Anthropology and Epidemiology: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Health and Disease (Culture, Illness and Healing, 9)

Langue : anglais

Edité par D. Reidel Publishing Company, Boston, 1986

9027722498 / 9789027722492

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Book is in pristine condition. Spine tight with no creases. Pages clean and unmarked. Over the past two decades increasing interest has emerged in the contribu­ tions that the social sciences might make to the epidemiological study of patterns of health and disease. Several reasons can be cited for this increasing interest. Primary among these has been the rise of the chronic, non-infectious diseases as important causes of morbidity and mortality within Western populations during the 20th century. Generally speaking, the chronic, non­ infectious diseases are strongly influenced by lifestyle variables, which are themselves strongly influenced by social and cultural forces. The under­ standing of the effects of the behavioral factors in, say, hypertension, thus requires an understanding of the social and cultural factors which encourage obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, non-compliance with anti-hypertensive medica­ tions (or other prescribed regimens), and stress. Equally, there is a growing awareness that considerations of human behavior and its social and cultural determinants are important for understanding the distribution and control of infectious diseases. Related to this expansion of epidemiologic interest into the behavioral realm 'has been the development of etiological models which focus on the psychological, biological and socio-cultural characteristics of hosts, rather than exclusive concern with exposure to a particular agent or even behavioral risk. Also during this period advances in statistical and computing techniques have made accessible the ready testing of multivariate causal models, and so have encouraged the measurement of the effects of social and cultural factors on disease occurrence.

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Titre
Anthropology and Epidemiology: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Health and Disease (Culture, Illness and Healing, 9)
Auteur
Janes, Craig R. [Editor]; Stall, Ron [Editor]; Gifford, Sandra M. [Editor]
Éditeur
D. Reidel Publishing Company, Boston
Année de publication
1986
État de l'article
Comme neuf
Reliure
Couverture souple
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
9027722498
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9789027722492
Poids de l'article
2 livres
Dimensions
2.083x15.494x23.495 cm

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