Women's health priorities

Cultural perspectives on illness in rural Bangladesh

Dados 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)
Ano1998
Volume2
Fascículo1
Páginas91-110
Data de publicação1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/136345939800200106
OpenAlexW2024948462
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências 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