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Edited Books      Top

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1. Sobo, E. & P. Kurtin, eds. (n press). Optimizing Care for Young Children with Special Health Care Needs: Knowing and Navigating the System. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.
   
   

2. Sobo, E. & P. Kurtin, eds. (2003). Child Health Services Research: Applications, Innovations, and Insights. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
   
   

3. Sobo, E. & S. Bell, eds. (2001). Celibacy, Culture, and Society: The Anthropology of Sexual Abstinence. University of Wisconsin.
   
   

4. Russell, A., E. Sobo & M. Thompson, eds. (2000). Contraception across Cultures Technologies: Choices, Constraints. Oxford: Berg.
   
   

5. de Munck, V. & E. Sobo (1998). Using Methods in the Field: a Practical Introduction and Casebook. AltaMira.

Edited Journal Special Issues    Top

1. Sobo, E., ed. (1999) Anthropology & Medicine: Special Issue on HIV/AIDS; Vol. 6, No. 1.
   
   

2. Sobo, E. & A. Russell, eds.  (1997). Anthropology & Medicine: Special Issue on Contraception; Vol. 1, No. 2.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles   Top

1. Sobo, E; Bowman, C; Gifford, A. (Recommended for Publication). Behind the scenes in healthcare improvement: The complex structures and emergent strategies of implementation science. Social Science & Medicine.
   
   
2. Sobo, E; Bowman, C; Asch, S; Goetz, M; Gifford, A. (In press for December 2008). “A Routine Thing”: Clinician Strategies for Implementing HIV Testing for At-Risk Patients in a Busy Healthcare Organization (and Implications for Implementation of other New Practice Recommendations) Anthropology & Medicine.
   
   
3. Sobo, E; Bowman, C; Halloran, J; Aarons, G; Asch, S; Gifford, A.  (In press for Winter 2008).  Enhancing Organizational Change and Improvement Prospects: Lessons from an HIV Testing Intervention for Veterans. Human Organization.
   
   
4. Bowman, C; Sobo, EJ; Asch, S; Gifford, A. (2008). Measuring Persistence of Implementation: QUERI series. Implementation Science 3:21.
   
   
5. Sobo, EJ; Seid, M; Gelhard, L. (2006).  Parent-identified barriers to pediatric health care: A process-oriented model and method.  Health Services Research. 41(1):148-172.
   
   
6. Bethell, C; Simpson, L; Read, D; Sobo, EJ; Latzke, B; Hedges, S; Kurtin, PS.  (2006). Communication and the Quality and Safety of Hospital Care for Children from Spanish Speaking Limited English Proficient Families. Journal for Healthcare Quality Online.
   
   
7. Sobo, EJ; Eng, B; Kassity, N. (2006). Canine Visitation (‘Pet’) Therapy: Pilot Data on Decreases in Pediatric Pain. Holistic Nursing. 24(1):51-57.
   
   
8. Sobo, EJ (2005). Anthropology and the Artifacts of Medicine. Reviews in Anthropology. 32(2):145-156.
   
   
9. Sobo, EJ (2005). Parents’ Perceptions of Pediatric Day Surgery Risks: Unforeseeable Complications, or Avoidable Mistakes? Social Science & Medicine. 60(10):2341-2350.
   
   
10. Prussing, E; Sobo, EJ; Walker, E; Kurtin, P.  (2005). Between 'desperation' and disability rights: a narrative analysis of complementary/alternative medicine use by parents for children with Down syndrome. Social Science and Medicine. 60(3):587-598.
    
    
11. Prussing, E; Sobo, EJ; Walker, E; Dennis, K; Kurtin, P. (2004) Communicating about complementary/alternative medicine: Perspectives from parents of children with Down syndrome. Ambulatory Pediatrics 4(6):488-494.
    
    
12. Seid, MS; Sobo, EJ; Gelhard, L; Varni, JW.  (2004). Parents' reports of barriers to care for children with special health care needs: Development and Validation of the Barriers to Care Questionnaire. Ambulatory Pediatrics 4(4):323-331.
    
    
13. Sobo, E. (2004). Good Communication in Pediatric Cancer Care: A Culturally-Informed Research Agenda. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing (special issue). 21(3):150-154.
    
    
14. Sobo, EJ. (2004). Nurses’ knowledge of parent or patient communication needs in a pediatric cancer unit: Room for improvement. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 19(3):253-262.
    
    
15. Sobo, E.J. & M. Seid. (2003). Cultural issues in health services delivery: What kind of ‘competence’ is needed?  Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education. 9(2):97-100.
    
    
16. Sobo, E., Simmes, D., Landsverk, J., & Kurtin, P.S. (2003). Rapid assessment with qualitative telephone interviews: Lessons from an evaluation of California’s Healthy Families program & Medi-cal for children. American Journal of Evaluation. 24(3):399-408.
    
    
17. Sobo, E. (2003). A Model Protocol for Applying Anthropology in Rapid Health Services Evaluations. Practicing Anthropology.  25(2):39-42.
    
    
18. Sobo, E. & Kurtin, P. (2003). Variation in physicians’ definitions of the competent parent and other barriers to guideline adherence: the case of pediatric minor head injury management. Social Science & Medicine. 56(12):2479-2491.
    
    
19. Sobo, E. & Sadler, B. (2002). Improving Organizational Communication and Cohesion in a Healthcare Setting through Employee-Leadership Exchange. Human Organization. 61(3):277-287.
    
    
20. Sobo, E., Billman, G., Lim, L., Murdock, W., Romero, E., Donaghue, D., Roberts, W., Kurtin, P.S. (2002). A Rapid Interview Protocol supporting Patient-centered Quality Improvement: Hearing the Voice of the Parent in a Pediatric Cancer Unit. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 28(9):498-509.
    
    
21. Sobo, E. (2001). Trust, Hope, and the Rationalization of Medical Risk through Talk of Trust: An Exploration of Elective Eye Surgery Narratives. Anthropology & Medicine  8(2/3):265-278.
    
    
22. Sobo, E. & C. Rock (2001). "You ate all that!?": caretaker-child interaction during children's assisted dietary recall interviews. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 15(2):222-244.
    
    
23. Sobo, E., Andriese, S. Stroup, C., Morgan, D., and Kurtin, P.S (2001) Developing Indicators for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System Evaluation and Quality Improvement: A Statewide Demonstration and Planning Project.  The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 27(3):138-154.
    
    
24. Zoumas, C., Rock, C., Neuhouser, M., Sobo, E. (2001). Children's patterns of macronutrient intake and associations with restaurant and home eating. Journal of the American Dietetic Association.101(8):923-925.
    
    
25. Sobo, E., C. Rock, M. Neuhouser, T. Maciel & D. Neumark-Sztainer (2000). Caretaker-child Interaction during Children’s 24-Hour Dietary Recalls: Who Adds What to the Recall Record? Journal of the American Dietetic Association 100(4):428-433.
    
    
26. McEligot, A., C. Rock, E. Sobo, & S. Flatt (2000). Food Avoidance by Women at Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence. Journal of Cancer Education.15(3):151-155.
    
    
27. Rock, C., A. McEligot, S. Flatt, E. Sobo, D. Wilfley, V. Jones, K. Hollenbach & X. Marx (2000). Eating Pathology and Obesity in Women at Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence. Int J Eating Disorders 27:172-179.
    
    
28. Cecil, H., G. Zimet, E. Sobo & T. Zimmerman (1998). AIDS-related Mistrust among Adolescent Runaways. Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education for Adolescents and Children 2(3/4):7-20.
    
    
29. Sobo, E., G. Zimet, H. Cecil & T. Zimmerman (1997). Doubting the Experts: AIDS Conspiracy Rhetoric and AIDS Misconceptions among Runaway Adolescents. Human Organization 56(3):311-320.
    
    
30. Sobo, E. (1997). Self-disclosure and Self-construction among HIV-Positive People: The Rhetorical Uses of Stereotypes and Sex. Anthropology & Medicine 4(1):67-87.
    
    
31. Sobo, E. (1997). Reproductive Health Traditions in the Caribbean. Journal of Caribbean Studies, Special Issue: Health and Disease in the Caribbean 12:72-94.
    
    
32. Sobo, E. (1996). The Jamaican Body's Role in Emotional Experience and Sense Perception. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 20:313-342.
    
    
33. Sobo, E. (1996). Abortion Traditions in Rural Jamaica. Social Science and Medicine 42(4):495-508.
    
    
34. Sobo, E. (1995). Romance, Finance, Social Support, and Condom Use Among Impoverished Urban African-American Women. Human Organization 54(2):115-128.
    
    
35. Sobo, E. (1995). Insider Experiences of HIV Seropositivity Self-Disclosure to Sexual Partners and their Implications for Counseling Strategies. Anthropology in Action 2(3):21-24.
    
