Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epidemiology
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Health and Disease in Tribal Societies
Author: Health and Disease in Tribal Societies
Author: Katherine ElliottPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 047071509X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
Tribal Health and Medicines
Author: Aloke Kumar KallaPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788180691393
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Present Work Is An Attempts To Bring Together The Clinical And Biogenetic Aspects, On One Hand, And The Traditional Cultural Heritage In The Form Of Traditions Medical Systems, On The Other.
Health and Disease in Tribal Societies
Author: Ciba FoundationTribal Health in India
Author: Salil BasuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health attitudes
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Contributed papers.
Tribal Health
Author: Buddhadeb ChaudhuriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnic groups
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Health and the Supernatural
Author: Subhadra ChannaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788177551952
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
TRIBES - INDIA - HEALTH, (Cosmos)
International Encyclopaedia of Tribal Religion: Health and the supernatural : disease and cure in tribal societies
Author: Communities in Action
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309452961
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Medicine Ways
Author: Clifford E. TrafzerPublisher: AltaMira Press
ISBN: 0759117071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic well being. However, it is still too often the case that both theoretical studies and applied programs fail to account for Native American perspectives on the range of factors that actually contribute to these problems in the first place. The authors in Medicine Ways examine the ways people from a multitude of indigenous communities think about and practice health care within historical and socio-cultural contexts. Cultural and physical survival are inseparable for Native Americans. Chapters explore biomedically-identified diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, as well as Native-identified problems, including historical and contemporary experiences such as forced evacuation, assimilation, boarding school, poverty and a slew of federal and state policies and initiatives. They also explore applied solutions that are based in community prerogatives and worldviews, whether they be indigenous, Christian, biomedical, or some combination of all three. Medicine Ways is an important volume for scholars and students in Native American studies, medical anthropology, and sociology as well as for health practitioners and professionals working in and for tribes. Visit the UCLA American Indian Studies Center web site