CURRICULUM VITAE: Publications: articles

 

 
MARK ANDREW NICHTER


(520)621-2665 (office) Dept. of Anthropology
(520)621-2585 (messages) University of Arizona
(520)621-2088 (FAX: office) PO Box 210030-0030
Tucson, AZ 85721-0030
E-mail:mnichter@u.arizona.edu

 PUBLICATIONS:

Articles:

The joga and maya of the Tuluva buta. Eastern Anthropologist, 1977, 30 [2], 139-155.
Patterns of curative resort and their significance for health planning in South Asia. Medical Anthropologist, 1978, 2 [2], 29-58.
The language of illness in South Kanara. Anthropos, 1979, 74, 181-201.
Democratization of the community health worker scheme: A plan for reconstruction. Economic and Political Weekly, 1980, XV[1] [abridged version], 37-43. Complete version available through U.S.A.I.D., Office of Health, Nutrition, & Population, New Delhi, India.
The layperson's perception of medicine as perspective into the utilization of multiple therapy systems in the Indian context. Social Science and Medicine, 1980, 14B, 225-233.
Negotiation of the illness experience: The influence of ayurvedic therapy on the psychosocial dimensions of illness.  Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 1981, 5, 5-24.
Idioms of distress: Alternatives in the expression of psychosocial distress: A case study from South India. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 1981, 5, 379-408.
Hot/cold conceptualization: A worldwide reference list of research reporting the hot/cold conceptualization of foods and illness. International Nutrition Communication Service, 1981.
[and Nichter, Mimi] The ethnophysiology and folk dietetics of pregnancy. Human Organization 42[3], Fall 1983, 235-246.
Paying for what ails you: Sociocultural issues influencing the ways and means of therapy payment in South India.  Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 1983, 957-965.
Project Community Diagnosis: Participatory research as a first step toward community involvement in primary health care. Social Science and Medicine, Volume 19, No. 3, 237-252, 1984.
Toward a "people near" promotive health within primary health care. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Public Health in Asia and the Pacific Basin, School of Public Health, University of Hawaii Press, 1984.
Cultural interpretation of states of malnutrition among children: A South Indian case study. In A. Bloom [Ed.]  Primary Health Care: The User's Perspective. Medical Anthropology, Vol. 5, 25-48, 1984.
[and Nichter, Mimi] The use of analogy in the communication of promotive health. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Public Health in Asia and the Pacific Basin, School of Public Health, University of Hawaii Press, 1984.
[and Trockman, G. and J. Grippen] Clinical anthropologist as therapy facilitator: Role development and clinician evaluation in a psychiatric training program. Human Organization, 44(1): 72-79, 1985.
Drink Boiled Cooled Water: A Cultural Analysis of a Health Education Message. Social Science and Medicine.  21(6): 667-69, 1985.
[and Nichter, Mimi.] Education by Appropriate Analogy. Convergence, Journal of Adult Education. August 1986.
The Primary Health Center as a Social System: PHC, Social Status, and the Issue of Teamwork in south Asia.  Social Science and Medicine, September 1986.
Cultural Dimensions of Hot-Cold and Sema in the Sri Lankan Health Culture. In L. Manderson [Ed.] Hot-Cold Conceptualization: A Reassessment. Special Edition, Social Science and Medicine, 377-387, 1987.
[and Nichter, Mimi] Cultural Notions of Fertility in South Asia and their Impact on Sri Lankan Family Planning Practices. Human Organization, 46(1): 18-28, 1987.
Kyasanur Forest Disease: An Ethnography of a Disease of Development. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 406-423, December, 1987.
From Aralu to ORS: Sinhalese Perceptions of Digestion, Diarrhea and Dehydration. Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 27:1, 39-52, 1988. 
[and Nordstrom, C.] The Question of Medicine Answering: the Social Relations of Healing in Sri Lanka. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 1989.
[and Kendall, C.] Beyond Child Survival: Anthropology and International Health in the 1990's. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 5:3, 195-203, 1991.
[and Cartwright, E.] Saving the Children for the Tobacco Industry. Medical Anthropology Quarterly5:3, 236-256, 1991.
Ethnomedicine: Diverse Trend, Common Linkages. Medical Anthropology 13:1-2, 137-171, 1991.
[and Mimi Nichter] Hype and Weight. Medical Anthropology 13:249-284, 1991.
