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Whose side are you on? Advocacy ethnography : Some methodological aspects of narrative portraits of disadvantaged young people, in socially critical research

- Smyth, John, McInerney, Peter

  • Authors: Smyth, John , McInerney, Peter
  • Date: 2013
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Vol. 26, no. 1 (2013), p. 1-20
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  • Description: This paper is primarily interested in opening up a strategy to counter the increasing silencing of perspectives resulting from the press towards "evidence-based" forms of research. We argue that all researchers have interests, declared or otherwise. What we advance in the paper is an approach to ethnography that is inclusive of the lives, perspective, experiences, and viewpoints of the least powerful. Methodologically we demonstrate something of how we have explored the intellectual craft and possibilities of portraiture as a way of advancing the notion of advocacy ethnography. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

The social context of osteosarcopenia : risk factors and social impact

- Brennan-Olsen, Sharon, Anderson, Kate, Beauchamp, Alison, O’Connor, Jordan, Duckham, Rachel

  • Authors: Brennan-Olsen, Sharon , Anderson, Kate , Beauchamp, Alison , O’Connor, Jordan , Duckham, Rachel
  • Date: 2022
  • Type: Text , Book chapter
  • Relation: Osteosarcopenia Chapter 17 p. 287-306
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  • Description: This multidisciplinary chapter discusses the social context of osteosarcopenia: often a neglected area of consideration for this geriatric condition. It begins by discussing the evidence regarding associations between social conditions and lifestyle risk factors for osteosarcopenia. It then argues that lifestyle risk factors during childhood and adolescence may predispose individuals to present with this geriatric condition later in life. The notion of lifecourse accumulation for osteosarcopenia risk is further explored as a conceptual model based on the psychosocial and lifestyle-related exposures beginning in utero and continuing across the lifespan. This social-biological model posits how relationships between social factors, adversity, psychological stress, inflammation, adaptation, and changes to the epigenetic signature over the lifecourse may contribute to the development of osteosarcopenia in later life. Evidence regarding a key role for health literacy in osteosarcopenia risk, prevention, and treatment is presented. Finally, a discussion of the social impact of osteosarcopenia, including identity and social isolation, brings the chapter to a close. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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