Maria Roble
Columbia University
4 Papers
74 Citations
Maria Roble is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Saccharum officinarum. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications.
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Papers
Ethnomedicine in the Urban Environment: Dominican Healers in New York City
Marian Reiff,Bonnie B. O'Connor,Fredi Kronenberg,Michael J. Balick,Patricia A. Lohr,Maria Roble,Adriane Fugh-Berman,Kimberly D. Johnson +7 more
TL;DR: Six Dominican traditional healers who participated in a cross-cultural study on therapies for women's health problems in New York City participate in a multidimensional, holistic approach to health care.
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Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in africa
Jochen Froebrich,Eva Ludi,Sami Bouarfa,Dominique Rollin,Nebo Jovanovic,Maria Roble,Tarek Ajmi,Rami Albasha,Sékou Bah,Haithem Bahri,Gonzalo G. Barberá,Christy van Beek,Bruno Cheviron,Benson H. Chishala,Willem de Clercq,Yacouba M. Coulibaly,Mohammed Dicko,Bandiougou Diawara,Aleksandra Dolinska,Raphaëlle Ducrot,Teklu Erkossa,Sebastião Famba,Degol Fissahaye,Angel De Miguel Garcia,Solomon Habtu,Salia Hanafi,Julia Harper,Hanneke Heesmans,Jean-Yves Jamin,Kees van't Klooster,Nathaniel Mason,Jean Claude Mailhol,Serge Marlet,Insaf Mekki,Constansia D Musvoto,Beatrice Mosello,Alice M. Mweetwa,Naomi Oates,Elijah Phiri,Ludivine Pradeleix,Erik Querner,Andrei Rozanov,Philippe Ker Rault,Jean Emmanuel Rougier,Chizumba Shepande,Maite Sánchez Reparaz,Bréhima Tangara,Joris de Vente,Marlene de Witt,Cai Xueliang,Cai Xueliang,Abdelaziz Zairi +51 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a systematic reflection on findings from the research project EAU4food, which adopted a transdisciplinary approach to irrigation for food security research in five case studies in Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa and Tunisia.
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Medicinal plants used by Latino healers for women's health conditions in New York City
Michael J. Balick,Fredi Kronenberg,Andreana L. Ososki,Marian Reiff,Adriane Fugh-Berman,Bonnie B. O'Connor,Maria Roble,Patricia A. Lohr,Daniel Atha +8 more
TL;DR: The use of medicinal plants by Latino healers in New York City to treat various women’s illnesses is examined to provide interesting ethnobotanical data and information to assist in diagnosing conditions and contributing to treatment of patients from Latino as well as non-Latino communities.
Treatment of fibroids: the use of beets (Beta vulgaris) and molasses (Saccharum officinarum) as an herbal therapy by Dominican healers in New York City.
Adriane Fugh-Berman,Michael J. Balick,Fredi Kronenberg,Andreana L. Ososki,Bonnie B. O'Connor,Marian Reiff,Maria Roble,Patricia A. Lohr,Berry J. Brosi,Roberta Lee +9 more