Health and Development in a Rural Kenyan Community

J. Brainard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

1991
Peter Lang AG (Verlag)
978-0-8204-0978-8 (ISBN)

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Based on original anthropological fieldwork and extensive archival research, this timely book describes in detail the development of an irrigation project in Turkana District, Kenya, a semi-desert area where serious drought and famine have been common throughout this century. A wide spectrum of demographic and health parameters are estimated for the irrigation project community to assess the public health impact of both planned and unintentional environmental and cultural changes that accompanied development. This monograph is of great interest to anthropologists, africanists, demographers and the public health community, and of special relevance to development planners in other drought-stressed areas of tropical Africa.

The Author: Jean M. Brainard is assistant professor of anthropology at The Ohio State University. She has also taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Utah and has been a research fellow at Harvard University and the University of Nairobi. She has published articles on demographic and medical anthropology in several scholarly journals and collected works. Professor Brainard received a Ph.D. in anthropology from SUNY at Binghamton and a postdoctoral M.S. degree in population sciences from Harvard University.

Contents: Turkana environment, culture and traditional adaptations - Developmental changes in Turkana District - Reproductive behavior and fertility - Nutritional status, morbidity and Mortality - Future prospects for Turkana and lessons for other populations.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.1991
Reihe/Serie	American University Studies ; 40
Zusatzinfo	15 tab., 3 maps
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-8204-0978-2 / 0820409782
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-0978-8 / 9780820409788
Zustand	Neuware