Anthropological Perspectives on Medicine and Public Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9759744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin D Paul (Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 346 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-43 |
| Publication date | 1963-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271626334600104 |
| OpenAlex | W2008000977 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Some cultural anthropologists, when they do health-related research, investigate the role of sociocultural factors in the origin and prevalence of specific disease entities, particularly among ethnic minorities and people of divergent cultures. Others study the effect of cultural and social dif ferences on the outcome of public-health programs carried out in intercultural settings. Directors of health programs, as agents of social change and community development, should understand the nature of certain gaps that recurrently impede realization of program objectives. One is the cultural gap, which complicates communication and leads to the selective acceptance of offered innovations, owing to differences in cultural values and in culturally conditioned assumptions about the cause of illness. Another is the status gap between the health team and the public and between the ruling elites and their people. Still another is the urban-adjustment gap created by the influx of rural population into the cities. Com pared to the sums of money spent on basic medical research and program operations in the field, the amount available for studying the human aspects of health-improvement programs and other phases of community development is disappointingly small. This imbalance constitutes the research gap
Cultural diversity · Economic growth · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Political science · Population · Public health · Public relations · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
Folk Curing With a Psychedelic Cactus in the North Coast of Peru
Enjeux et défis d’une ethnographie embarquée en santé publiqueLe cas de SociocoViD durant la pandémie en Suisse
Medico-nutritional practices among Puerto Ricans in a small urban northeastern community in the United States
Methods and effectiveness of health education
A behavioral science perspective in the comparative approach to the delivery of health care
The African Bantu traditional practice of medicine
Model Course I
The health belief model and preventive health behaviour in Singapore
Cultural interpretations of states of malnutrition among children
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2023 (55) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |