{"id":2242,"date":"2018-10-30T16:46:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/anthropology\/?page_id=2242"},"modified":"2021-02-26T19:53:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T19:53:32","slug":"sociocultural-research-shuar-health-and-life-history-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/sociocultural-research-shuar-health-and-life-history-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Sociocultural Research: Shuar Health & Life History Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shuar Health &\u00a0Life History Project<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Impacts of cultural and economic changes on human health<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Shuar, an Indigenous population from the Amazonas region of southeastern Ecuador, were semi-nomadic, hunter-horticulturalists who lived in small scattered households. However, Shuar are currently experiencing a range of social, cultural, and economic changes associated with increased integration into a market-based economy. For example, many Shuar have access to modern infrastructure (e.g., roads, electricity), manufactured goods (e.g., radios, televisions), and formal employment and education systems.<\/p>\n

Considering these rapid lifestyle changes, one of the main objectives of the SHLHP is to investigate the effects of economic development on individual- and community-level health outcomes among the Shuar.<\/p>\n

Recent Research<\/h3>\n

Recent studies by the SHLHP team demonstrate that factors associated with market integration have altered Shuar health patterns, particularly those associated with\u00a0chronic disease risks<\/a>,\u00a0infectious disease<\/a>,\u00a0physical activity levels<\/a>,\u00a0immune function<\/a>, and\u00a0childhood growth and development<\/a>. For example, a\u00a0recent study <\/a>\u00a0demonstrates that Shuar from more market-integrated communities have higher total cholesterol levels compared to Shuar from remote villages. These disease risks appear to be linked to lifestyle and dietary factors, including increased consumption of processed foods in addition to changes in physical activity, subsistence strategies, and access to medical care.<\/p>\n

I<\/strong>nvestigators<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Melissa Liebert, a biological anthropologist at NAU, is one of the investigators on the SHLHP<\/span><\/p>\n

Get involved!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Contact Dr. Liebert for more information about opportunities to volunteer on her work in the Human Biology and Health lab<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Location<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0& Dates<\/span><\/h3>\n

Research takes place in the summer in Ecuador and year-round in Dr. Liebert\u2019s lab\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Contact Dr. Leibert<\/a> for more information<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about the project at https:\/\/www.shuarproject.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Support<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The SHLHP has been ongoing since 2005 and has been funding by national organizations such as the National Science Foundation, the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the LSB Leakey Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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