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Closed but Not Protected: Excess Deaths Among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of religion and health, 2021 “Excess deaths” is a means to estimate the lethality of COVID-19 (directly and indirectly). Assessing “excess death” in closed religious communities provides information on how COVID-19 impacted these communities. We use obituary information published in
Rachel E. Stein +4 more
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Ethnicity and Health, 2021 As an ethnic religion, the Amish are of interest to population health researchers due to a distinctive health profile arising from ethnic attributes, including a closed genetic pool and shared culture that shapes lifestyle practices. Amish-focused health
Cory Anderson, Lindsey Potts
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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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How Do I Count Thee? Various Angles for Examining the Doubling Times of the Amish
, 2021 The focus of this article is the measurement of how rapidly various parts of Amish society grow, including the number of settlements, households, church districts, and ordained men.
J. Donnermeyer
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Population studies, 2021 Why do the North American Amish maintain high fertility when surrounding populations have nearly all completed the demographic transition? Using the same theoretical predictors and methods as a 1996 Population Studies paper, we explore fertility changes,
S. Wasao, C. Anderson, Christian Mpody
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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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Religions, 2021 Religious beliefs, practices, and social support facilitate coping with psychologically distressful events and circumstances. However, COVID-19 and governmental mandates for social distancing and isolation make in-person communal forms of religious ...
Bernard D. DiGregorio +3 more
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The Amish health culture and culturally sensitive health services: An exhaustive narrative review.
Social Science & Medicine (1967), 2020 As the Amish population is growing, researcher and practitioner interest in the Amish health culture is also growing. This is largely due to demand from practitioners for population-specific cultural guidance.
C. Anderson, Lindsey Potts
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JAMA cardiology, 2020 Importance The exome molecular autopsy may elucidate a pathogenic substrate for sudden unexplained death. Objective To investigate the underlying cause of multiple sudden deaths in young individuals and sudden cardiac arrests that occurred in 2 large ...
D. Tester +15 more
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Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic among the Amish of Northern Indiana
The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities, 2021 Retired sociologist and college administrator Victor Stoltzfus reflects on a series of meetings in 2020 between leaders of the large Elkhart-LaGrange Amish settlement and state and local public health officials seeking to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
V. Stoltzfus
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