Gynecology, Obstetrics and Women Health

Gesine K Hearn is an Associate Professor in Sociology and the Chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice at Idaho State University.

 

She received her Ph.D. in 2006 from the University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany. Her research interests include social determinants of health, lay and expert perceptions of health and disease, medical uncertainty, and patient self-help organizations. Her current research explores father involvement among NICU infants and socio-cultural factors in the experience and management of chronic pain and injury among athletes. She has published in the areas of medicine, health and illness, gender, and family sociology.