    
36. Sobo, E. (1995). HIV Seropositivity Self-Disclosure to Partners: Implications for Client Care. Holistic Nursing Practice 10(1):18-28.
    
    
37. Zimet, G., E. Sobo, T. Zimmerman, J. Jackson, J. Mortimer, C. Yanda, R. Lazenik (1995). Sexual Behaviors, Drug Use, and AIDS Knowledge Among Midwestern Runaways. Youth and Society 26(4):450-462.
    
    
38. Sobo, E. (1994). Menstruation: An Ethnophysiological Defense Against Pathogens. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 38(1):36-40.
    
    
39. Sobo, E. (1994). Attitudes Toward HIV Testing Among Urban Impoverished African-American Women.  Medical Anthropology 16(2):17-38.
    
    
40. Sobo, E. (1993). Meaning and Its Usefulness for HIV/AIDS Interventions. Practicing Anthropology 15(4):56-58.
    
    
41. Sobo, E. (1993). Inner-city Women and AIDS: The Psycho-social Benefits of Unsafe Sex. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 17(4):455-485.
    
    
42. Sobo, E. (1993). Bodies, Kin, and Flow: Family Planning in Rural Jamaica. Medical Anthropology Quarterly n.s. 7(1):50-73.

Book Chapters    Top

1. Sobo, EJ. (Submitted). “Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs: ‘Once we got there, it was fine’.” In Lenore Manderson and Carolyn Smith-Morris, eds., Chronic Conditions, Fluid States: Globalization and the Anthropology of Illness. Rutgers University Press.
   
   
2. Seid, M; Opipari, L; Sobo, E. (Submitted). “Families' interactions with the health-care system: Implications for adherence and HRQOL.” In Roberts, Michael, ed., Handbook of Pediatric Psychology on Health Care and Medical Systems (4th edition). The Guilford Press.
   
   
3. Sobo, E. (2008). Paradigm Shifts: The Duckie-Rabbit and other Illusions. In Patricia Rice and David McCurdy, Strategies for Teaching Anthropology (5th edition), pp.83-88. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson / Prentice Hall.
   
   
4. Sobo, E.J. (2007). Mastering the Health Care System for Children with Special Health Care Needs In: Sobo, EJ & P Kurtin, eds. Optimizing Care for Young Children with Special Health Care Needs: Knowledge and Strategies for Navigating the System, pp.209-234. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.
   
   
5. Sobo, E.J. (2004). Theoretical and Applied Issues in Cross-Cultural Health Research. In: Ember, C. and Ember, M. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures (Vol. 1), pp. 3-12. New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
   
   
6. Sobo, E. (2003). Prevention and healing in the Household: The Importance of Socio-Cultural Context. In Sobo, E.J. & Kurtin, P.S., eds., Child Health Services Research: Applications, Innovations, and Insights, pp. 67-119.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
   
   
7. Gidwani, P., Sobo, E.J., Seid, M., & Kurtin, P.S. (2003). Laying the Foundation: Identifying Major Issues in Applied Child Health Services Research. In Sobo, E.J. & Kurtin, P.S., eds., Child Health Services Research: Applications, Innovations, and Insights, pp. 25-63. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
   
   
8. Richardson, P., Sobo, E.J., & Stuckey, E. (2003). Standardized Approaches to Clinical Care: Pathways and Disease Management In Sobo, E.J. & Kurtin, P.S., eds., Child Health Services Research: Applications, Innovations, and Insights, pp. 275-309.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
   
   
9. Seid, M., Sobo, E.J., Zivkovic, M., Davodi-Far, M., & Nelson, M. (2003). Conceptual Models of Quality of Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) for Vulnerable Children In Sobo, E.J. & Kurtin, P.S., eds., Child Health Services Research: Applications, Innovations, and Insights, pp. 243-274. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
   
   
10. Bell, S. & E. Sobo (2001). Celibacy in Cross-cultural Perspective. In E. Sobo and S. Bell (eds.), Celibacy, Culture, and Society: The Anthropology of Sexual Abstinence, pp.3-26.
    
    
11. Sobo, E. (2000). The Sweetness of Fat: Health, Procreation, and Sociability in Rural Jamaica, In Eicher, J., Evenson, S., & Lutz, H., eds., The Visible Self: Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture, and Society (2nd ed.) New York: Fairchild , pp.384-88 (reprinted from N. Sault, ed., Many Mirrors, 1994, and C. Counihan and P. Van Esterik, eds., Food and Culture: A Reader, 1997).
    
