THE APPLIED APPROACH:
The applied approach for medical anthropology is an approach where medical anthropologists are directly involved in solving health related problems, according to the ANP 204 lecture. These anthropologists can, for example, explain why certain groups of people refuse a treatment for a particular illness. Therefore, there are many anthropologists working in more U.S. hospitals to provide better and more qualitative treatments for a particular person; based not only on biomedical issues, but considers the cultural background of the patient too. Thus, these medical anthropologists combine western ideologies as well as other beliefs and customs to provide the best overall treatment possible for the patient.
Globalization would definitely have a large impact of the spread of Chronic Kidney Disease. Described in the previous pages of this website, diets that are high in sodium and fat can lead to diabetes and high blood pressure; a major cause of CKD. While major fast food industries that originated in western culture, McDonald's for example, are continually spreading to more nations around the world, so are the sodium and fat that are causing more people to be diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure. As pictured on the right, this McDonald's in Bangladesh features many of the same items found on a McDonald's menu in the United States [2]. As more of these industries are spreading and 'globalizing' more people will be diagnosed with CKD. It will be up to the individual to resist eating at these major fast food industries and to eat diets that will put their kidney in less harm.
The article "High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in a Community Survey of Urban Bangladeshis: a Cross Sectional Study" written by Drs. Anand, Khanam, Saquib, et. al. provides much insight to the ideas that were provided in the ANP 204 course. The idea of this article was to prove that people in Bangladesh with type II diabetes would approach the same rate of prevalence of CKD of the United States [1]. The authors are using the idea of globalization with respect to that CKD and type II diabetes are caused by a diet high in sodium and fat, which causes an insulin resistant in the body and thus more glucose in being filtered by the kidney more than what it can handle. The picture below shows the prevalence of CKD in Bangladesh with respect to insulin resistance [1]. The authors assumed that the diet that these Bangladeshis were similar to those of the American diet. Therefore, the authors would most likely recommend a diet that contains less fat and sodium that is lighter on the kidneys and also a diet that would lower their blood glucose.
The applied approach for medical anthropology is an approach where medical anthropologists are directly involved in solving health related problems, according to the ANP 204 lecture. These anthropologists can, for example, explain why certain groups of people refuse a treatment for a particular illness. Therefore, there are many anthropologists working in more U.S. hospitals to provide better and more qualitative treatments for a particular person; based not only on biomedical issues, but considers the cultural background of the patient too. Thus, these medical anthropologists combine western ideologies as well as other beliefs and customs to provide the best overall treatment possible for the patient.
Globalization would definitely have a large impact of the spread of Chronic Kidney Disease. Described in the previous pages of this website, diets that are high in sodium and fat can lead to diabetes and high blood pressure; a major cause of CKD. While major fast food industries that originated in western culture, McDonald's for example, are continually spreading to more nations around the world, so are the sodium and fat that are causing more people to be diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure. As pictured on the right, this McDonald's in Bangladesh features many of the same items found on a McDonald's menu in the United States [2]. As more of these industries are spreading and 'globalizing' more people will be diagnosed with CKD. It will be up to the individual to resist eating at these major fast food industries and to eat diets that will put their kidney in less harm.
The article "High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in a Community Survey of Urban Bangladeshis: a Cross Sectional Study" written by Drs. Anand, Khanam, Saquib, et. al. provides much insight to the ideas that were provided in the ANP 204 course. The idea of this article was to prove that people in Bangladesh with type II diabetes would approach the same rate of prevalence of CKD of the United States [1]. The authors are using the idea of globalization with respect to that CKD and type II diabetes are caused by a diet high in sodium and fat, which causes an insulin resistant in the body and thus more glucose in being filtered by the kidney more than what it can handle. The picture below shows the prevalence of CKD in Bangladesh with respect to insulin resistance [1]. The authors assumed that the diet that these Bangladeshis were similar to those of the American diet. Therefore, the authors would most likely recommend a diet that contains less fat and sodium that is lighter on the kidneys and also a diet that would lower their blood glucose.
References
[1] Anand, Khanam, Saquib, et al. "High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in a Community Survey of Urban Bangladeshis: a Cross Sectional Study". Globalization and Health 2014, 10:9. Published February 20, 2014. Viewed on August 11, 2012. http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/10/1/9
[2] "McDonald's to Open a Vegetarian Fast-Food Eatery in India". http://www.examiner.com/article/mcdonald-s-to-open-a-vegetarian-fast-food-eatery-india