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..
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Biologist
- Ecologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field Date
- 1980-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1980-1999
- Coverage Place
- Turkana, Kenya
- Notes
- Bettina Shell-Duncan, J. Karen Shelley, and Paul W. Leslie
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCN
- 99219983
- LCSH
- Turkana (African people)