    
12. Sobo, E. (1998). What do Women Really Want? Love, Money, and AIDS. In V. de Munck (ed.), Romantic Love and Sexual Behavior: Perspectives from the Social Sciences, 203-231. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
    
    
13. Sobo, E. & V. de Munck (1998). The Forest of Methods. In V. de Munck and E.J. Sobo (eds.), Using Methods in the Field: a Practical Introduction and Casebook, 13-37.SAGE/AltaMira.
    
    
14. Sobo, E. (1997). Menstrual Taboos, Witchcraft Babies, and Social Relations: Women's Health Traditions in Jamaica. In C. Lopez Springfield (ed.), Daughters of Caliban: Women in the 20th Century Caribbean. Indiana University Press, pp.143-170.
    
    
15. Sobo, E. (1997, 2006). The Sweetness of Fat: Health, Procreation, and Sociability in Rural Jamaica, In C. Counihan and P. Van Esterik (eds.), Food and Culture: A Reader (2nd edition issued in 2006) New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers, pp. (reprinted from N. Sault, ed., Many Mirrors, Rutgers University Press, 1994).
    
    
16. Sobo, E. (1997). Love, Jealousy, and Unsafe Sex Among Impoverished Inner-City Women. In M. Singer (ed.), The Political Economy of AIDS, pp. 75-103. Amityville, NY: Baywood.
    
    
17. Sobo, E. (1997). Caribbean Healing Traditions, In S. Heffner (ed), Ancient Healing: Unlocking the Mysteries of Health & Healing Through the Ages, pp. 339-367. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International.
    
    
18. Wedenoja, W. & E. Sobo (1997). Culture and Unconscious Motivation. In D. Munro, J.F. Schumaker, & S.C. Carr (eds.), Motivation and Culture. New York: Routledge, pp. 159-177.
    
    
19. Sobo, E. (1996). Pregnancy Loss in Rural Jamaican Tradition. In R. Cecil (ed.), Pregnancy Loss Cross-culturally. Oxford, Berg Publishers, pp. 39-58.
    
    
20. Sobo, E. (1994). The Sweetness of Fat: Health, Procreation, and Sociability in Rural Jamaica, In N. Sault (ed.), Body Image and Social Meaning. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, pp.132-154.
    
    
21. Sobo, E. (1992). "Unclean Deeds": Menstrual Taboos and Binding "Ties" in Rural Jamaica. In M. Nichter (ed.), Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Ethnomedicine. New York: Gordon and Breach, pp.101-26.
    
    

Editorials, Case Reports, Essays, Book Reviews and etcetera   Top

1. Boyd, D; Boyd, M; Sarkis, C; Sobo, EJ. (2008). Medical Travel of US-based Patients to Brazil. Brazil Business Report 2(1):12-13.
   
   
2. Sobo, EJ. (2008) Midlife and Older Women: Family life, work, and health in Jamaica, by Joan Rawlins [book review]. Anthropology and Aging Quarterly 29(1).
   
   
3. Huby, G; Hart, L; McKevitt, C; Sobo, E. (2007).  Addressing the complexity of healthcare: The practical potential of ethnography [editorial].  Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 12(4):193-194.
   
   
4. Council on Infant and Child Health and Welfare (CICH) [Clark, CD; Duque, MC; Rosen, D & E. Sobo]. (2007). The Rights of Children: Public Policy Statement. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 21(2):234-238.
   
   
5. Sobo, E. & S. Bell (2007) Abstinence.  Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender, Fedwa Malti-Douglas (Editor in Chief).  Farmington Hills, MN: Macmillan Library Reference.
   
   
6. Sobo, E. (2006) VHA Meeting on “Implementing Equity”. Anthropology News 47(5):62-63.
   
   
7. Sobo, E. (2005) Consulting in Medical Anthropology. Anthropology News Anthropology News 46(7):62-63.
   
   
8. Sobo, E.J., Billman, G., & Abe, C. (2004).  Using Smart Infusion Pumps to Manage Medication Administration, In: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, A Guide to JCAHO’s Medication Management Standards, pp. 139-145 (Section 2, Chapter 9).  Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources.
   
   
9. Sobo, E. (2002). Developing And Evaluating Injury Prevention Programs: A Beginner’s Guide. Sacramento, CA: California Emergency Medical Services Authority. (Web page: http://www.emsa.cahwnet.gov/emsdivision/how_to.asp)
   
   
10. Sobo, E. (2002) The Woman in the Surgeon’s Body, Joan Cassell [book review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 8(2):390.
    
