PUBLICATIONS
Portocarrero J, Palma H, Pesantes MA, Seminario G, Lema C. (2015). Terapeutas tradicionales andinos en un contexto de cambio: el caso de Churcampa en el Perú (Andean traditional therapists in a context of change: the case of Churcampa in Peru). Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 32(3), pp 492-498. download
Pesantes, M.A., Lazo-Porras, M., Abu Dabrh, A.M. , Avila-Ramirez, J., Caycho, M. Villamonte, G. Sanchez-Perez, G., Málaga, G., Bernabé-Ortiz, A., Miranda, J.J. (2015). Resilience in Vulnerable Populations with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 31(9), pp. 1180-1188. download
J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Germán Málaga, María K. Cardenas, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, M. Amalia Pesantes, Ricardo Araya, Oscar Boggio, William Checkley, Patricia J. García, Fabiola León-Velarde, Andrés G. Lescano, Victor Montori, William Pan, Maria Rivera-Chira, Katherine Sacksteder, Liam Smeeth, Héctor H. García, Robert H. Gilman (2015). Building a Platform for Translational Research in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases to Address Population Health: Lessons From NHLBI Supported CRONICAS in Peru. Global Heart, 10 (1), pp. 13–19. download
Maria Amalia Pesantes (2014). Acceso a la Salud para Personas con Discapacidad Intelectual en el Perú (Health Access for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Peru). Olimpiadas Especiales Perú, Proyecto Comunidades Saludables. download
Documet, Patricia, Andrea Kamouyerou, Amalia Pesantes, Laura Macia, Hernan Maldonado, Andrea Fox, Leslie Bachurski, Dawn Morgenstern, Miguel Gonzalez, Roberto Boyzo, Thomas Guadamuz (2013). Participatory Assessment of the Health of Latino Immigrant Men in a Community with a Growing Latino Population. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 15(4). download
Fuller, Norma and Maria Amalia Pesantes (2010). Políticas Publicas Contra la Violencia Conyugal. Donde Estamos Veinte Años Despues? (Public Policies Against Partner Violence. Where are We Twenty Years Later?) Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad 4, pp. 10-27. download
Maria Amalia Pesantes (2009). La Amazonia no se Vende, la Amazonia se Defiende Do not Sell the Amazon, Protect the Amazon)!: Indigenous Protests in the Peruvian Amazon. Anthropology News, 5 (7) pp. 46-47. download
Maria Amalia Pesantes (2007). Guidelines For Establishing Centers to implement Alternative Dispute Resolution to Increase Access to Healthcare in Peru. Health Policy Initiative - USAID. download
Maria Amalia Pesantes (editor) 2006. La Mujer Amazónica Fortaleciendo el futuro. Memoria del Programa Mujer Indígena (2000-2005) (Amazon Women Empowering the Future. Report of the Indigenous Women's Program). Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana. download
Maria Amalia Pesantes (2003). Metodologías Participativas en Educación Sanitaria: Una Adaptación de PHAST para Comunidades Rurales Andinas del Perú (Participatory Methodologies in Sanitary Education in the Andean Region). Banco Mundial, Programa de Agua y Saneamiento, Región Andina. download
Maria Amalia Pesantes (2002). Ideas, Sensaciones y Objetos Asociados a la Suciedad en el Campo (Ideas, Sensations and Objects associated with dirtiness). Anthropologica XX, pp. 225-230. Fondo Editorial de la PUCP, March. download
Maria Amalia Pesantes (2001). El Concepto de la Limpieza en la Familia Campesina (The Concept of Cleanliness in Rural Families). AGUA - Boletín del Comité Sectorial de Agua y Saneamiento, No. 8, March, pp. 6-7. download
PRESENTATIONS
2013 - Seeking a pediatrician: Experiences and transnational strategies of undocumented Latino mothers in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: lessons learnt for Europe. Influence of Migration on Health-seeking Behaviors in Latin America, Lima.
2013 - (Panel speaker) Salud Indígena: análisis y perspectivas de la situación actual de salud de los pueblos indígenas (Indigenous Health: analysis and prospects for the current health situation of indigenous peoples). Semana Amazónica, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima.
2013 - (Forum speaker) La interculturalidad y transculturalidad en el proceso del cuidado de salud y enfermedad: Semejanzas y diferencias desde un marco antropológico (Intercultural and transcultural in the process of health care and disease: Similarities and differences from an anthropological framework). El cuidado bajo el enfoque de la interculturalidad y la transculturalidad, En la V Jornada Nacional de Investigación en Enfermería, Lima.
2011 - Relevant Health Issues for providing health care for indigenous people. South American Regional Environmental Office, US Embassy (Lima), Puerto Maldonado.
2009 - Beyond Language Barriers: Healthcare Access for Mixed-Status Families in Pittsburgh. Session: Immigrant and Latino Health. Conference: Undocumented Hispanic Migration, On the Margins of a Dream, Connecticut College, New London.
2009 - Childhood Diarrhea in the Andes: Beyond Fecal-Oral Transmission. Session: Crossing Boundaries: Exploring Parenthood and Childhood Beyond the Cord. Conference: Medical Anthropology at the Intersections, Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity,Yale University, New Haven.
2009 - Intercultural Health Services in Peru: Understanding Indigenous People's Demands. Session: Social Policy and Ethnic Minorities in Latin America, Student Conference on Latin American Social and Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
2008 - Cultural differences, community participation and health program: The challenges of promoting community participation in Rural Peru. Session: Public Health, Communication and Communities in Latin America, Student Conference on Latin American Social and Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
2005 - Women, Health and Community Participation - Lessons from Primary Health Care Projects in Rural Peru. Session: Development Interventions: Empowerment or Marginalization of Third World Women? Gender Across Borders Conference, Brown University, Providence.
2004 - Reproductive policies in Peru: Whose decisions? Whose responses? Session: Forced Marriages or Love Matches: State, Anti-State and Para state Entities Engaging Globalization, New England Council of Latin American Studies, Boston University, Boston.