tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post1162875614236209147..comments2023-08-11T07:30:30.923-04:00Comments on Public Health Doula: Just someone else's normalRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589949170980959443noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-78865704215891481342009-10-01T23:05:44.590-04:002009-10-01T23:05:44.590-04:00@Emily: Thank you so much!!
Going further with me...@Emily: Thank you so much!!<br /><br />Going further with medical anthropology was a huge temptation for me, I think it's great you're doing that! I even looked at programs that have the joint MPH/MA in med anthro, although I ended up just going to a straight MPH program. <br /><br />A few MPH programs require a medical background but some do not (like mine) so don't let that stop you if you're interested! The best thing to do is get experience in MCH/public health, very broadly defined. People in my program did teaching, foster care, international development, and medical research (among others) before they came to school. Becoming a doula is a great way to get that background.<br /><br />And of course I encourage everyone to do doula training :-) So I hope you get a chance to do it!!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589949170980959443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-18905953979098715712009-10-01T10:28:12.086-04:002009-10-01T10:28:12.086-04:00I LOVE your blog! I just stumbled across it while ...I LOVE your blog! I just stumbled across it while blog-hopping doula blogs. I am an aspiring medical anthropologist who is just looking into doula training workshops. I also looked into going for an MCH, but do not just yet have any medical background. I'm working on it! Any tips/advice? <br /><br />I think my interest all started with a Cross-Cultural Healing medical Anth course I took as an undergrad. We read The Spirit Catches You, as well as Birth in Four Cultures, among others. LOVED it.Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-49082659505184782292009-07-06T15:12:31.806-04:002009-07-06T15:12:31.806-04:00Agreed. There are some universals. And a need for ...Agreed. There are some universals. And a need for laws.<br /><br />I've heard some really interesting discussions over the years. It seems as though people with very rigid views are terribly afraid that humans are inherently evil and cannot be trusted to make sound judgments without invoking mass chaos and widespread depravity (as they define it). I am endlessly fascinated by listening to how people define their world and reality.Jill Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03551060770466451088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-85134593110562028862009-07-06T00:07:18.305-04:002009-07-06T00:07:18.305-04:00Ooh, that is weird synergy.
I agree that understa...Ooh, that is weird synergy.<br /><br />I agree that understanding the many ways culture constructs our lives starts broadening your ideas of normal. I don't ever want to slip into total relativism - "there's no good or bad, just different" - there IS good and bad - but it has been generally so helpful.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589949170980959443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-73046329495568493022009-07-05T21:50:58.076-04:002009-07-05T21:50:58.076-04:00Good lord. I spent all day (well, off and on) read...Good lord. I spent all day (well, off and on) reading anthropology text and thinking about how my definition of normal is wider than most people's because I think of culture as something of an arbitrary construct, like gender.<br /><br />That's weird.Jill Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03551060770466451088noreply@blogger.com