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The Health of Native Americans: Toward a Biocultural Epidemiology - Couverture rigide

Young, T. Kue

 
9780195073393: The Health of Native Americans: Toward a Biocultural Epidemiology
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195073398 ISBN 13 : 9780195073393
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This comprehensive review of the health of Native Americans in Canada and the United States presents historical trends in population and health status from pre-European contact to the present day. These are examined in terms of three groups of diseases: infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and injuries. The author discusses the etiology and pathogenesis of different diseases in each group, and considers the genetic and environmental risk factors involved. The incidence of disease among Native Americans and non-Native Americans are compared and variations among Native Americans belonging to different geographical, cultural and linguistic groups are examined. The Health of Native Americans integrates anthropology and epidemiology to demonstrate the interaction of biology and culture on disease causation, distribution and control offering a promising approach to understanding and improving the health status of Native Americans.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This comprehensive review of the health of Native Americans in Canada and the United States presents historical trends in population and health status from pre-European contact to the present day. These are examined in terms of three groups of diseases: infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and injuries. The author discusses the etiology and pathogenesis of different diseases in each group, and considers the genetic and environmental risk factors involved. The incidence of disease among Native Americans and non-Native Americans are compared and variations among Native Americans belonging to different geographical, cultural and linguistic groups are examined. The Health of Native Americans integrates anthropology and epidemiology to demonstrate the interaction of biology and culture on disease causation, distribution and control offering a promising approach to understanding and improving the health status of Native Americans.

Revue de presse

'without peer as an introduction to the health problems of the indigenous peoples of North America ... I will recommend it to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students seeking information on Indian health. Physicians and public health professionals serving Native American populations, even those with years of experience, will have much to learn from the book, I certainly did.' Jonathan R. Sugarman, JAMA, February 1995, Vol. 273, No. 6

an excellent review of the literature with careful attention to the limitations inherent in much of the research ... This book is a valuable reference for researchers and health professionals working with Native communities. (Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 86, No. 3, May/June 1995)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195073398
ISBN 13 
9780195073393
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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