The narrative is guided by unifying themes. First, medical anthropology is actively engaged in helping to address pressing health problems around the globe through research, intervention, and policy-related initiatives. Second, illness and disease cannot be fully understood or effectively addressed by treating them solely as. Anthropology and Public Health Bridging Differences in Culture and Society. Second Edition. Hahn and Marcia C. Many serious public health problems. Courses that I teach are Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Professional Development Anthropology, Global Public Health, African American Health. Additionally, my book entitled, 'Food Choice and Obesity in Black America (2006),' used a cultural and holistic analysis of African American food preferences to. Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society 2nd edition by Hahn, Robert A., Inhorn, Marcia C. (2008) Paperback: Books - Amazon.ca.

About Me I am a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Public Health. In the department of anthropology, I teach undergraduate courses and in the department of public health, I teach graduate courses. Courses that I teach are Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Professional Development Anthropology, Global Public Health, African American Health, Ethnic Health and Health Disparities, and Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health and Health Disparities. To learn more about my courses and some of the current student activities, I developed my university teaching blog entitled, 'Course Happenings.' Feel free to view the latest Course Happenings at:. I am also founder and Director of the new Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Graduate Certificate Online Program at East Carolina University. It is a 12-credit graduate certificate online program designed specifically to provide medical and public health professionals with a new set of culturally competent public health skill sets for today's diverse, ethnic, rural and global populations.

This online graduate certificate program is based in the department of public health. It is a federally funded program by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services. We offer partial scholarships for graduate students to take the masters of public health training courses.

Feel free to view the latest ERHD program activities at:. I have also created a new set of online medical and health modules in collaboration with the Division of Continuing Studies at East Carolina University. These online modules are designed for anyone who wants to better understand health issues and improve their skills in working with today's diverse populations. Royal Rumble 1995 Rapidshare Search. Feel free to view my latest continuing professional education modules. Modest Mouse Building Nothing Out Of Something Zip. I consider myself an applied medical anthropologist with public health expertise.

I have broad-based research experience in several chronic diseases including obesity, hypertension, diabetes, prenatal care, cancer, alternative medicine, HIV/AIDS. I have published research findings in books, scholarly journals and lectured for the past 25 years on issues related to medical anthropology, health disparities, global public health, African American health, alternative medicine, and culturally competent public health programs. Feel free to view my latest activities at my Medical Anthropologist blog at:. My new book (scheduled to be published in 2013), 'The New Face of America: How the Emerging Multiracial, Multiethnic Majority is Changing the United States,' investigates what it means to be multiracial and/or multiethnic in the United States, examining issues involved from personal, societal, and cultural perspectives.