a ISBN 1-84277-050-0

a ISBN 1-84277-051-9

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WA 31

b Item number .A6526 2001

a Dewey Classification 362.1/07/201724

a Title Applying health social science :

b Remainder of title best practice in the developing world /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Nick Higginbotham, Roberto Briceno-Leon, and Nancy A. Johnson.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc London ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Zed Books in association with International Forum for Social Sciences in Health,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2001.

a Extent xi, 291 p. ;

c Dimensions 22 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note Applying social science to improve human health. Health social science: transdisciplinary partnerships for improving human health. Asia and the Pacific. An indigenous work-related social skills training model for persons with schizophrenia in Hong Kong -- Cultural constructions of risk: heart disease in the New South Wales Coalfields, Australia -- The development of a transdisciplinary approach to promote the rational use of drugs: the Indonesian experience -- A community approach to smoking cessation and relapse prevention in a traditional Fijian village. Africa. A community-action intervention to improve medical care services in Kinshasa, Congo: mediating the realms of healers and physicians -- Representing HIV/AIDS concerns in Uganda: the genogram as a visual complement to ethnographic and epidemiological evidence -- AIDS prevention in the Matare and the community: a training strategy for traditional healers in Zimbabwe. Latin America. Lay beliefs and gender stereotypes: unacknowledged dimensions of STD prevention strategies -- From "milk bread" to control of visceral leishmaniasis among the Zenú Indians of the Caribbean Coast of Colombia -- Mud, bugs and community participation: remodelling village houses to eradicate vector-borne disease. Lessons and directions. Best practice and future innovations in applying social science to advancing the health of populations.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medical care

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Public health

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Medicine

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Behavioral Medicine

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Developing Countries

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Public Health

a Personal name Higginbotham Howard N

d Dates associated with a name 1949

a Personal name BriceñoLeón Roberto

a Personal name Johnson Nancy A

d Dates associated with a name 1962