Doing health anthropology : research methods for community assessment and change /

Doing health anthropology : research methods for community assessment and change /

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Author / Creator:	Kiefer, Christie W.
Imprint:	New York : Springer, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 281 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Medical anthropology -- Research -- Methodology. Public health -- Anthropological aspects -- Research -- Methodology. Anthropology -- methods. Community Health Services. Research Design. Medical anthropology -- Research -- Methodology. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11217915

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ISBN:	9780826115584 0826115586 0826115578 9780826115577 1280958030 9781280958038 9786610958030 6610958033
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	What is the relationship between health, human nature, and human needs?. The impact of social change on communities?. The processes by which communities confront and overcome their health problems?. How do we study these health questions in new communities and become advocates for change?. These are critical questions in confronting the social causes of ill health, yet many health students do not have the appropriate training in the anthropological methods and techniques that help answer them. Christie Kiefer has written Doing Health Anthropology to prompt students to enter the community alrea.
Other form:	Print version: Kiefer, Christie W. Doing health anthropology. New York : Springer, ©2007

Table of Contents:

Why anthropology?
Positivism : the laboratory theory of knowledge
The naturalistic theory of knowledge : anthropology
The study of real people in natural situations
Designing a research project
The researcher in and beyond the community
Collecting data
Analyzing data
The theory of needs
Community change : the theory of hope
Action anthropology
Teaching health anthropology
Professionalism in naturalistic social science.