Acute Respiratory Illness: Popular Health Culture and Mother's Knowledge in the Philippines

Mark Nichter; Mimi Nichter

doi:10.1080/01459740.1994.9966099

Acute Respiratory Illness: Popular Health Culture and Mother's Knowledge in the Philippines

Mark Nichter, Mimi Nichter

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Abstract

Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is one of the chief causes of morbidity and mortality in the third world. This ethnographic study of ARI in the Philippines draws attention to local knowledge, sign recognition, perceptions of severity, and cultural factors influencing health care seeking. The mix of research methods used to generate data on these issues is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	353-375
Number of pages	23
Journal	Medical anthropology
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.1994.9966099
State	Published - Dec 1993

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ARI
Philippines
medical anthropology

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Health(social science)
Anthropology

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