by Cathy Banwell (Editor), Stanley Ulijaszek (Series Editor), Jane Dixon (Series Editor)
Bringing the hard-to-quantify aspects of lived experience to analysis, and emphasizing what might be lost in interventions if cultural insights are absent, this book includes case studies from across the Asia and Pacific regions -Bangladesh, Malaysia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Tuvalu and the Cook Islands. When Culture Impacts Health offers conceptual, methodological and practical insights into understanding and successfully mediating cultural influences to address old and new public health issues including safe water delivery, leprosy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and body image. It contains useful methodological tools - how to map cultural consensus, measure wealth capital, conduct a cultural economy audit, for example. It provides approaches for discerning between ethnic and racial constructs and for conducting research among indigenous peoples. The book will be indispensible for culture and health researchers in all regions.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 378
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 29 Mar 2013
ISBN 10: 0124159214
ISBN 13: 9780124159211
Book Overview: Understand the relationship between culture and disease imperative in improving health outcomes