Women's health priorities

Cultural perspectives on illness in rural Bangladesh

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5084747
AutoresJames L Ro, James L Ross (University of Akron), Sandra L Laston (Akron, USA), Sandra Laston (University of Akron), Kamrun Nahar (0000-0003-3867-9920), Lazeena Muna, Papreen Nahar (0000-0002-5817-8093, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Pertti J Pelto (Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA)
Año1998
Volumen2
Número1
Páginas91-110
Fecha de publicación1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/136345939800200106
OpenAlexW2024948462
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas17

Qualitative research was conducted in rural Bangladesh to identify salient illness categories and perceptions of illness severity among women. Data were gathered using the techniques of free listing, pile sorting, and severity ratings. In-depth interviews were also employed for collecting examples of illness episodes and delineating explanatory models. Women's reproductive tract illnesses were among the more salient and serious health problems for which care is sought. Data gathered through pile sorting demonstrate that women in this rural community have clear conceptions of illness groups, with different strategies of treatment for various categories. This analysis suggests that new initiatives concerning women's reproductive health are needed in this rural region

Economic growth · Geography · Health care · Qualitative research · Salient · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of health and illness · Sorting · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine