ANTHRO 174 W Dr. Douglas White 7 Nov. 2006

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ANTHRO 174 WDr. Douglas White7 Nov. 2006

• Rough Draft Presentation by

CHRISTINA ZDENEK
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Christina Zdeneks 5 Step process to writing
this paper
Step 1 Find what youre interested in and
form a hypothesis
Step 2 Do crosstabs, checking strength of
correlations, and examine alternatives
Step 3 Make Visual Representations of Data
Step 4 Do plenty of research, using reliable
sources
Step 5 Bring it all together in a clear, well
organized, and well written 15 pg. paper
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Hypothesis
Step 1

• General the better a cultures nutrition, the
  better immune function its people will have
• ? Resulting in less pathogen stress
• Specific a higher consumption of fish as a local
  food supply in a society will result in less
  pathogen stress
• ? conversely, a higher consumption of
• animal husbandry will result in more
  pathogen stress

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Fishing-Contribution to Food Supply (v. 7)
vs.Malaria (v. 1255)
Step 2
Animal Husbandry-Contribution to Food Supply (v.
5) vs. Malaria (v. 1255)
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Step 3
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Step 3
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Research
Step 4

• Why are these variables correlated in such a way?

• So far, research has led to an understanding of
  disease
• distribution that is mainly affected by region
  (distribution
• of vectors), and secondly affected by diet and
  nutrition.
• There is a lot information about how nutrition
• affects immune function among people in
  general (i.e.
• how fish oils and omega-3 fatty acids
  promote good
• immunity in the body), but NOT how
  different societys
• nutritional status relates to their
  pathogen stress.

• Key websites for my topic
• CDC (a reliable dot-gov site)
• WHO (a reputable world org.)

Ex. Most forms of leishmaniasis are originally
infections of small mammals (reservoir hosts),
which play a major role in the epidemiology of
the disease - TDR
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The What Not to Include Slide
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• Thank you for your attention

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