essay
Health and morbidity: ethnomedical and epidemiological perspectives
Turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environment • Oxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 206-229
By: Shell-Duncan, Bettina, Shelley, J. Karen, Leslie, Paul W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document examines the consequences of multiple stresses of pastoral experience in a harsh, arid, semi-desert environment, and evaluates bio-behavioral responses of the Turkana people. It shows that a comprehensive understanding of determinants of health and well-being among the Turkana necessitates analysis of relationships among a variety of factors, including nutrition, immunity, and infectious morbidity, within their socio-cultural and ecological context. It argues that the manner in which the Turkana perceive and act upon potential or existing threats to health influences their ability to mitigate environmental stress, and affects the distribution of disease stress within the population.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theory of disease
- Morbidity
- Medical care
- Medical therapy
- Hospitals and clinics
- Preventive medicine
- Public health and sanitation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Turkana
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Biologist
- Ecologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-1999
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Turkana, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Bettina Shell-Duncan, J. Karen Shelley, and Paul W. Leslie
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99219983
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)