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Advancing health in developing countries : the role of social research

Title: Advancing health in developing countries : the role of social research / edited by Lincoln C. Chen, Arthur Kleinman, and Norma C. Ware.
Publication: New York : Auburn House, ©1992.

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Description

xi, 230 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"What is the relationship between social science research and public health policy, particularly in the developing world? This question is at the heart of this collection of essays drawn from Rockefeller Foundation-sponsored conferences at Harvard University. The book examines the theoretical impact of social science research as well as specific case studies of successful applied research." "Beginning with a section on broad issues and the conceptualization of behavioral change, the volume then examines the antismoking movement in the United States; measures to prevent and control HIV infection in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States; anti-malaria measures; and the application of dietary management and lot quality assurance sampling to public health issues in Peru. The volume concludes with a section reexamining ways in which social science research can have an impact on improving public health. Scholars and researchers as well as policymakers involved with health research and international development will find this collection particularly valuable."--BOOK JACKET.

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Genre/Form

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

Note

Based on a workshop held at Harvard University in June 1989.
"Prepared under the auspices of the Health Transition Project, Center for Population Studies, Harvard University."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : addressing the health transition research agenda : can we connect findings with action? / Sally E Findley (22 p.). -- Anthropological approach to social science research on the health transition / Norma C Ware (16 p.). -- Behavioral medicine, health behavior, and health maintenance strategies : applicability to disease prevention in the developing world / Stephen M Weiss (10 p.). -- Research possibilities on facilitating the health care transition / David Mechanic (10 p.). -- Rise and fall of the cigarette : a brief history of the antismoking movement in the United States / Allan M Brandt (20 p.). -- Commentary : tobacco use in India / Prakash C Gupta (6 p.).
Using social science to prevent and control HIV infection : the experience of Britain, Sweden, and the United States / Daniel M Fox (14 p.). -- Commentary : who calls the tune? / Barbara O. de Zalduondo (6 p.). -- Malaria transition and the role of social science research / Donald R Sawyer (18 p.). -- Commentary : old themes and new directions in malaria studies / Elias Sevilla-Casas (6 p.). -- Dietary management of diarrhea in Peru / Guillermo Lopez de Romana (12 p.). -- Assessment of health program performance to improve management : utilization of lot quality assurance sampling to increase immunization coverage in Peru / Claudio F Lanata (12 p.). -- Commentary : targeted interventions for immunization and diarrhea management / Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer (6 p.). -- Health and development : what can research contribute? / Nancy Birdsall (28 p.). -- Potential for social science research to inform and influence the delivery of health care in less developed countries / W. Henry Mosley (20 p.). -- Health transition and social science research : a summary of workshop proceedings / Lincoln C Chen (10 p.).

ISBN

0865690340
9780865690349

LCCN

91026133

OCLC

ocm24286262
24286262
SCSB-14655583

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library