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Ethnicity, HIV/AIDS prevention and public health education
Stella R. QuahAssesses the health belief model and its application to the perception of HIV/AIDS prevention through public health education. Investigates the concepts of stigma and blame among…
Decision making, use of contraception and fertility in Bangladesh: a path analysis
Syeda Zakia HossainDraws on data from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey to explore whether or not socio‐demographic factors such as woman’s age, education, occupation, income and residence affect…
Public health equity goals: households and food production in nutrition research
John DuffExplains that current public health policy puts so much emphasis on food and nutrition because the single largest cause of death is nutrition‐related, and also because it is…
Acceptance in the family: a study of deformed and non‐deformed leprosy patients in Tamil Nadu, India
S.N.M. KoppartyInvestigates leprosy as both a medical and social problem, particularly as the sufferer loses the ability to hold an economically productive role, affecting their social status…
Home management of acute respiratory infections: a challenge to the family and the community
Magdalena C. CabarabanReports on a survey conducted to investigate acute respiratory infections (ARI) in children in developing countries, looking particularly at the Philippines. Explores the role of…
A sociological analysis of chronic fatigue syndrome and the impact on family support structures
Neville T. Millen, Chris L. Peterson, Roslyn WoodwardDiscusses chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), which is a “contested disease”, that is, it is not recognized by the medical profession as a legitimate illness and, consequently, people…
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