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Doing health anthropology : research methods for community assessment and change /

What is the relationship between health, human nature, and human needs?. The impact of social change on communities?. The processes by which communities confront and overcome their health problems?. How do we study these health questions in new communities and become advocates for change?. These are...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kiefer, Christie W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What is the relationship between health, human nature, and human needs?. The impact of social change on communities?. The processes by which communities confront and overcome their health problems?. How do we study these health questions in new communities and become advocates for change?. These are critical questions in confronting the social causes of ill health, yet many health students do not have the appropriate training in the anthropological methods and techniques that help answer them. Christie Kiefer has written Doing Health Anthropology to prompt students to enter the community alrea.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.
ISBN:9780826115584
0826115586
1280958030
9781280958038
9786610958030
6610958033