The buccra-massa and the little man's broker in a Jamaican sugartown: Implications for community health education

Economics and youth violence: crime, disadvantage, and community

“…Th e street identities just referred to are remarkably consonant with the requirements for a personal reputation within the "reputation versus respectability" identity continuum fi rst identifi ed by P. J. Wilson (1973) in the Caribbean and amplifi ed by Whitehead (Whitehead 1992;Whitehead, Peterson, & Kaljee 1994) as a framework for understanding male-gendered risk behavior in a context of historical and structural constraints.…”

Economics and youth violence: crime, disadvantage, and community

“…Th e street identities just referred to are remarkably consonant with the requirements for a personal reputation within the "reputation versus respectability" identity continuum fi rst identifi ed by P. J. Wilson (1973) in the Caribbean and amplifi ed by Whitehead (Whitehead 1992;Whitehead, Peterson, & Kaljee 1994) as a framework for understanding male-gendered risk behavior in a context of historical and structural constraints.…”

Brokers on the Ward

“…Such brokerage for profit is only possible if the parties between which the broker operates are unable or unwilling to communicate directly with each other. The inability to communicate directly can, for example, be based on social or geographical distance, different languages, physical, professional, or administrative constraints, gender, and other rules governing correct social behaviour (e.g., Whitehead, 1984), class difference, fear of pollution, lack of knowledge about the other party, political pressure, and convenience or practical reasons such as the division of work. Unwillingness to communicate may partly overlap with the above reasons given for inability; there is often only a thin line between what people cannot do and what they do not want to do.…”

“…A field where the broker seems particularly relevant is healthcare. Medical anthropologists and other social scientists have emphasised the importance of mediation and "translation," particularly in the often difficult and inefficient communication between professionals and "lay" clients, but also in other domains of health and health services (e.g., Whitehead, 1984;Kaufert and Koolage, 1984;Schwab et al, 1988;Jezewski, 1990;Sachs and Tomson, 1994;Reeler, 1996). Communication, moreover, is a vital condition for fostering trust in treatment relationships and consequently for the quality of medical care (Rosendal Østergaard, 2015).…”

Good Bye to Mr. ABA! A Personal Tribute to Ira E. Harrison

“…1 1 I used Ira’s work with Sheila Cominsky (1976–84) to inform my interviews with traditional healers in Cameroon in 1981 (Whitehead 1984) and his later work with Airhihenbuwa (1993) to inform the design and data analysis from my two days of focus interviews with traditional healers from several African countries during the 1996 annual meetings of the National Council of International Health. …”

Economics and youth violence: crime, disadvantage, and community

“…Th e street identities just referred to are remarkably consonant with the requirements for a personal reputation within the "reputation versus respectability" identity continuum fi rst identifi ed by P. J. Wilson (1973) in the Caribbean and amplifi ed by Whitehead (Whitehead 1992;Whitehead, Peterson, & Kaljee 1994) as a framework for understanding male-gendered risk behavior in a context of historical and structural constraints.…”

Brokers on the Ward

“…Such brokerage for profit is only possible if the parties between which the broker operates are unable or unwilling to communicate directly with each other. The inability to communicate directly can, for example, be based on social or geographical distance, different languages, physical, professional, or administrative constraints, gender, and other rules governing correct social behaviour (e.g., Whitehead, 1984), class difference, fear of pollution, lack of knowledge about the other party, political pressure, and convenience or practical reasons such as the division of work. Unwillingness to communicate may partly overlap with the above reasons given for inability; there is often only a thin line between what people cannot do and what they do not want to do.…”

“…A field where the broker seems particularly relevant is healthcare. Medical anthropologists and other social scientists have emphasised the importance of mediation and "translation," particularly in the often difficult and inefficient communication between professionals and "lay" clients, but also in other domains of health and health services (e.g., Whitehead, 1984;Kaufert and Koolage, 1984;Schwab et al, 1988;Jezewski, 1990;Sachs and Tomson, 1994;Reeler, 1996). Communication, moreover, is a vital condition for fostering trust in treatment relationships and consequently for the quality of medical care (Rosendal Østergaard, 2015).…”

Good Bye to Mr. ABA! A Personal Tribute to Ira E. Harrison

“…1 1 I used Ira’s work with Sheila Cominsky (1976–84) to inform my interviews with traditional healers in Cameroon in 1981 (Whitehead 1984) and his later work with Airhihenbuwa (1993) to inform the design and data analysis from my two days of focus interviews with traditional healers from several African countries during the 1996 annual meetings of the National Council of International Health. …”

Economics and youth violence: crime, disadvantage, and community

“…Th e street identities just referred to are remarkably consonant with the requirements for a personal reputation within the "reputation versus respectability" identity continuum fi rst identifi ed by P. J. Wilson (1973) in the Caribbean and amplifi ed by Whitehead (Whitehead 1992;Whitehead, Peterson, & Kaljee 1994) as a framework for understanding male-gendered risk behavior in a context of historical and structural constraints.…”

Brokers on the Ward

“…Such brokerage for profit is only possible if the parties between which the broker operates are unable or unwilling to communicate directly with each other. The inability to communicate directly can, for example, be based on social or geographical distance, different languages, physical, professional, or administrative constraints, gender, and other rules governing correct social behaviour (e.g., Whitehead, 1984), class difference, fear of pollution, lack of knowledge about the other party, political pressure, and convenience or practical reasons such as the division of work. Unwillingness to communicate may partly overlap with the above reasons given for inability; there is often only a thin line between what people cannot do and what they do not want to do.…”

“…A field where the broker seems particularly relevant is healthcare. Medical anthropologists and other social scientists have emphasised the importance of mediation and "translation," particularly in the often difficult and inefficient communication between professionals and "lay" clients, but also in other domains of health and health services (e.g., Whitehead, 1984;Kaufert and Koolage, 1984;Schwab et al, 1988;Jezewski, 1990;Sachs and Tomson, 1994;Reeler, 1996). Communication, moreover, is a vital condition for fostering trust in treatment relationships and consequently for the quality of medical care (Rosendal Østergaard, 2015).…”

Good Bye to Mr. ABA! A Personal Tribute to Ira E. Harrison

“…1 1 I used Ira’s work with Sheila Cominsky (1976–84) to inform my interviews with traditional healers in Cameroon in 1981 (Whitehead 1984) and his later work with Airhihenbuwa (1993) to inform the design and data analysis from my two days of focus interviews with traditional healers from several African countries during the 1996 annual meetings of the National Council of International Health. …”