Epidemiology and Culture

ISBN-13: 9780521790505 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 232 str.

James A. Trostle; Alan Harwood

Opis

Demonstrating how practitioners in the emerging field of "cultural epidemiology" describe human health, communicate with diverse audiences, and intervene to improve health and prevent disease, this book uses textual and statistical portraits of disease to describe interdisciplinary collaborations. Interpreting epidemiology as a cultural practice helps to reveal the ways in which measurement, causal thinking, and intervention design are influenced by belief, habit, and theories of power.

Recenzje

'The strength of this book lies in its broad scope that covers history, methods, case studies, and current issues. Each chapter has a further reading list and importantly, Trostle provides comprehensive references which include some of the most seminal research studies in the fields of social medicine, social epidemioloy, and medical anthropology … Trostle's book is the first that I am aware of that provides such a broad and accessible review of the history and current state of the field of culture/medical anthropology.' Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The origins of an integrated approach in anthropology and epidemiology; 3. Disease patterns and assumptions: unpacking variables; 4. Cultural issues in measurement and bias; 5. Anthropological contributions to the study of cholera; 6. Anthropological and epidemiological collaboration to help communities become healthier; 7. Perceiving and representing risk; 8. Conclusion.