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Amish fertility in the United States: Comparative evidence from the American Community Survey and Amish population registries [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: Quantitative studies of Amish population dynamics have been methodologically constrained by difficulties identifying Amish in national surveys.
Lyman Stone +2 more
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Birthing New Kinships: The Cross-Pollinating Potential of Amish Health Research
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2017 In this article, I explore the connections between Amish gender socialization and Amish birth practices to suggest that an Amish construction of femininity shapes the ways that Amish women experience childbirth.
Natalie Jolly
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Consumption in Practice: Gift-giving as Mutual Aid in Amish Direct Homes Sales
NANO, 2017 The seemingly pastoral way of Amish living, manifested in their denial of modern technology, use of the horse-and-buggy, and community-sanctioned use of solid-color dress codes, does not invoke an image of the Amish as active consumers.
Nao Nomura
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 The gut microbiome plays an important role in the immune system development, maintenance of normal health status, and in disease progression. In this study, we comparatively examined the fecal microbiomes of Amish (rural) and non-Amish (urban) infants ...
Santosh Dhakal +2 more
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Long-term outcomes in Amish patients diagnosed with propionic acidemia
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 2018 Propionic acidemia (PA) occurs at a higher incidence within the Amish; however, sensitivity of newborn screening and its impact on long-term clinical outcomes has not been reported in this population. This study reviewed screening data and health records
Jessica Scott Schwoerer, Patrice K Held
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, 2022 How the Amish have adopted certain digital tools in ways that allow them to work and live according to their own value system. The Amish are famous for their disconnection from the modern world and all its devices.
Ems, Lindsay
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Amish and Non-Amish Residents of Ohio Appalachia
Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2012 The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common among many rural residents but little is known about its use among the Amish. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of CAM therapy use among an Amish community and compare ...
Paul L Reiter +5 more
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Amish Surnames, Settlement Patterns, and Migration
Names, 2003 Distinctive surnames typically associated with Amish populations provide a useful means to identify group members. Utilizing listings of Wisconsin's licensed dairy producers between 1989 and 2001, growth and decline of various settlements of Amish ...
John A. Cross
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Crossing cultural frontiers: representations of the Amish in American culture
Acta Neophilologica, 2012 The paper deals with the typology of Amish fiction, representations of the Amish in literature, and the roles of authors, publishers and readers. Special attention is dedicated to the role of film directors as cultural travellers when crossing cultural ...
Maja Štekovič
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Living in the 21st century Amish communities: the clash with technology and the tourism enterprise.
, 2022 reservedAmerica, Comunità, Amish, Tecnologia, Tourism, Impatto.America, Community, Amish, Technology, Tourism ...
CARRARO, CLAUDIA
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