Medical Anthropology and African American Health

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Eric J. Bailey

ISBN: 0-89789-902-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-902-4

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272 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 3/30/2002

List Price: $28.95 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)

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Media Type: Paperback

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: The field of medical anthropology is a discipline that incorporates the perspective of a wide range of approaches—from anthropologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, physicians, nurses, public health administrators, biologists, and many others, including the general public, to health care. This approach places culture and cultural relativism at the forefront and center of every model, and examines the ethics and fairness of health care issues associated with the African American population.

The author examines data on mortality, census, preventive health, alternative medical practices, clinical research, and intervention from a comprehensive perspective. Finally, fieldwork in a public health department setting provides the medical anthropologist with a unique opportunity to investigate cultural and health issues of a particular population in a public health setting. The author explains the steps and procedures for conducting an applied medical anthropological study, based on his experience doing fieldwork projects over the past 15 years.

Table of Contents:

Discussing Medical Anthropology, Culture, and Ethnic Populations Health Care Issues
Medical Anthropology and Health Care
Ethnic Populations in the United States: Health Beliefs and Treatment Actions
African American Health Care
African American Health Care: A Cultural Relativistic Perspective
African American Health Care: A Health Data and Current Research Studies Perspective
African American Health Care: Alternative Medical Practices
How to Do Medical Anthropological Fieldwork
Strategies for Applied Medical Anthropology Health Care Research
Medical Anthropology Case Studies: Clinic, Community, and Public Health Settings
Fieldwork in a Cardiopulmonary Clinic
Psychosociocultural Stress and African American Women
Fieldwork in a Detroit Hospital
A Needs Assessment of a Prenatal Intervention Program
Culturally Competent Health Screening Programs
The Diabetic Patient's Adaptation to Outpatient Clinic
HIV/AIDS Counselor Strategies and the African American Community
A Community's Perception of the Health Care System: Issues of Equity
Culture and Health: The Future of African American Health Care Research
Cultural Health Care Strategies for African Americans

About the Author: ERIC J. BAILEY is Medical Anthropologist with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.


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