Anthropological and socio-medical health care research in developing countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4596211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Axel Kroeger (0000-0001-8438-2904, Heidelberg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 147-161 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0277-9536(83)90248-4 |
| PMID | 6836349 |
| OpenAlex | W2009242580 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 113 |
| References cited | 102 |
Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Health care · Order (exchange · Perception · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Public relations · Relevance (law · Sociology · Sociology of health and illness · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Psychology
Health-Seeking Behaviour for Childhood Malaria
Rich–poor Gap in Utilization of Reproductive and Child Health Services in India, 1992–2005
Improving Malaria Recognition, Treatment and Referral Practices by Training Caretakers in Rural Nigeria
Epidemiologic Profile and Utilisation of Health Care in North Bengal1
Health seeking behaviour and health service utilization in Pakistan
Healer shopping in Africa
Health Seeking Behaviour and the Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease
Evaluating the community education programme of an insecticide-treated bed net trial on the Kenyan coast
Household decision-making on child health care in developing countries
Health Seeking Behavior Among Adults and Elderly With Chronic Health Condition(s) in Albania
Healthcare providers’ knowledge, perceptions and practices of malaria control strategies in the Republic of Guinea
Utilisation of public healthcare services by an indigenous group
“All I Need Is Help to Do Well”
The Importance of Treatment-Seeking Stigma in Understanding the Experience of Families with Epilepsy in Africa
Equity in Public-Sector Primary Health Care
Choice of Health-Care Service Utilization by the Elderly in Delta State of Nigeria
Prevalence and risk factors of short birth interval in Bangladesh
Changing poor mothers' care-seeking behaviors in response to childhood illness
"You Can Find Anything Online"
Health Care Decisions of Households in Economic Crisis
Medicinal plant species used in the treatment of skin diseases in Katabi Subcounty, Wakiso District, Uganda
Where Do They Go, Whom Do They Consult, and Why? Health-Seeking Behaviors in the Northern Areas of Pakistan
The health imaginary of postural yoga
Behavioral convergence and institutional separation
“So they believe that if the baby is sick you must give drugs…” The importance of medicines in health-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses in urban South Africa
An Assessment of Care-Seeking Behavior in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District
Health Seeking Behaviour of Mothers of Under-Five-Year-Old Children in the Slum Communities of Nairobi, Kenya
Percepción de la lepra y las discapacidades antes del diagnóstico en Recife, Brasil
Manejo de las infecciones respiratorias agudas (IRA) en una comunidad kaqchiquel de Guatemala
The influence of sociodemographic behavioural variables on health-seeking behaviour and the utilisation of public and private hospitals in Ghana
Blending Western Biomedicine with Local Healing Practices
Healthcare access
Access and utilisation of healthcare services in rural Tanzania
Expectations of health care quality among rural Maya villagers in Sololá Department, Guatemala
Differences in health care seeking behaviour between rural and urban communities in South Africa
Health service utilization, perspectives, and health-seeking behavior for maternal and child health services in the Amazon of Peru, a mixed-methods study
Healthcare-seeking pathway and delay analysis of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patient in Southwestern China
Health seeking behaviours among electronic waste workers in Ghana
HIV Counseling and Testing for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Swaziland
Patterns and Implications of Medical Pluralism Among HIV/Aids Patients in Rural South Africa
Women's Social Position and Health-Seeking Behaviors
Traditional mende society in Sierra Leone a sociocultural basis for a quantitative research study
Determinants of Choice of Care Providers During Childbirth in Rural West Bengal, India
Does the Safe-Motherhood Programme Reach the Poor in Uttar Pradesh, India
Factors Affecting Utilization of Skilled Maternity Care Services Among Married Adolescents in Bangladesh
Village context and health-seeking behaviour in the Fatick region of Senegal
Maternal Mortality in Rural Senegal
Cultural aspects of African American eating patterns
Utilisation of Health Care in North Bengal
Aligning global health policy and research with sustainable development
Delivery complications and healthcare-seeking behaviour
Determinants of utilisation of health services by women in rural and urban areas in Ghana
Determinants of utilisation of health services by women in rural and urban areas in Ghana
The determinants of primary health care utilization
The struggle for digital inclusion
You’ve got a friend in me
Quality, cost and utilization of health services in developing countries. A longitudinal study in Zaïre
Revealing the popularity of traditional medicine in light of multiple recourses and outcome measurements from a user's perspective in Ghana
Cross-border medical travels from Cambodia
Traditional medicine for the rich and knowledgeable
Health services utilization during terminal illness in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Econometric analysis to evaluate the effect of community-based health insurance on reducing informal self-care in Burkina Faso
Demand for private healthcare in a universal public healthcare system
Accessibility, Mobility and Spatial Patterns of Primary Health Care use in Ajedabiya
Analysis of effective environmental factors an urban health, a case study of Qom, Iran
Medical Pluralism and Traditional/Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Older People
Health and poverty
A village treatment center for malaria
Dissémination des résultats de recherche dans les pays en développement
The Health Beliefs of Mexican, Mexican American and Anglo American Women
Perceptions and Practices of Infant Feeding among African American Women
The use and value of qualitative methods in health research in developing countries
The social role of C-reactive protein point-of-care testing to guide antibiotic prescription in Northern Thailand
Women and health care on a Guatemalan plantation
Private practitioners in the slums of Karachi
