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Redefining sickle cell anemia in African American communities.
Meyappan, Janaki
Meyappan, Janaki
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2001
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Sickle cell disease,Genetic disorders,African Americans
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Meyappan, Janaki (2001). Redefining sickle cell anemia in African American communities.-- Lambda Alpha Journal, v-31, p.6-13.
Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects lout of 600 African American individuals
at birth. More than 50,000 African Americans have it today. It is a genetic
disorder that affects an individual's hemoglobin and has deleterious effects
on an individual's life (Steinberg 1999). Many studies have been done to see
the medical effects of sickle cell anemia yet it is interesting to unpack the
disease and its relevance within a particular population. The primary
objective of this analysis is the study of African-American mothers of children
with sickle cell disease and the ways in which they react to the diagnosis
and manage healthcare of their children. The mothers in the study are the
primary caregivers for their children and they are active participants,
creators, and definers of the social world in which they live. The meanings
they construct and assign to the sickle cell disease experience develop from
their own values, resources and life experience and thus differ from the
meanings medical experts assign to the disease.
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Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology
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LAJ
v.31
v.31
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0047-3928