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The malaria cognate: folk classification of illness among the Abagusii of Kenya
African anthropology • 4 (2) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 27-34
By: Nyamongo, Isaac K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper presents data on an on-going research project among the Abagusii (Gusii) of southwestern Kenya, with a focus on people's health-care seeking behavior when suffering from malaria, a disease endemic to the region. Based on judged similarity between 16 illnesses that are common in the area, the author analyzes his data using Anthropac, a computer package for analysing qualitative information, to show that people closely link certain illnesses with malaria -- called the malaria cognate' by Nyamongo. The paper discusses how health-care seeking behavior among the Abagusii may be influenced by this judged similarity between malaria and other illnesses (p. 27).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Pharmaceuticals
- Theory of disease
- Medical therapy
- Medical care
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gusii
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Suneka area, Kisi District, southwestern Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Isaac K. Nyamongo
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95642025
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)