condemning white culture. This volume is a notable exception because its author is old enough to remember the past and because she has been successful in adapting those elements of white culture which she found useful without sacrificing this essential heritage. . . . The style is simple and straightforward, that of a good storyteller which reaches all adult levels."—Choice "Simple and charming reminiscences of the old Pima ways at the turn of the century when they still prevailed and of the changes which recent decades have brought about in the lives of the desert people."—Books of the Southwest "Throughout [Shaw's] account a special kind of humor, sensitivity, and pride is revealed when discussing her peoples and her own personal experiences."—The Masterkey
Diverting the Gila
Diverting the Gila - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Diverting the Gila write by David H. DeJong. This book was released on 2021-05-11. Diverting the Gila available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Diverting the Gilaexplores the complex web of tension, distrust, and political maneuvering to divide and divert the scarce waters of Arizona's Gila River among residents of Florence, Casa Grande, and the Pima Indians in the early part of the twentieth century. It is the sequel to David H. DeJong's 2009 Stealing the Gila, and it continues to tell the story of the forerunner to the San Carlos Irrigation Project and the Gila River Indian Community's struggle to regain access to their water.
