CiNii Books - Disease in populations in transition : anthropological and epidemiological perspectives

Societies in transition are often faced with new settings and/or new diseases that require a response in order for the affected group to thrive or survive. A lack of effective response by a transitional population to a new pathogen can lead to the group's disintegration. A stark example of this, historically, is the decline of Native American civilizations with the arrival of European colonists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The transitional response mechanism has been a neglected topic in anthropology until the publication of this book. In a broad selection of nineteen essays by distinguished researchers, the epidemiology and health status of prehistoric, historical, and present day populations in transition are thoroughly explored. Different models--biomedical, ethnomedical, ecological, and politicoeconomic--are used to illustrate the effects of transition on the health of human populations throughout the world. Swedlund and Armelagos have compiled and arranged these essays into three parts: genetic and evolutionary perspectives; infectious disease and nutrition in temporal perspective; and social epidemiology. Some of the topics studied in the essays include: disease and evolution in Amerindian populations; health and disease in prehistoric transitional peoples; mortality and morbidity consequences of nutritional variation in early child growth; and social support and mortality in post-transition populations. This insightful book will provide a vital perspective for medical anthropologists, development specialists, epidemiologists, and health professionals, as well as for graduate students in related course areas.

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Preface Introduction by Alan C. Swedlund and George J. Armelagos Genetic and Evolutionary Perspectives Genetics and Change by Derek F. Roberts Infectious Disease and Natural Selection in Human Populations: A Critical Reexamination by Catharina Svanborg-Eden and Bruce R. Levin The Detection of Selective Differences in Populations by John A. Barrett Infectious Disease and Evolution of Human Populations: The Example of South American Forest Tribes by Francis L. Black Diabetes in Amerindian Populations: The Dogrib Studies by Emoke J.E Szathmary Transitional Diabetes and Gallstones in Amerindian Peoples: Genes or Environment? by Kenneth M. Weiss Infectious Disease and Nutrition in Temporal Perspective Health and Disease in Prehistoric Populations in Transition by George J. Armelagos Old and New Transitions and Nutrition in Mexico by Luis A. Vargas Infant Mortality in Massachusetts and the United States in the Nineteenth Century by Alan C. Swedlund Historical Epidemiology of Smallpox in Kitee, Finland by L.B. Jorde, K. Pitkanen, J.O. Fellman, and A.W. Eriksson Parasitic Load in South American Tribal Populations by Francisco M. Salzano Mortality and Morbidity Consequences of Variation in Early Child Growth by Jere D. Haas Social Epidemiology Cultural Evolution, Parental Care, and Mortality by Henry C. Harpending, Patricia Draper, and Renee Pennington Assessing the Impact of Environmental Change, with Special Reference to the Role of Urinary Hormones by G.A. Harrison and D.A. Jenner Social Support and Mortality in Post-Transition Populations by Stephen J. Kunitz The Ecology of Kuru by Shirley Lindenbaum Changing Patterns of Disease in India with Special Reference to Child Mortality by Kailash C. Malhotra Agricultural Resources, Community Development, and Early Childhood Mortality in Bangladesh by Barry Edmonston The Education of Women and the Mortality of Children in Bangladesh by Shirley Lindenbaum Conclusion by Alan C. Swedlund and George J. Armelagos Bibliography Index

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