About the Book
In recent years, health related research in anthropology have been looking for ways to extend the approaches that focus on the cultural and social context of human behaviour. Anthropology could play in the development of public health policy with extensive research based on meticulous fieldwork which includes various methods used in physical and social anthropology for data collection.
The discipline is well-positioned to play a key role in addressing health issues in positive direction. The book connecting anthropology and health deals with the perspectives of clinically applied anthropology and associated paradigms as a framework for a better understanding of health and ethos. Using the anthropological method and interpretative analysis, contributions in this volume indicate that the construction of the meaning of health by individuals is central and overlaps with biomedical causality and rationality.
Contents
1. Blood Pressure and Occupational Hazards: An Anthropo-Medical Study Among Salt Workers of Tamil Nadu / Ajeet Jaiswal
2. Health, Nutrition and Physical Growth in a Developing Nation / Ayaz Malik
3. Association of Apolipoprotein E (Apo E) Polymorphism and Non-Communicable Diseases / P. Venkatramana and S.A.A. Latheef
4. Critical Medical Anthropology and Bio-Power: A Review / Sonia Kaushal
5. Dynamics of Emerging Health Threat and Health Care Fallacies: A Study Among Two Major Ethnic Group Inhabitants of Eastern Uttar Pradesh / Vineet Kumar Verma
6. Epigenetic Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Ovarian Cancer / Ratika Samtani and Noopur Sharma
7. Sex Variation in Blood Pressure Among Adult Santhals of Jharkhand / Anjali Kumari
8. Menstrual Pattern and Associated Disorders Among Muslim Women of North India / Shumayla and Satwanti Kapoor
9. Menstruation and Hygiene: A Bio-Cultural Perspective / Prithibi Gogoi
10. Prevalence of Haemoglobinopathies in Upper Assam / Bhaskar Das and Sarthak Sengupta
11. Relationship of Anthropometric Parameters and Coronary Artery Disease / S.A.A. Latheef
12. Reproductive Decisions When and How These are Taken: A Study Based on Human Behavioural Ecological Approach / Subha Ray and Nandini Bhattacharyya
13. Reproductive Health and MTHFR C677T Gene Polymorphism / Jayashree Mazumder
14. Sociocultural and Health Status Among Tribal Groups of Rajasthan / Khushbu Kumari
15. Sociodemographic Correlates of Lifestyle Diseases / N.K. Mungreiphy and Somishon Keishing
16. Demographic and Cultural Factors Affecting Fertility Levels: A Study Among Santal Women in Purbi Singhbhum District, Jharkhand / Shalini Kumari Singh and G.K. Kshatriya
About the Author / Editor
Rashmi Sinha is a Professor of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. An alumni of University of Delhi, she also served as an ad-hoc Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi and she has also worked under the Women Scientist Scheme of Department of Science and Technology. She is member of various professional bodies. To her credit she has publications in national and international journals of repute and has also participated in national and international conferences/ seminars/ workshops in various capacities. Professor Sinha has carried extensive fieldwork in her areas of interest, which includes, Growth and Development, Human Physiology and Obesity Research in Physical Anthropology.
