Epidemiologists working together with anthropologists

Lessons From a Study to Evaluate the Epidemiological Impact of a City-Wide Sanitation Program

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5170886
AutoresC Larrea-Killinger (0000-0002-2782-6748, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Rita Franco Rego (Universidade Federal da Bahia), Rita De Cássia Franco Rêgo (0000-0002-0632-4546, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Agostino Strina (0000-0002-0815-6937, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Maurício Lima Barreto (0000-0002-0215-4930, Universidade Federal da Bahia)
Ano2013
Volume29
Fascículo3
Páginas461-474
Data de publicação2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2013000300005
PMID23532282
OpenAlexW2149054375
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2013000300005
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas32

This paper discusses the role of qualitative approaches in epidemiological studies, beginning with a general discussion of epidemiological and anthropological methods. It focuses on a case study of the health impact of an environmental intervention carried out in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil. Most of the precedent studies fields, based on primary date, use to devote little attention to the methodological and theorethical questions attached to long-term studies. Four specific aspects of this experience are highlighted: (a) drawing up epidemiological study; (b) construction of an observational instrument to measure hygiene habits; (c) an ethnographic study that was carried out before the epidemiological study; (d) observation of the effects of health intervention on health inequalities. Finally, the report details how the findings of qualitative and quantitative studies might be synthesized. It provides a critical overview of follow-up strategies, illustrated with proper examples whenever possible

Environmental health · Ethnography · Hygiene · Intervention (counseling) · Observational study · Qualitative research · Sanitation · Social science · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Epidemiology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Indigenous Health and Education · Medicine · Nursing