Culture and Epidemiology: A Theoretical Investigation of Kuru

Fischer, Ann; Fischer, J. L.

doi:10.2307/2948859

Cited by 18 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Parker (1962) attempted to relate the child rearing practices among the Eskimo to the appearance of convulsive hysterical attacks in adult life. The study found roots of adult hysteria in three social situations: (a) a child rearing process that does not prepare the children for crisis situation, (b) institutionalized religious practices which provide socially sanctioned outlets for hostility and role models for hysteria-like behaviour, and (c) social dependency (Fisher and Fisher 1961). The ethnographic fieldwork in 1961 to 1963 by anthropologists Robert Glasse and Shirley Lindenbaum helped to reveal that the Kuru disease emerged in 1920 and might have been transmitted by ritual consumption of infected portions of the brain of the deceased relative.…”

Section: Ecology and Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Interrelating Ecology and Health: Some Bio-Social Concerns

Kaur

2015

Ecoprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Ecology and health issues are often characterized by complex interactions between ecosystems and social systems, and demand integration of themes that span the environmental and socioeconomic determinants of health. The present paper emphasizes the health implications of interactions between human groups and their social, physical and biological environments which help in understanding how changes and fluctuations in ecology affects rate and pattern of diseases. ECOPRINT 21: 31-40, 2014DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/eco.v21i0.11902

show abstract

Section: Ecology and Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Interrelating Ecology and Health: Some Bio-Social Concerns

Kaur

2015

Ecoprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…It took time in order for medical researchers to recognize the effects of culture upon a society's health status (Fisher and Fisher, 1961). Take, for instance, the extremely low incidence of cysticercosis among Muslim countries, which is attributed solely to the mandatory religious abstinence of pork (Hira et al, 2004).…”

Section: Is Culture An Independent Variable In Psychogeriatrics? the mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Take, for instance, the extremely low incidence of cysticercosis among Muslim countries, which is attributed solely to the mandatory religious abstinence of pork (Hira et al, 2004). Another obvious example is the past relationship between ritualistic endocannibalism of the brain and "kuru" (a prion disease) in Papua New Guinea (Fisher and Fisher, 1961).…”

Section: Is Culture An Independent Variable In Psychogeriatrics? the mentioning

confidence: 99%

Dementia care in Asia – Second Consensus Statement on Quality Services

Chiu¹,

Chiu²

2006

Int. Psychogeriatr.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…First, to what extent do the subsistence activities conspire to segregate the sexes in certain societies, while bringing them together in cooperative efforts in other societies? The relevance of this question is suggested by the research of Ann and J. L. Fischer (1961) and Beatrice Whiting (1965). The former paper suggests that segregation of the sexes among the Fore tribe of New Guinea may explain manifestations of the disease Kuru.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-Cultural Ratings of Subsistence Activities and Sex Division of Labor: Retrospects and Prospects1

Brown¹

1969

Behavior Science Notes

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Although much has been written concerning the legitimacy and the feasibility of the cross-cultural method as a research tool (brief summations of this literature are available in Textor [1967] and Harris [1968]), the assumption will here be made that the method is both valuable and perfectible. However, any cross-cultural research can only be as meaningful as the ratings it uses. I will therefore attempt to evaluate such ratings by examining those dealing with subjects of my own research interest -subsistence activities and the sex division of labor. These two areas were first rated cross-culturally in the pioneer work of Hobhouse, Wheeler, and Ginsberg (1915), but it was not until the publication of Murdock's &dquo;World Ethnographic Sample&dquo; ( 1957 ) that such ratings inspired a large body of cross-cultural * Judith K. Brown (Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education), is presently an assistant professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. During the past two years she was an associate scholar at the Radcliffe Institute, where she was engaged in research concerning the subsistence activities of women. Her thesis was a cross-cultural study of initiation rites for girls.

show abstract

Culture and Epidemiology: A Theoretical Investigation of Kuru

Cited by 18 publications

References 0 publications

Interrelating Ecology and Health: Some Bio-Social Concerns

Interrelating Ecology and Health: Some Bio-Social Concerns

Dementia care in Asia – Second Consensus Statement on Quality Services

Cross-Cultural Ratings of Subsistence Activities and Sex Division of Labor: Retrospects and Prospects1

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About