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OverviewWhat do ordinary women in an African city do in the face of “serious enough” infections in themselves and signs of acute illness in their young children? How do they manage? What does it take to get by? How do they maintain the wellbeing of the household in a setting without what would be considered as basic health provision in an American or European city? Professor Wallman focuses on women in a densely-populated part of Kampala called Kamwokya. With the help of a team of Ugandans and non-Ugandans, a vivid picture emerges, enhanced by color photographs, sketches and maps. Women are largely responsible for the management of illness in all members of the family. Young children are at particular risk and the women have to take the first crucial decisions about treatment. Formal health resources are scarce and so they most often resort to an extraordinary range of treatments provided in the informal economy. A holistic picture of all the options that local people recognize is drawn, and an enriched understanding of problems and opportunities for health care in tropical cities emerges. Multidisciplinary work on sexually transmitted disease is rare, even in this time of AIDS, and the book effectively maps the social contexts of its perception and management. Moreover, it focuses on women as ordinary citizens, selected by residence and not by reference to known medical conditions or high risk behavior. It is important too that the field strategies have encouraged local informants to become active participants in the definition of local problems and their solutions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sandra WallmanPublisher: Ohio University Press Imprint: Ohio University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.463kg ISBN: 9780821411582ISBN 10: 0821411586 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 15 September 1996 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a detailed and well-researched book which will prove to be an important resource for practitioners and academics alike. -- Ambreena Manji, Gender and Development Kampala Women Getting By ... contains a rich combination of detailed field data and incisive analysis...This book is an important contribution to our understanding of the experience of health and health care. ... But the book also has value for its anthropological approach, ensuring that experience studied is always located within its appropriate context, and the author's insistence that context must in turn become the object of careful analysis. -- Leeds African Studies Bulletin The contributors to this book have provided some excellent background on how to approach the area of wellbeing and AIDS which could be applied to other areas of the world. A recommended book for all medical and academic libraries. -- AIDS Book Review Journal The contributors to this book have provided some excellent background on how to approach the area of wellbeing and AIDS which could be applied to other areas of the world. A recommended book for all medical and academic libraries. -- AIDS Book Review Journal Kampala Women Getting By ... contains a rich combination of detailed field data and incisive analysis...This book is an important contribution to our understanding of the experience of health and health care. ... But the book also has value for its anthropological approach, ensuring that experience studied is always located within its appropriate context, and the author's insistence that context must in turn become the object of careful analysis. -- Leeds African Studies Bulletin This is a detailed and well-researched book which will prove to be an important resource for practitioners and academics alike. -- Ambreena Manji, Gender and Development This is a detailed and well-researched book which will prove to be an important resource for practitioners and academics alike. -- Ambreena Manji, Gender and Development Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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