Book
The people's health: medicine and anthropology in a Navajo community
Appleton-Century-Crofts • New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts [1970] • Published In 1970 • Pages:
By: Adair, John, Deuschle, Kurt W., Barnett, Clifford R., Rabin, David L..
Abstract
In 1955 a joint field health research project was undertaken on the Navajo Reservation, sponsored jointly by the Navajo Tribe, Cornell University Medical College, and the U.S. Public Health Service. The intent of the project was to develop effective medical services on the reservation and to see how knowledge obtained from this development could be applied to other ethnic peoples in similar socioeconomic circumstances, and to U.S. medical problems as a whole. The above investigation also included a detailed discussion on various types of diseases then in evidence on the reservation. Comparisons were made on concepts of health and disease held by the Navajo, in contrast to those held by the public health physician. Given particular attention in the source are the key roles played by the 'health visitors' -- bilingual Navajos who act as assistants to the public health nurse, primarily in the collection of patient information. Their integrative roles in bringing modern medical services to the Navajo are discussed at great length in the source. The work concludes with a brief but enlightening analysis of the various working relationships involved among members of the field team (e.g., anthropologists and physicians).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Physician
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M. A. Marcus ; Marlene Martin ; 1985
- Field Date
- 1955-1962
- Coverage Date
- 1955
- Coverage Place
- Many Farms-Rough Rock District, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- [by] John Adair [and] Kurt W. Deuschle. With a chapter by Clifford R. Barnett and David L. Rabin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173)
- LCCN
- 79110158
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians