The Handbook of DOHaD and Society
Past, Present, and Future Directions of Biosocial Collaboration

An indispensable guide for scholars completing interdisciplinary research in the field of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

Michelle Pentecost (Edited by), Jaya Keaney (Edited by), Tessa Moll (Edited by), Michael Penkler (Edited by)

9781009201728, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 June 2024

366 pages
24 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.71 kg

'A needed, comprehensive, in-depth, and thoughtful source of information important for those performing collaborative DOHaD research as well as those involved in implementation of policy based on this research.' Joan Ann MacEachen, Doody's Reviews

Research in the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease has had a fundamental impact on our understanding of how environmental experiences and contexts influence the development of health and disease over the entire lifecourse. Covering a wide range of geographic regions, this volume includes an overview of the field, key concepts, and cutting-edge examples of interdisciplinary collaboration. The first reference text covering the interdisciplinary work of DOHaD, a broad list of contents maps the history of DOHaD, showcases examples of biosocial collaboration in action, offers a conceptual toolkit for interdisciplinary research, and maps future directions for the field. The definitive volume on biosocial collaborations in DOHaD, this will be indispensable for scholars working at the intersections of public health, lifecourse epidemiology and the social science of DOHaD. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Introduction: Michael Penkler, Tessa Moll, Jaya Keaney and Michelle Pentecost
Part I. Mapping the Field's Past: 1. Porous bodies, impressible mothers: a global and longue durée perspective Maurizio Meloni and Natasha Rooney
2. Transformations of the maternal-fetal relationship in the twentieth century: from maternal impressions to epigenetic states Tatjana Buklijas
3. The first 5000 days: making DOHaD, 1989–2003 Mark Hanson and Tatjana Buklijas
Part II. The Social Life of DOHaD: 4. A biosocial return to race? Racial differences in DOHaD and environmental epigenetics Maurizio Meloni, Christopher Kuzawa, Ayuba Issaka and Tessa Moll
5. The promise and treachery of nutrition in DOHaD: science, biopolitics, and gender Vivienne Moore and Megan Warin
6. Gender, racism and DOHaD Natali Valdez and Martine Lappé
7. DOHaD in economics: orthodox and egalitarian approaches Jennifer Cohen
8. The 'moral paradox' of DOHaD Luca Chiapperino, Cindy Gerber, Francesco Panese and Umberto Simeoni
9. Intergenerational justice, law and DOHaD Isabel Karpin
Part III. Key Concepts for Biosocial Research: 10. Lifecourse Mark Tomlinson, Amelia van der Merwe, Marguerite Marlow and Sarah Skeen
11. Syndemics Edna Bosire, Michelle Pentecost and Emily Mendenhall
12. Embodiment Ziyanda Majombozi and Mutsawashe Mutendi
13. Causal crypticity Sarah S. Richardson
14. Intergenerational trauma Jaya Keaney, Henrietta Byrne, Megan Warin and Emma Kowal
15. Bioethnography Elizabeth F. S. Roberts, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Erica C. Jansen, Belinda L. Needham, Brisa N. Sánchez and Martha M. Téllez Rojo
Part IV. Translations in Policy and Practice: 16. Translating evidence to policy: the challenge for DOHaD advocacy Felicia Low, Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson
17. Framing DOHaD for policy and society Chandni Maria Jacob, Michael Penkler, Ruth Muller and Mark Hanson
18. The impact of community based participatory DOHaD research Siobhan Tu'akoi, Mark H. Vickers, Celeste Barrett-Watson, Kura Samuel-Ioane, Teaukura Puna, Joseph Drollet and Jacqui L. Bay
19. The first 1000 Days and clinical practice in infant mental health Anusha Lachman, Astrid Berg, Fiona C. Ross and Simone M. Peters
Part V. The Biosocial in Practice: 20. Understanding child development: a biosocial anthropological approach to early life Emily H. Emmott and Sahra Gibbon
21. Building biosocial collaboration in the HeLTI-South Africa trial Michelle Pentecost, Catherine E Draper, Khuthala Mabetha, Larske M Soepnel and Shane A Norris
22. Doing environments in DOHaD and epigenetics Sophia Rossmann and Georgia Samaras
23. Narrative choreographies: DOHaD, social justice and health equity Martha Kenney and Ruth Müller
24. Interdependence: reworking ontogeny through fishbones and dirty chickens Shivani Kaul and Emily Yates-Doerr
Part VI. Future Directions: 25. Modelling in DOHaD: challenges and opportunities in the era of big data Julie Sigurdardottir and Salma Ayis
26. The promise of reversibility in neuroepigenetics research on traumatic memories Stephanie Lloyd, Pierre-Eric Lutz and Chani Bonventre
27. Disability in DOHaD and epigenetics: towards inclusive practice Katie Saulnier, Lara Azevedo, Neera Bhatia, Lillian Dipnall, Evie Kendal, Garth Stephenson and Jeffrey M Craig
28. Creating good data our way: an Indigenous lens for epidemiology and intergenerational health Sarah Bourke and Raymond Lovett
29. DOHaD in the Anthropocene: taking responsibility for anthropogenic biologies Jörg Niewöhner.

Subject Areas: Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT]