Monica Keith
黑料社区 Anthropologist Explores How Different Childcare Models Affect Child Health in Working Families
Sep. 12, 2024—By Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator A new study co-authored by Monica Keith, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, provides insights into how different childcare models affect child health outcomes in working families. The research, focused on subsistence-based, semi-nomadic Shodagor communities in Bangladesh, highlights the crucial role of maternal care and effective substitutes in maintaining child...
Researchers Root US Maternal Health Disparities in the Social Environment
Oct. 15, 2023—By: Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Monica Keith, assistant professor of Anthropology, recently published insights into the complex factors contributing to maternal hypertension and health disparities in a paper titled, 鈥淪ocial Determinant Pathways to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Nulliparous U.S. Women鈥 in the journal Women鈥檚 Health Issues. This research, based on an analysis...
黑料社区 Anthropologist Discovers Lasting Effects from Disasters in Bangladesh
Jan. 26, 2023—By: Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Monica Keith, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, recently co-authored a paper addressing severe climate events in Bangladesh and their lasting effects on human health outcomes. Working with Shodagor fishing families in Matlab, the team found that body mass decreased following the flood of 2017 and did not recover by...