Economic Change and Public Health in a Remote Sarawak Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6086804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Alexander (0000-0001-8565-8394), Paul Alexander (0009-0001-6547-7198) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 250-274 |
| Publication date | 1993-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858 |
| Publisher | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1355/sj8-2b |
| OpenAlex | W2048470907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 4 |
Physical health standards in remote Sarawak communities have been raised by a series of public health measures including the virtual elimination of formerly widespread diseases, improved maternal and child care, lower infant mortality, and rapid treatment of illness and injuries. But these undoubted successes should be contextualized by situating public health interventions within the broader processes of economic and social change that are rapidly transforming such communities. From the point of view of the Lahanan, a small group of horticulturalists living on the upper reaches of the Rejang River, each welcomed benefit has had a concomitant cost: new needs have been created faster than the means to satisfy them
Community health · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Public health · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Global Health and Epidemiology · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Nursing
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2011 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |