ANTH 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Influenza-Like Illness, Good And Evil, Turkwel River
14 Sep 2016
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Good health translates to growth, fitness, well being, and adaptation to the environment. Behavioral attributes- genes, phenotype, environment culture and behavior. Anthropologist have made major contributions to understanding growth, reproduction, nutrition, disease and other attributes of health. African pastoral groups (all are found in relatively arid zones in east africa, the sahel, north. Settled turkana cultivate crops in a number of settlements along the turkwel and. Seasonal monsoon rains and a 8month dry period. Water is not limiting although people must spend considerable effort to find it. Nomads move their herds in search of green forage. Arising from god, through nature, through contagion from natural agents- wind or water. Evil forces- sickness of an evil doer, from witchcraft or the evil eye-they may contaminate the water or food consumed. The same diseases maybe caused by separate agents. Major: brucellosis, malaria, stds, leprosy, hepatitis, accidents, etc. Minor: acute respiratory infection, diarrheal and dehydration, skin infections,