Reconsidering the popularity of primary health centers in India
Orthodox or traditional medicine? Private or public healthcare? Exploring treatment pathways for occupational health problems among informal automobile artisans
Relying on nature's pharmacy in rural Burkina Faso
Illness reporting and demand for medical care in rural Burkina Faso
The impact of road construction on hospital in-patient catchments in the Meru district of Kenya
Health-seeking behavior and the meaning of medications in Balochistan, Pakistan
When "health" is not enough
Paradox in Treatment Seeking
Equity aspects of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
Utilization of health care in an African urban area
The use of modern pharmaceuticals in a Filipino village
Birth choices in Timor-Leste
Migration and maternal health services utilization in rural Guatemala
Does socio-economic status explain use of modern and traditional health care services
Factors affecting decisions to seek treatment for sick children in Kerala, India
Socioeconomic and health effects on mortality declines in developing countries
Self-care and the informal sale of drugs in South Cameroon
Treatment seeking and health financing in selected poor urban neighbourhoods in India, Indonesia and Thailand
Self-reported morbidity and health service utilization in rural Tamil Nadu, India
The health status of women in Oaxaca
Low utilization of community health workers
Concepts of illness and the utilization of health-care services in a rural Malian village
Determinants of parental reports of children's illnesses
Drug retailer training
Health care switching behaviour of malaria patients in a Kenyan rural community
Social anthropology and medicine
The Health of Regionville
The Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire
Health Interview Surveys in Developing Countries
The Ecology of Medical Care
Modern Medicine and Medical Anthropology in the United States-Mexico Border Population
Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture
Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture
The contribution of psychological and social phenomena to an understanding of the aetiology of disease and illness
Distribution and characteristics of non-government health practitioners in a rural area of Bangladesh
Attitude towards modern and traditional medicine in an Iranian community
Rural dwellers and health care in Northern Nigeria
The place of indigenous and western systems of medicine in the health services of India
The characteristics of patients of spiritual healing homes and traditional, doctors in Southeastern Nigeria
Class, familism and utilization of health services in Durango, Mexico
Health decision making in developing nations
Health decision making in developing nations
Social Patterns of Illness and Medical Care
What Research in Motivation Suggests for Public Health
Health and Disease in Four Peruvian Villages. Contrasts in Epidemiology
Conceptual and Methodological Problems in Cross-Cultural Health Research
Competing Health Care Systems in an Inner City Area
Lexemic change and semantic shift in disease names
The health seeking process
Self-care in rural areas of India and Nepal
Ethnicity and patterns of help-seeking
Cultural Factors and the Response to Pain
The interface of dual systems of health care in the developing world
Morbidity measurement in household surveys in developing areas
Physical access and utilization of health services in rural Guatemala
Socio-economic characteristics of an Amazon urban healer's clientele
The utilization of traditional medicine— A Malaysian example
Why do indigenous practitioners successfully heal
Familism and hospital admission in rural Nigeria—a case study
Non-use of physicians
Rural health development in Tanzania
Illness episodes, illness severity and treatment options in a pluralistic setting
The role of traditional healers in mental health care in rural India
The new late comers for antenatal care
Medico-cultural conflicts in Asian settings
Medical anthropology and international health planning
Medical systems in Malaysia
Attitude toward different systems of medicine
Utilization of health services in developing countries—Tunisia
Language and communication barriers for health delivery to a minority group
Communication between peasant and doctor in tunisia
Medical systems in Ghana
Thai “injection doctors”
Medicine takers, prescribers and hoarders
Cultural Components in Responses to Pain 1
On the Analysis of Ambulatory Utilization
Consumer Assessments of the Quality of Medical Care
Correlates of Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with Medical Care
Communication problems between rural Mexican-American patients and their physicians
Choosing among therapies
An Index of Symptom and Disease in Zulu Culture
Ethnic Origins, Educational Level, and Responses to a Health Questionnaire
Disease classification in rural Ghana
Illness and the Sick Role
Student Prize Paper
Doctors and society
Professional uncertainty and the problem of supplier-induced demand
A model of the demand for medical and health services in Peninsular Malaysia
Salient issues in choosing a new doctor
Popular and Modern Medicine in Mestizo Communities of Coastal Peru and Chile
Health and Disease in Four Peruvian Villages. Contrasts in Epidemiology
The Differential Use of Medical Resources in Developing Countries
Urban Illness
The Hierarchy of Resort in Curative Practices
Self Perception of Sickness and the Seeking of Medical Care
A Re-Examination of Suchman's Views on Social Factors in Health Care Utilization
Access to Medical Care of Migrants in a Honduran City
Some Social and Attitudinal Correlates of Health Care Among Mexican Americans
A Social Indicator of Access to Medical Care
Some Approaches and Problems in the Study of the Use of Services--An Overview
Issues Underlying Prevalence of 'Doctor-Shopping' Behavior
Use of Hypothetical Situations in a Study of Spanish American Illness Referral Systems
The Logic of Behavior
Health Behavior in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Modern Medicine and Traditional Culture
Modern Medicine and Folk Cognition in Rural India
A model of illness treatment decisions in a Tarascan town
A natural system used in Mfantse litigation settlement
The Implications of Technological Change for Folk and Scientific Medicine1
Changing Folk Beliefs and the Relativity of Empirical Knowledge
Part three
| Unique citing works | 113 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,69 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2026 (43) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 109 |