Getting THINGS Right: Mothers and Material Culture

Getting a Few Things Right and Many Things Wrong

First things first: getting primary care right.

G IVEN THE BROAD AGENDA, HIGH EXPECtations , increasing patient complexity, growing evidence base, intensifying threats to provider work dissatisfaction , and the worsening workforce shortage of primary care physicians, there is an urgent need to fix the problems of primary care. Primary care has been marginalized, and our own professional societies have encountered numerous obstacles in advoca...

Getting it right when things go wrong.

“It’s a balance of just getting things right”: mothers’ views about pre-school childhood obesity and obesity prevention in Scotland

BACKGROUND The high prevalence of childhood obesity is a concern for policy makers and health professionals, leading to a focus on early prevention. The beliefs and perspectives of parents about early childhood obesity, and their views and opinions about the need for weight management interventions for this age group are poorly understood. METHODS A formative qualitative focus group study wit...

Maize as Material Culture? Amazonian Theories of Persons and Things