Correlation of Anthropology and Disease?

Question

Correlate anthropology and disease

Answer 1

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Answer 2

A part of an anthropologist's work includes the study of disease in a given population, whether that be a small, isolated tribal group or a heavily populated multinational region such as the Middle East.  It might include studies of the etiology, pathology, attempts at remediation and outcomes, or it might include means of transmission (disease vectors) almost exclusively.

Answer 3

There is a subfield of social and cultural anthropology called medical anthropology, which promotes the study of aspects of health, disease, health care and related topics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_ant...

Answer 4

um maybe anthropology of health and illness-

sickness/illness is culturally constructed... an 'ailment' in one group may be seen as an 'positive attribute' in another culture...

some examples/arguments (yes both for and against):

depression being a western disease

acceptance/exclusion patterns of disease (e.g. leprosy)

Also consider that many societies view some 'sickness' or symptoms as 'black magic'... shamanism etc

Answer 5

An anthropologist looking at diseases can also be looking at bone remains.  Various diseases have an influence on our bones,  (Anemia, for example) and can give insight into the person's general health, if they survived a period of malnutrition, if they survived a long term illness, if they had chronic pain, etc.  The more examples of disease found on bones, the less healthy the populations was.  Fewer instances of disease, better health obviously.  So, you can get some strong insight into a population from studying how they were affected by disease.

Anthropologists can also look at disease among living populations, that is true.  This of course, involves other techniques, but can give you similar insights into the health of the population.

Answer 6

Anthropology refers to the study of societies, in terms of their culture, beliefs, values behavioural patterns.

It is linkded to dizz bcoz pples' lifestyles & levels of affluence affects the diseases to which they r prone.

Pple who r poor and live in poorly sanitised areas r mo prone to diseases which are air-borne or water borne.

Pple from cultures with high morals are less prone to STIs due to lower sexual activity.

The poor are prone to STIs as they indulge in a bid to survive thru prostitution as opposed to the rich.

The rich have more access to better medical facilities then the poor so their life span is boung to b higher.

I hope u can finish of & I gave u an idea of how to fo about he question. there are more aspects to look at besides affluence.