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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Main Authors: Koczberski, Gina, Curry, George
Format: Journal Article
Published: 1999
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19514
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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