Contributors

Introduction

Anthropology and the Enhancement of Public Health Practice

Robert A. Hahn

I Infections Disease

Folk Flu and Viral Syndrome: An Anthropological Perspective

Susan C. McCombie

The Role of Anthropological Methods in a Community-Based Mosquito Net Intervention in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania

Peter J. Winch

Engaging Indigenous African Healers in the Prevention of AIDS and STDs

Edward C. Green

Anthropological Perspectives on Childhood Pneumonia in Pakistan

Dorothy S. Mull

II Cancer

Ethnography and Breast Cancer Control among Latinas and Anglo Women in Southern California

Leo R. Chavez

F. Allan Hubbell

Shiraz I. Mishra

A Policy Approach to Reducing Cancer Risk in Northwest Indian Tribes

Roberta L. Hall

Kerri Lopez

Edward Lichtenstein

III Pharmacy and Nutrition

The Rational Basis of ``Irrational'' Drug Use: Pharmaceuticals in the Context of Development

Nina L. Etkin

Paul J. Ross

Ibrahim Muazzamu

Cultural Tailoring in Indonesia's National Nutrition Improvement Program

Marcia Griffiths

Michael Favin

IV Injury and Occupational Health

Road Warriors: Driving Behaviors on a Polynesian Island

Judith C. Barker

Balancing Risks and Resources: Applying Pesticides without Using Protective Equipment in Southern Mexico

Linda M. Hunt

Rolando Tinoco Ojanguren

Norah Schwartz

David Halperin

V Community Health

Prospects for Family Planning in Cote d'Ivoire: Ethnographic Contributions to the Development of Culturally Appropriate Population Policy

Ruth P. Wilson

Carolyn F. Sargent

Shegou Darret

Kale Kouame

Integrating Mental Health Care and Traditional Healing in Puerto Rico: Lessons from an Early Experiment

Joan D. Koss-Chioino

Project Community Diagnosis: Participatory Research as a First Step toward Community Involvement in Primary Health Care

Mark Nichter

VI Health Institutions

Neglect of Cultural Knowledge in Health Planning: Nepal's Assistant Nurse-Midwife Program

Judith Justice

Bureaucratic Aspects of International Health Programs

George M. Foster

Appendix: Resources in Anthropology

Glossary

Index