I am excited that we will be launching a joint degree program in Anthropology and Global Health (AGH) in 2008. I see health as negotiation of interacting, overlapping and competing processes at many different levels – this program will allow students to cross disciplinary boundaries and apply mixed methodologies to important global health issues.
Research Interests:
In general, my research interests focuses on the interface of biology and culture, but I am especially interested in how social conditions interact and conflict to produce health and wellbeing at individual and population levels:
Applied Medical Anthropology
- Biosocial/biocultural perspectives on global health
- Nutrition, Reproduction, Wellbeing
- Gender
Intersections of Anthropology and Public Health
- Health disparities
- Global health initiatives
- East Africa
- Refugees
Past research
Pregnancy outcome and breastfeeding practices in rural Tanzania
Current research:
Refugee: Food insecurity in recently resettled African refugee communities, NSF with Dr. Craig Hadley.
Tanzania: A biocultural examination of the peripartum period, Wenner-Gren Foundation with Elizabeth Abrams.
Publications
In prep |
Patil, CL. Food aversions and cravings and pregnancy sickness among the Iraqw of Tanzania |
| Under review |
Patil, CL, Maripuu, Tiina, Hadley, Craig, and Daniel Sellen. Gaps in Canadian Refugee Health Research. To be submitted to the Canadian Journal of Public Health. |
| Under review |
Hadley, Craig and CL Patil. Difficulty in the food environment and the experience of food insecurity among resettled refugees. |
| Under review |
Hadley, Craig and CL Patil. Perceived discrimination among three groups of refugees resettled in the USA: Language, time in the USA, gender, and continent of origin. |
2008 |
Patil, CL and Craig Hadley. Symptoms of anxiety and depression and mother’s marital status: An exploratory analysis of polygyny and psychosocial stress. American Journal of Human Biology. |
2008 |
Patil, CL and Craig Hadley. Unpacking dietary acculturation among African refugees. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2008 Feb 6 [Epub ahead of print] |
2008 |
Hadley, Craig and CL Patil. Seasonal changes in household food insecurity and symptoms of anxiety and depression. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135(2): 225-232. |
2006 |
Pike, IL and CL Patil. Understanding women's burdens: preliminary findings on psychosocial health among Datoga and Iraqw women of northern Tanzania. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry 30(3): 299-330. |
2006 |
Hadley, Craig and CL Patil. Food insecurity in rural Tanzania is associated with maternal anxiety and depression. American Journal of Human Biology 18(3): 359-368. |
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