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When culture impacts health : global lessons for effective health research /

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Bringing the hard-to-quantify aspects of lived experience to analysis, and emphasizing what might be lost in interventions if cultural insights are absent, this book includes case studies from across the Asia and Pacific regions -Bangladesh, Malaysia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Au...

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Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Banwell, Cathy (Editor), Ulijaszek, Stanley J. (Editor), Dixon, Jane (Jane Meredith) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier : Academic Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Social medicine.
Health > Social aspects.
Anthropology, Medical.
Medicalization.
Social Medicine.
Cultural Competency.
Health Behavior.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Bringing the hard-to-quantify aspects of lived experience to analysis, and emphasizing what might be lost in interventions if cultural insights are absent, this book includes case studies from across the Asia and Pacific regions -Bangladesh, Malaysia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Tuvalu and the Cook Islands. When Culture Impacts Health offers conceptual, methodological and practical insights into understanding and successfully mediating cultural influences to address old and new public health issues.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Description based on opening page (viewed Nov 30, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780124159433
0124159435