Search Results - "Schwartz, Norah Anita"

Adaptive sport as affirmation: "We focus on our strengths, not our disabilities" by Schwartz, Norah Anita, von Glascoe, Christine Alysse

“…This paper offers a counter-narrative to the stereotype of people with physical and cognitive impairments being less inclined to participate in athletic…”
Get full text

“Where they (live, work and) spray”: Pesticide exposure, childhood asthma and environmental justice among Mexican-American farmworkers by Schwartz, Norah Anita, von Glascoe, Christine Alysse, Torres, Victor, Ramos, Lorena, Soria-Delgado, Claudia

“…Asthma prevalence is reportedly low for children of Mexican descent compared with other ethnic groups and Latino subgroups. The results of our exploratory…”
Get full text

The Body in the Mirror: Breast Cancer, Liminality and Borderlands by Schwartz, Norah Anita, von Glascoe, Christine Alysse

“…Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, and has a high mortality rate in northern Mexico. Its high rates present one of the principal…”
Get full text

Contested Spaces: Crossing the United States-Mexico Border for Breast Cancer Care—Or Not by Schwartz, Norah Anita, Baek, Jong-Deuk

“…Place-based structural and social barriers to health care on either side of the United States-Mexico border exist for immigrant women with breast cancer…”
Get full text

Childhood Asthma, Air Quality, and Social Suffering Among Mexican Americans in California's San Joaquin Valley: "Nobody Talks to Us Here" by Schwartz, Norah Anita, Pepper, David

“…Nearly one in five Mexican American children residing in California's San Joaquin Valley (the Valley) in 2007 had an asthma attack at some point in their life…”
Get full text

Nonprescription Antibiotic Therapy: Cultural Models on Both Sides of the Counter and Both Sides of the Border by Gartin, Meredith, Brewis, Alexandra A., Schwartz, Norah Anita

“…Antibiotic resistance is a global public health threat exacerbated by medically unwarranted or improper antibiotic use. Pharmacy counters at the U.S.-Mexico…”
Get full text

Nonprescription Antibiotic Therapy by Gartin, Meredith, Brewis, Alexandra A., Schwartz, Norah Anita

“…Antibiotic resistance is a global public health threat exacerbated by medically unwarranted or improper antibiotic use. Pharmacy counters at the U.S.–Mexico…”
Get full text

Childhood Asthma on the Northern Mexico Border by SCHWARTZ, NORAH ANITA

“…Children with asthma living on the northern Mexico border suffer not only from the physical aspects of this condition, but also from the lack of a clear…”
Get full text

“Siento que me ahogo”: Childhood asthma, medical pluralism and the Mexican frontier by Schwartz, Norah Anita

“…Asthma is one of the most common, yet least understood of all childhood illnesses. However, little ethnographic research has been conducted on this or other…”
Get full text