Acute respiratory illness: Popular health culture and mother's knowledge in the Philippines

1 December 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Medical Anthropology

Vol. 15 (4) , 353-375
https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.1994.9966099

Abstract

Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is one of the chief causes of morbidity and mortality in the third world. This ethnographic study of ARI in the Philippines draws attention to local knowledge, sign recognition, perceptions of severity, and cultural factors influencing health care seeking. The mix of research methods used to generate data on these issues is discussed.

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