Residential context, institutional alloparental care, and child growth in Jamaica

Nelson, Robin

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“…In our study, health-related behavioral problems and a higher incidence of chronic disease were found in adolescents not living with families, which is consistent with previous studies [ 42 , 43 ]. For example, one study showed that young children who lived with family members had better growth measurements (a long-term health indicator) than their peers living in institutional settings [ 44 ]; students living at home practised more sports and more frequently consumed raw and cooked vegetables, fish, meat and poultry, fresh fruit, eggs, bread/cereals, and hence were in better health conditions [ 45 ]. Conversely, students living away from home consumed more packaged/ready food, beer and spirits, milk and chips.…”

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Living Arrangements and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Adolescents Who Migrate from Rural to Urban Schools: Mediating Effect of Social Support

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Changes in living arrangements (from living with, or not living with family) may affect the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to investigate the impact of living arrangement on HRQoL among adolescents migrating from rural to urban schools, and whether social support, in addition to living with a family, had an impact. A cross-sectional survey of 459 school adolescents was carried out in two public schools in Guyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China in 2015. The survey contained the following questionnaires: a self-designed questionnaire, the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), and the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS). Of the 459 adolescents sampled (aged 15.41 ± 1.07 years with range of 13 to 18), 61.7% were living with family, and 38.3% were not living with family. Those students not living with families had lower Mental Component Scale (MCS) scores as well as less social support overall. Those students, who were not living with families, also reported more chronic health problems and more alcohol consumption compared to those students living with families. Social support was a statistically significant mediating factor on the effect of living arrangements on MCS. Our findings demonstrated that those students, who were not living with families, tended to have more health-related quality of life issues, but social support partially mediated the relationship between living arrangements and health.

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“…For example, studies of WEIRD populations have implicated poor attachment and neglect to a range of downstream issues, including but not limited to, disordered eating, impaired language development, poor emotional regulation and behavioral issues (Brumariu et al, 2012; van IJzendoorn et al, 1995; Ward et al, 2000). Evidence also supports the relationship between attentive caretaking and child physical growth (Black et al, 1994; Fuemmeler et al, 2012; Robin G Nelson, 2016). These findings suggest that at its core, there are some behaviors that must be present to support child thriving.…”

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“…Environmental context and resource availability may also affect the allocation of alloparental care (Martin et al, 2020). Additionally, research on Caribbean families highlights that not all alloparental care is equally beneficial (Flinn & Leone, 2009; Robin G Nelson, 2016). This flexibility in choice of alloparents and the utility of their care has lead Bogin and colleagues (Bogin et al, 2014) to argue that cooperative breeding is a misnomer for this observed human behavior.…”

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Theoretical constraints: Science, caretaking, and the creation of normative ideals

Nelson

2021

American J Hum Biol

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Objectives This review explores the dualism in evolutionary anthropology that both acknowledges a broad range of familial caretaking strategies, while also remaining tethered to theories scaffolded around notions of selfish genes that constrain our understanding of who provides adequate kin care. I examine the process of norm creation in the sciences by investigating how theory may limit which data are collected and how those data are interpreted. Methods This paper serves as a literature review and critique of prominent biological, evolutionary, and psychological conceptualizations of parental investment and caretaking in humans, and how these studies shape what is considered normal behavior in scientific literature. Results Quantification, assessment, and theory building in evolutionary anthropology, and an oversampling of WEIRD communities in other disciplines, have limited our understanding of what constitutes both evolutionarily adaptive behaviors, and culturally specific human behaviors. Conclusions A synthetic theoretical model of behavioral norms in childrearing must account for an exchange of psycho‐social and cultural resources and skills, the transfer of energetic reserves via gestation and lactation, and the indirect benefits of genetic inheritance. The emphasis on tailoring data collection to fit evolutionary theories of the family has limited our ability to understand the diverse proximate mechanisms that humans employ in taking care of kin as biocultural reproducers.

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“…Biological anthropologists are experts at teasing apart the complexities of biocultural interactions that inform what it is to be human, examining how broad‐ranging factors such as market acculturation (Godoy et al, 2005; Liebert et al, 2013), parenting strategies (McKenna et al, 2007; Nelson, 2016), or socially constructed categories of race (Dressler & Bindon, 2000; Gravlee, 2009) relate to physiology including growth and development, immune function, and endocrinology. Yet we have not fully engaged with cutting‐edge understandings of variation in gender, sex, and sexuality.…”

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Challenging the binary: Gender/sex and the bio‐logics of normalcy

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Shattuck‐Heidorn

2021

American J Hum Biol

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Background We are witnessing renewed debates regarding definitions and boundaries of human gender/sex, where lines of genetics, gonadal hormones, and secondary sex characteristics are drawn to defend strict binary categorizations, with attendant implications for the acceptability and limits of gender identity and diversity. Aims Many argue for the need to recognize the entanglement of gender/sex in humans and the myriad ways that gender experience becomes biology; translating this theory into practice in human biology research is essential. Biological anthropology is well poised to contribute to these societal conversations and debates. To do this effectively, a reconsideration of our own conceptions of gender/sex, gender identity, and sexuality is necessary. Methods In this article, we discuss biological variation associated with gender/sex and propose ways forward to ensure we are engaging with gender/sex diversity. We base our analysis in the concept of “biological normalcy,” which allows consideration of the relationships between statistical distributions and normative views. We address the problematic reliance on binary categories, the utilization of group means to represent typical biologies, and document ways in which binary norms reinforce stigma and inequality regarding gender/sex, gender identity, and sexuality. Discussion and Conclusions We conclude with guidelines and methodological suggestions for how to engage gender/sex and gender identity in research. Our goal is to contribute a framework that all human biologists can use, not just those who work with gender or sexually diverse populations. We hope that in bringing this perspective to bear in human biology, that novel ideas and applications will emerge from within our own discipline.

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Residential context, institutional alloparental care, and child growth in Jamaica

Cited by 14 publications

References 92 publications

Living Arrangements and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Adolescents Who Migrate from Rural to Urban Schools: Mediating Effect of Social Support

Living Arrangements and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Adolescents Who Migrate from Rural to Urban Schools: Mediating Effect of Social Support

Theoretical constraints: Science, caretaking, and the creation of normative ideals

Challenging the binary: Gender/sex and the bio‐logics of normalcy

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