Anthropology 675A Reading List-Fall 2003
 

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arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 1 Epidemiology and Anthropology
Epidemiology and social behavior; cultural epidemiology; critical approaches to epidemiology; ecosocial epidemiology, health inequity, the distribution of diseases and syndemics; political ecology
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 2 Health and Health Care Transition(s)
Persistent and emerging public health challenges; demographic, epidemiological, health and health care transitions; public health priority setting: a critical review
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 3 Historical Overview of Public Health Approaches to Child Health
Primary Health Care: The selective vs. comprehensive PHC Models; Child Survival, the integrated child health initiative
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 4 Community Participation: Theories, Assumptions and Realities:
From community health worker schemes to the rise of NGOs; "civil society" and "social capital" as key ingredients in emerging health and development discourse  
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 5 Culture, Human Behavior and Disease Transmission
Water, sanitation and disease transmission; culture & individual behavior, and infrastructure; case studies: trachoma, Chagas Disease, schistosomiasis etc; needle/syringe contamination and disease transmission
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 6 Mosquito Borne Diseases: Malaria
Malaria: cultural perceptions of fever; breeding sites and bed nets; health care behavior; rural and urban contexts
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 7 Mosquito Borne Diseases: Filariasis and Dengue Community participation; responsibility of the individual, household, neighborhood, state
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 8 Diarrhea and Dysentery
Cultural interpretation and perceptions of severity; treatment practices; oral rehydration (ORT, ORS, FBORS)
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 9 Acute Respiratory Infection:
Cultural perceptions and health care seeking behavior; treatment algorithms
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 10 Immunization and Child Survival
Polio, tetanus, measles, hepatitis etc.; cultural interpretation of immunizations and response to EPI
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 11 Culture, Nutrition and Development
Breastfeeding and weaning; cultural interpretations of malnutrition, mothers' time and child feeding
arrow1.gif (826 bytes)arrow1.gif (826 bytes)   Week 12 Nutrition (contin.); Tuberculosis: an Introduction
Week 13 TB continued
The DOTS program: a constructive critical review