essay
Physical and dental health
Studies in a Hawaiian community : na makamaka o Nanakuli • (1) • Published In 1968 • Pages: 118-137
By: Heighton, Robert H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter from the 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17-24, 26, 27) focuses on physical and dental health of the Nanakuli community. The study is based on a sample of 539 individuals. Data is presented on most frequent causes of illness, ailment by body system, chronic ailments, medical care sought, preventive health practices, health insurance, environment, stress symptoms, and dental care.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Hospitals and clinics
- Medical therapy
- Medical care
- Medical personnel
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hawaiians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1967-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert H. Heighton, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 128)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79017014
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawaiians