Research Catalog

Title

Health and development in Africa : international, interdisciplinary symposium, 2-4 June 1982, University of Bayreuth / Peter Oberender, Hans Jochen Diesfeld, Wolfgang Gitter (Hrsg.).

Publication

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : P. Lang, ©1983.

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Additional Authors

• Oberender, Peter.
• Diesfeld, Hans Jochen.
• Gitter, Wolfgang, 1930-
• Universität Bayreuth. Institut für Sozialrecht und Gesundheitsökonomie.
• Universität Heidelberg. Institut für Tropenhygiene und Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen.
• International Interdisciplinary Symposium "Health and Development in Africa" (1982 : University of Bayreuth)

Description

ix, 432 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Medizin in Entwicklungsländern, 0721-3247 ; Bd. 15

Uniform Title

Medizin in Entwicklungsländern ; Bd. 15.

Subject

• Medical economics > Africa > Congresses
• Public health > Africa > Congresses
• Medical policy
• Public health administration
• Delivery of Health Care > economics
• Health Behavior > ethnology
• Health Policy
• Public Health Administration
• Public health administration
• Medical policy
• Economic policy
• Medical economics
• Public health
• Gesundheit
• Gesundheitswesen
• Sozioökonomischer Wandel
• Kongress
• Africa > Economic policy > Congresses
• Africa > ethnology
• Africa
• Afrika
• Entwicklungsländer

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• "Organized by the Institut für Sozialrecht und Gesundheitsökonomie ... in cooperation with the "Institut für Tropenhygiene und Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen der Universität Heidelberg""--P.I.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 415-430.

Contents

• Health behaviour and cultural identity / Fouad N Ibrahim (7 p.). -- Health and culture in an African society / Josephine M Namboze (11 p.). -- Effect of culture, local traditions, and religious beliefs on the health behaviour in different African countries and tribes / Antonios Markos (7 p.). -- Religiousity and health behaviour in Africa / Joshua W Sempebwa (11 p.). -- Social-cultural determinants of health behaviour : a case study of Tanzania / G.D Kamm (19 p.). -- Images of illness and cultural values in the writings of Amos Tutuola / Eckhard Breitinger (9 p.). -- Economic issues in disease control and eradication : with special emphasis on Africa / Ralph Andreano (11 p.). -- Health care in the developing world : the role of economists and economics / Kenneth Lee (27 p.).
• Health care financing : recent experience in Africa / David W Dunlop (21 p.). -- State of health as a reflection of the level of development of a nation / Peter O Agbonifo (13 p.). -- Interelationship of health and development in Africa / Susi Kessler (9 p.). -- Vertical versus horizontal health programmes in Africa : idealism, pragmatism, resources and efficiency / Anne Mills (23 p.). -- Medical care in remote areas : experiences and thoughts / Andreas Steiner (8 p.). -- Eastern Clinic Mobai, Sierra Leone : a case study in health systems / B.M Kobba (24 p.). -- Some observations on health development in three African socialist countries : Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Tanzania / Oscar Gish (24 p.).
• Elements and requirements of primary health care policy : the case of the People's Republic of Benin / Gudrun Lachenmann (21 p.). -- Health system in Ghana : a case study / F.N.L Engmann (14 p.). -- Planning and politics of resource allocation for primary health care : promotion of meaningful national policy / Malcolm Segall (40 p.). -- Planning priorities and health care delivery in Nigeria / Folorunsho Abudu (19 p.). -- Health insurance systems in Africa / Maximilian Fuchs (14 p.). -- Priority of preventive measures for medicine in Africa : with special reference to the role of health legislation / H Hof (17 p.). -- Making medical education relevant to health care systems / E.H.O Parry (7 p.). -- Jamaica : a case study in health development / G.E Cumper (30 p.).

ISBN

• 3820476113
• 9783820476118

LCCN

84111672

OCLC

• ocm10654429
• 10654429
• SCSB-14662030

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library