    
11. Walker E.,Sobo, E, & P. Kurtin. (2002).Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Down Syndrome: What do Pediatricians Need to Know? California Pediatrician. 18(1):34-35.
    
    
12. Sobo, E. (2001) Handbook of Social Studies in Health & Medicine, edited by G. Albrecht, R. Fitzpatrick, S. Scrimshaw [book review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 7(3):598.
    
    
13. Sobo, E. (2001) Hospital work. Anthropology News 42(9):55-56.
    
    
14. Sobo, E., E. Walker, & P. Kurtin. (2001). Complementary and Alternative Medicine: What do Pediatricians Need to Know and Ask? California Pediatrician 17(1):20-22.
    
    
15. Sobo, E. (2000) Caring for Patients from Different Cultures: Case Studies from American Hospitals, by G. Galanti [book review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 6(3):547.
    
    
16. Sobo, E. (2000) Health Studies: A Critical Cross-Cultural Reader, edited by C. Samson [book review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 6(4):739.
    
    
17. Sobo, E. (2000) Small Wars: The Cultural Politics of Childhood, edited by Scheper-Hughes and Sargent [book review]. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 14(3):544-546.
    
    
18. Sobo, E. (2000). How Others See Us: Medical Anthropology in one Medical Research Setting. Anthropology News 41(1):98.
    
    
19. Sobo, E. (2000) Pediatric Nutrition: Getting the most out of children’s dietary recalls. Today’s Dietitian 2(11):19-21.
    
    
20. Bichell, D., Saenz, N., LoSasso, B., & Sobo, E. (2000). Image of Trauma: Pediatric Aortic Pseudoaneurysm secondary to a Gunshot Wound to the Chest [Case Report].  Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care.  48(4):791.
    
    
21. Meltzer, H., LoSasso, B., & Sobo, E. (2000). Image of Trauma. Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care  [Case Report].  49(5):981.
    
    
22. Sobo, E. (1999). Cultural Models and HIV/AIDS: New Anthropological Views. Anthropology & Medicine [editorial], 6(1):5-12.
    
    
23. Sobo, E. (1998). Women’s Experiences with HIV/AIDS: an international perspective, edited by Long and Ankrah [book review]. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 4(2):385-386.
    
    
24. Sobo, E. (1997). The Constructed Body: AIDS, Reproductive Technology, and Ethics, byJ. S. Murphy [book review]. Social Science and Medicine 44(10):1602.
    
    
25. Sobo, E. (1997). The Economic and Social Impact of AIDS in Europe, edited by Fitzsimons, Hardy, and Tolley [book review]. Journal of the Biosocial Society 30(1):123-124.
    
    
26. Sobo, E. (1997). Embodiment and Experience: The Existential Ground of Culture and Self, by T. Csordas, and Body Thoughts, by A. Strathern [joint book review]. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 12(2):260-263.
    
    
27. Sobo, E. (1997). The Meaning of Illness: Anthropology, history and sociology, edited by Augé and Herzlich [book review]. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 3(2):404-405.
    
    
28. Sobo, E. (1997). Safer Communities: Transgender Issues. AIDS and Anthropology Bulletin 9(2):6-7.
    
    
29. Sobo, E. & A. Russell (1997). Contraception Today: Ethnographic Lessons [editorial]. Anthropology & Medicine 4(2):125-130.
    
    
30. Sobo, E. (1996). Eighth Social Aspects of AIDS Conference: A Review. AIDS and Anthropology Bulletin 8(1):7-8.
    
    
31. Sobo, E. (1996). The Publishing Problem in Applied Medical Anthropology. Anthropology in Action 3(3):38-9.
    
    
32. Sobo, E. (1996). What Don't We Know (About)? Anthropology News, 37(7):37-38.
    
    
33. Sobo, E. (1995/6). Medical Anthropology in the USA: The AAA's SMA. British Medical Anthropology Review (n.s.) 3(1):61-63.
    
    
34. Sobo, E. (1994). Self-Disclosure Among HIV Positive Individuals in the Southwest. AIDS and Anthropology Bulletin 6(3):3-4.
    
    
35. Sobo, E. (1993). Healing, Bodily Practices, and Ethnicity. Anthropology News, 34(2):25.
    
    
36. Sobo, E. (1992). The Benefits of Unsafe Sex. AIDS and Anthropology Bulletin 4(1):5.