Dissertation Research: Transformation of Health in Rural Nepal

结核病是发展中国家的一种常见病，是一种因文化而异的医疗技术治疗的不同疾病。了解这些技术的功效将有助于了解对疾病的文化理解的适应性以及结核病患者可获得的社会和技术支持系统。这项医学人类学研究的目的是调查尼泊尔东部医学信仰和做法的性质和影响。特别关注的是结核病，尽管它在尼泊尔和整个发展中世界产生了持续的影响，但一直是很少研究的主题。在1992年9月试点研究奠定的基础上，这个以村庄为基础的项目将利用生物行为的观点，其中包括使用调查、参与观察、有组织和无组织的面谈、西方生物医学健康记录和跟踪特定疾病，以阐明健康和疾病的生物和文化方面的相互作用。研究课题将包括当地对疾病类别和病因、治疗活动和治疗师的看法，以及对疾病、治疗过程和结果的期望和评估。这个项目的重要之处在于它注意到结核病发病率和影响的社会文化方面的研究空白，并独特地综合了健康和疾病的生物和文化方面。此外，这项研究的重点是当地非常关注的疾病，强调了它的应用层面及其为文化敏感和有效的保健方案规划提供信息的潜力，从而使尼泊尔人受益，他们的知识和经验有助于研究项目。* * * s (t ( @ 1 @ 4 P O ` ^ hrf12.frs hrf6.frs hrf12。chm hrf6。CHM egital1 .frs egaund1 .frs egasmc.frs ega512.frs​!!!f ?# # L Times New Roman Symbol & Arial & font font =宋体旧体字体u u u u " h B B B y etkin zvosec抽象的抽象论文论文抽象的zvosec etkin雷蒙德·詹姆斯雷蒙德·詹姆斯

Etkin/Zvosec 9309593 Tuberculosis is a common disease in the developing world and an affliction which is variably treated by culturally specific medical techniques. An understanding of the efficacy of such techniques will shed important insight on the adaptiveness of cultural understandings of disease and the social and technical support system available to those afflicted with tuberculosis. The objective of this medical anthropological research is to investigate the nature and implications of medical beliefs and practices in eastern Nepal. Special focus is on tuberculosis, which, despite its sustained impact in Nepal and throughout the developing world, has been the subject of little research. Building on groundwork laid during a pilot study in September 1992, this village-based project will utilize a biobehavioral perspective that incorporates the use of survey, participant observation, structured and unstructured interview, Western biomedical health records, and tracking of specific illness episodes to elucidate the interactions of biological and cultural aspects of health and disease. Research topics will include local perceptions of disease categories and etiologies, therapeutic activities and healers, and expectations and evaluations of disease and therapeutic processes and outcomes. This project is significant for its attention to voids in research on sociocultural aspects of tuberculosis incidence and impact, for its unique integration of biological and cultural aspects of health and disease. Further, the focus of this study on disease of significant local concern underscores it applied dimension a nd its potential to inform culturally sensitive and effective health programming, and thereby benefit Nepalis, whose knowledge and experience facilitate the research project. *** s( t( @ 1 @ 4 P O ` ^ hrf12.frs hrf6.frs hrf12.chm hrf6.chm egaital.frs egaund.frs egasmc.frs ega512.frs ! ! ! f ? # # L Times New Roman Symbol & Arial & Lucida Sans Bookman Old Style u u u " h B B y etkin zvosec abstract abstract dissertation"dissertation abstract zvosec etkin Raymond Hames Raymond Hames