U.S. Mexico Doctoral Dissertation: Biological Pathology and the Cultural Construction of Illness: A Comparative, Cross-Cultural Study of Two Folk Illnesses

美国墨西哥博士论文：疾病的生物病理学与文化建构：两种民间疾病的比较、跨文化研究

• 批准号: 0108978
• 负责人: Elois Ann Berlin
• 金额: $ 0.78万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0108978&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Mexico; Doctoral; Dissertation; Biological

0108978BerlinThis Americas Program award will provide support for dissertation research by Mr. George E. Luber, under the direction of Dr. Elois A. Berlin of the University of Georgia. Mr. Luber will work in Mexico with Dr. Austraberta Nazar Beutelspacher at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, in Chiapas. They will study the biological pathology and the cultural construction of illness by carrying out a comparative, cross-cultural study of two folk illnesses.Specifically, this thesis dissertation research will investigate two folk illnesses, the Tzeltal Mayan cha'lam tsots and the Mixe metsk kuaay, which represent regional variations of cultural representations of potentially fatal illnesses, primarily affecting children, found in several Mesoamerican cultures. The research will involve a combination of ethnographic, clinical epidemiological and nutritional anthropometric methods to address a critical gap in the biocultural study of ethnomedical systems by clarifying the role that biology and culture each play in the identification and cultural construction of disease in two Mesoamerican linguistic groups. By working with researchers at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, this study will increase understanding of and improve efforts to develop culturally-appropriate and effective treatments for these and other ethnomedical conditions often ignored and untreated by local doctors.

0108978柏林美洲计划奖将为乔治先生的论文研究提供支持。在Elois A.格鲁吉亚大学的柏林。 Luber先生将在墨西哥恰帕斯州的El Colegio de la Frontera Sur与Austraberta Nazar Beutelspacher博士一起工作。 他们将通过对两种民间疾病进行比较、跨文化研究来研究疾病的生物病理学和文化结构。具体来说，本论文研究将调查两种民间疾病，Tzeltal玛雅人的cha'lam tsots和Mixe metsk kuaay，这两种疾病代表了在几种中美洲文化中发现的潜在致命疾病的文化表征的区域差异，主要影响儿童。这项研究将涉及人种学、临床流行病学和营养人体测量学方法相结合，以澄清生物学和文化各自在两个中美洲语言群体的疾病识别和文化构建中所发挥的作用，从而填补人种医学系统生物文化研究中的一个关键空白。 通过与El Colegio de la Frontera Sur的研究人员合作，这项研究将增加对这些和其他经常被当地医生忽视和治疗的民族医学疾病的理解，并改善为这些疾病和其他民族医学疾病开发文化适当和有效治疗方法的努力。