Diarrhea and Dysentery: Using Social Science Research to Improve the Quality of Epidemiological Studies, Interventions and Evaluations of Impact. Reviews of Infectious Diseases 13(S4):265-271, 1991.
[and William Ventres, Richard Reed, and Richard Frankel] Do-Not-Resuscitate Discussions: A Qualitative Analysis. Family Practice Research Journal 12:2, 157-169, 1992.
Social Science Lessons from Diarrhea Research and their Application for ARI. Human Organization 52:1, 53-67, 1993.
[and William Ventres, Richard Reed, Richard Frankel] Limitation of Medical Care: An Ethnographic Analysis. Journal of Clinical Ethics 4:2, 134-142, 1993. 
[and Mimi Nichter] Acute Respiratory Illness: Popular Health Culture and Mothers Knowledge in the Philippines.  Medical Anthropology 15:1-23, 1994.
Ethnographic Studies of Acute Respiratory Illness and their Management. Introduction to special volume of Medical Anthropology 15:1-16, 1994.
Illness Semantics and International Health: The Weak Lungs/TB Complex in the Philippines. Social Science and Medicine 38:5, 649-663, 1994.
[and Nancy Vuckovic] Understanding Medicine Use in the Context of Social Transformation. Nina Etkin and Mike Tan, eds., In Medicines: Meanings in Context. Hains Pub.: Quezon City, 1994.
[and Nancy Vuckovic] Agenda for an Anthropology of Pharmaceutical Practice. Social Science and Medicine.  39(11):1509-1525, 1994.
Vaccinations in the third world: A consideration of community demand. Social Science and Medicine.  415:617-632, 1995.
[and Parker, Sheila, Nichter, Mimi, Nichter, Mark, Vuckovic, Nancy, Sims, Colette, and Cheryl Ritenbaugh] Body Image and Weight Concerns among African American and White Adolescent Females: Differences that Make a Difference. Human Organization Vol. 54, No. 2, Summer 1995.
[and Nichter, Mimi, Ritenbaugh, Cheryl, Nichter, Mark, Vuckovic, Nancy, Aickin, Mikel] Dieting and "Watching" Behaviors Among Adolescent Females: Report of a Multi-method Study. Journal of Adolescent Health 17:153-162, 1995.
[and Ilya Abellanosa] Antibiotic Prophylaxis among Commercial Sex Workers in Cebu City, Philippines: Patterns of Use and Perceptions of Efficacy. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sept./Oct., pp. 407-412, 1996.
Self Medication and STD Prevention (invited editorial) Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  Sept./Oct., pp. 353-356, 1996.
[and Gilbert Quintero] The Semantics of Addiction: Moving Beyond Expert Models to Lay Understandings.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 28(3):219-228, 1996.
[with Nancy Vuckovic] Pharmaceutical Practice in the US: Research Agenda for the next decade. Social Science and Medicine 44(9):1285-1302, 1997.
[with Mimi Nichter, Nancy Vuckovic, Gilbert Quentero, Cheryl Ritenbaugh] Smoking experimentation and initiation among adolescent girls: Qualitative and Quantitative findings. Tobacco Control. 6: 285-295. 1997.
[and Vinay Kamat] Pharmacies, Self Medication and Pharmaceutical Marketing in Bombay India.  Social Science and Medicine47 (6) 779-794. 1998.
[and Fernandez, A. Leontsini, E. Sherman, C. Chan, A. Reyes, C. Lozano, R. Fuentes, B. Winch P.] Trial of a Community-based behavioral intervention to decrease infestation of Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes in cement Washbasins in El Progresso, Honduras. Acta Tropica. 70: 171-183, 1998.
[and Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Jen Pylypa] Emerging Fears of Cervical Cancer in Northeast Thailand.  Anthropology in Medicine. 6:3, 359-380, 1999.
Project Community Diagnosis: The Role of Participatory Research in Primary Health Care, in Robert Hahn (ed.) Anthropology in Public and International Health. Oxford University Press. 1999.
[and Pimpawun Boonmongkon , Jen Pylypa ] Emerging Fears of Cervical Cancer in Northeast Thailand.  Anthropology and Medicine. 6(3): 359-380. 1999.
[and Remi Devi Saradamma, Nick Higgenbotham] Social Factors influencing the acquisition of antibiotics without a prescription in Kerala State, South India. Social Science and Medicine. 50:891-903, 2000.
[and William Shadel, Saul Shiffman, Raymond Niaura and David B. Adams] Current Models Of Nicotine Dependence: What Is Known And What Is Needed To Advance Understanding Of Tobacco Etiology Among Youth. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 59(1): S9-S21, 2000.]
[and M. Lakshman] Contamination of medicine Injection Paraphernalia Used by Registered Medical Practitioners in South India: An Ethnographic Study. Social Science and Medicine. 51: 11-28. 2000.
[and Shally Awasth and V.K. Pande] Developing an Interactive STD-Prevention Program for Youth: Lessons from a North Indian Slum. Studies in Family Planning. 31(2):138-150. 2000.

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