The Health of Native Americans: Toward a Biocultural EpidemiologyOxford University Press, 1994 - 275 من الصفحات In order to study the health status of Native Americans, the unique characteristics of this population must be fully considered. This book provides a comprehensive review of the health of Native Americans in the United States and Canada. Historical trends in population and health status from pre-European contact to the present are thoroughly examined within three categories: infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and injuries. The etiology and pathogenesis of different diseases are discussed, and genetic and environmental risk factors are considered. The book also compares the incidence of disease among Native Americans and non-Native Americans, examines variations among Native Americans belonging to different geographical, cultural and linguistic groups, and reviews control and prevention strategies. On a broader level, the purpose of this book is to integrate the approaches of anthropology and epidemiology in order to demonstrate the interaction of biology and culture on disease causation, distribution, and control. Attention to both perspectives offers a promising approach to understanding and improving the health status of Native Americans. |
المحتوى
An Introduction to Native Americans | 3 |
An Overview of Population and Health | 23 |
Demographic Features | 32 |
Morbidity and Disability | 43 |
Decline and Persistence of Infectious Diseases | 55 |
Emergence of Chronic Diseases I | 94 |
Emergence of Chronic Diseases II | 139 |
Injuries and the Social Pathologies | 176 |
Toward a Biocultural Epidemiology | 216 |
Bibliography | 227 |
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الصفحة 248 - Acute hepatitis B virus infection: relation of age to the clinical expression of disease and subsequent development of the carrier state. J Infect Dis.
الصفحة 229 - Alcohol metabolism in American Indians and whites. Lack of racial differences in metabolic rate and liver alcohol dehydrogenase.
الصفحة 245 - The cholesterol facts. A summary of the evidence relating dietary fats, serum cholesterol, and coronary heart disease. A joint statement by the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.