Changing patterns of health and health care on a small Bahamian island

Halberstein, Robert A.; Davies, John E.

doi:10.1016/0160-7987(79)90010-3

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“…Computerized demographic questionnaires and health surveys permitted the collection of epidemiological and biomedical information on 1,201 islanders, or 82.8% of the total population (Stahl et al, 1972;Halberstein and Davies, 1979). Hemoglobin characteristics were investigated in blood specimens from 260 females age 1-58 and 232 males age 1-55 (34% of the total population).…”

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“…Detailed clinical data have been obtained on over 80% of the total population, including 1,031 separate medical examinations and a battery of biological tests -visual screenings, blood analyses, EKGs, Pap smears, urinalyses, etc. Computerized demographic questionnaires and health surveys permitted the collection of epidemiological and biomedical information on 1,201 islanders, or 82.8% of the total population (Stahl et al, 1972;Halberstein and Davies, 1979).…”

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“…In 1970 physicians from the University of Miami School of Medicine, working in conjunction with the Bahamas Ministry of Health, established a program of primary and comprehensive health care on Bimini. Medical modernization has progressed rapidly and public health has improved considerably since that date (Halberstein and Davies, 1979).…”

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“…The purpose of the present study is to analyze the effects of various evolutionary, historical, and demographic factors upon the prevalence of different hemoglobin variants on Bimini, a small island (1,450 inhabitants) in the Bahamas. As part of a larger epidemiological and anthropological field investigation of the population (Davies et al, 1975;Halberstein, 1979Halberstein, , 1980bHalberstein and Davies, 1979;Halberstein and Saunders, 1978;Stahl et al, 1972), clinical and biodemographic data are integrated in order to ascertain the origins and distribution of inherited hemoglobin characteristics on the island.…”

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Hemoglobin variations on a small bahamian island

Halberstein

Davies

Mack

1981

American J Phys Anthropol

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Hemoglobino characteristic were investigated in 492 blood specimens collected in a small island community (1,450 inhabitants) in the Bahamas. Using two different methods, abnormal variants were detected in 20.3% of the sample, including genotypes AS, AC, AF(A/HPFH), SC, and SF. Biodemographic evidence suggests that the origin and distribution of the hemoglobinpathies in this population have been influenced by historical migrations and genetic drift. The opportunity for drift has been particularly heightened by the "founder effect," the maintenance of small population size, a relatively endogamous mating structure, and restricted immigration. Health survey results reveal a wide discrepancy between the actual prevalence of abnormal hemoglobins and that indicated by informant reports.

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Hemoglobin variations on a small bahamian island

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Davies

Mack

1981

American J Phys Anthropol

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Traditional medical practices and medicinal plant usage on a Bahamian Island

Halberstein

Saunders

1978

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The traditional medical system of a small Bahamian island is explored through a health survey of 83% of the population and an analysis of the activities and materials of the two main native health 'professionals'--the healing specialist and the 'herbalist'. The present findings suggest that the Bimini medical system has historically been efficacious in the treatment and management of many health problems on the island. Part of the success may be attributed to the resourceful utilization of indigenous medicinal plant species, several of which contain chemical substances that may be curatively effective against a number of diseases as claimed. In recent years the island has experienced a relatively smooth process of medical modernization including the increased availability of 'westernized' health care and the gradual supplementation of the herbal remedies by imported patent and prescription medications.

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Changing patterns of health and health care on a small Bahamian island

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Hemoglobin variations on a small bahamian island

Hemoglobin variations on a small bahamian island

Traditional medical practices and medicinal plant usage on a Bahamian Island

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