Acute respiratory illness: Popular health culture and mother's knowledge in the Philippines
Nichter, Mark; Nichter, Mimi; Nichter, Mark; Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona; Nichter, Mimi; Director of an adolescent health project in the Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Журнал:
Medical Anthropology
Дата:
1993
Аннотация:
Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is one of the chief causes of morbidity and mortality in the third world. This ethnographic study of ARI in the Philippines draws attention to local knowledge, sign recognition, perceptions of severity, and cultural factors influencing health care seeking. The mix of research methods used to generate data on these issues is discussed.
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