Title:
Anthropology in public health : bridging differences in culture and society / edited by Robert A. Hahn ; with the assistance of Kate W. Harris.
Author:
Hahn, Robert A., 1945-
Harris, Kate W.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Call Number:
RA427 .A58 1999
Electronic Access:
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ISBN:
9780195129021
9780195119558
Physical Description:
xxii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
1. Anthropology and the enhancement of public health practice / Robert A. Hahn -- I. Infectious disease -- 2. Folk flu and viral syndrome : an anthropological perspective / Susan C. McCombie -- 3. The role of anthropological methods in a community-based mosquito net intervention in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania / Peter J. Winch -- 4. Engaging indigenous African healers in the prevention of AIDS and STDs / Edward C. Green -- 5. Anthropological perspectives on childhood pneumonia in Pakistan / Dorothy S. Mull -- II. Cancer -- 6. Ethnography and breast cancer control among Latinas and Anglo women in southern California / Leo R. Chavez, F. Allan Hubbell, Shiraz I. Mishra -- 7. A policy approach to reducing cancer risk in Northwest Indian tribes / Roberta L. Hall, Kerri Lopez, Edward Lichtenstein -- III. Pharmacy and nutrition -- 8. The rational basis of "irrational" drug use : pharmaceuticals in the context of development / Nina L. Etkin, Paul J. Ross, Ibrahim Muazzamu -- 9. Cultural tailoring in Indonesia's national nutrition improvement program / Marcia Griffiths, Michael Favin -- IV. Injury and occupational health -- 10. Road warriors : driving behaviors on a Polynesian island / Judith C. Barker -- 11. Balancing risks and resources : applying pesticides without using protective equipment in southern Mexico / Linda M. Hunt, Rolando Tinoco Ojanguren, Norah Schwartz, David Halperin -- V. Community health -- 12. Prospects for family planning in Côte d'Ivoire : ethnographic contributions to the development of culturally appropriate population policy / Ruth P. Wilson, Carolyn F. Sargent, Shegou Darret, Kale Kouamé -- 13. Integrating mental health care and traditional healing in Puerto Rico : lessons from an early experiment / Joan D. Koss-Chioino -- 14. Project community diagnosis : participatory research as a first step toward community involvement in primary health care / Mark Nichter -- VI. Health institutions -- 15. Neglect of cultural knowledge in health planning : Nepal's assistant nurse-midwife program / Judith Justice -- 16. Bureaucratic aspects of international health programs / George M. Foster -- Appendix. Resources in anthropology -- Glossary.
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