Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea
This paper examines indigenous concepts of health and well-being amongst the Wosera Abelam, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Indigenous conceptual frameworks for understanding human well-being are remarkably resilient despite the use of western medical services and nutritional advice from heal...
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| author | Koczberski, Gina Curry, George |
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| description | This paper examines indigenous concepts of health and well-being amongst the Wosera Abelam, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Indigenous conceptual frameworks for understanding human well-being are remarkably resilient despite the use of western medical services and nutritional advice from health clinics. Their resilience is probably attributable to their embeddedness within a wider worldview that emphasises the social context of health and well-being and thus makes them resistant to change. Whilst the Wosera Abelam are open and receptive to modern health services, their response to these services remains considerably influenced by indigenous concepts of health and illness. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-195142017-01-30T12:14:13Z Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea Koczberski, Gina Curry, George concepts of health - health practices - developing countries - indigenous health practices - East Sepik Province - Papua New Guinea - Pacific Islands This paper examines indigenous concepts of health and well-being amongst the Wosera Abelam, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Indigenous conceptual frameworks for understanding human well-being are remarkably resilient despite the use of western medical services and nutritional advice from health clinics. Their resilience is probably attributable to their embeddedness within a wider worldview that emphasises the social context of health and well-being and thus makes them resistant to change. Whilst the Wosera Abelam are open and receptive to modern health services, their response to these services remains considerably influenced by indigenous concepts of health and illness. 1999 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19514 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | concepts of health - health practices - developing countries - indigenous health practices - East Sepik Province - Papua New Guinea - Pacific Islands Koczberski, Gina Curry, George Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea |
| title | Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea |
| title_full | Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea |
| title_short | Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea |
| title_sort | sik bilong ples: an exploration of meanings of illness and well-being amongst the wosera abelam of papua new guinea |
| topic | concepts of health - health practices - developing countries - indigenous health practices - East Sepik Province - Papua New Guinea - Pacific Islands |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19514 |