Life and Well-Being under Historical Ecological Variation: The Epidemiology of Disease and of Representations

Robert Attenborough; Don Gardner

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Life and Well-Being under Historical Ecological Variation: The Epidemiology of Disease and of Representations

Robert Attenborough^*, Don Gardner

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In this chapter we report on aspects of research undertaken among a small population (the Mian) living on the northern fringes of New Guinea's mountainous backbone. The ethnographic setting is empirically unusual in important respects, and while our research demonstrates that cultural factors are integral to the epidemiological and broader social history of the population, it raises questions about the methodological shape of cultural epidemiology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	When Culture Impacts Health
Subtitle of host publication	Global Lessons for Effective Health Research
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	181-192
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9780124159211
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-415921-1.00016-6
Publication status	Published - Feb 2013

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