Dissertation Research: Transformation of Health in Rural Nepal

埃特金/兹沃塞克9309593结核病是发展中国家的一种常见疾病，是一种通过不同文化特定的医疗技术进行治疗的疾病。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实践的性质和影响。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，但很少有人研究它。在1992年9月的一项试点研究的基础上，这个以乡村为基础的项目将利用生物行为观点，结合使用调查、参与者观察、结构化和非结构化访谈、西方生物医学健康记录以及对特定疾病事件的跟踪，以阐明健康和疾病的生物和文化方面的相互作用。研究主题将包括当地对疾病类别和病因的认知、治疗活动和治疗师，以及对疾病和治疗过程和结果的期望和评估。该项目具有重要意义，因为它重视结核病发病率和影响的社会文化方面的研究空白，因为它独特地将健康和疾病的生物和文化方面结合在一起。此外，这项关于当地重大关切疾病的研究的重点突出了它的应用范围及其为文化敏感和有效的卫生规划提供信息的潜力，从而使尼泊尔人受益，他们的知识和经验为研究项目提供了便利。*S(t(@1@4 P O`^Hrf12.frs hrf6.frs hrf12.chm hrf6.chm egaital.frs egaund.frs egasmc.frs ega512.frs！！！F？##L时代新罗马符号&Arial&Lucida Sans Bookman Old Style u“h B By Etkin Zvosec抽象论文《论文摘要Zvosec Etkin Raymond Hmes Raymond Hams

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