| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro; RELIGION AND HEALTH CARE IN EAST AFRICA; Contents; List of figures, tables, and boxes; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Preface; 1 Religion, health care, and Africa; Concept Formation: Africa, Religion, and Health; Intellectual context: religious studies, African studies, and health studies; Chapter outlines; 2. Background knowledge, theorizing, and evidence; Theorizing; Evidence; Moving Forward; 3. Uganda; Context; Religion and health care in Uganda: what we know so far; Faith-based health provision and behavior: preliminary findings from interviews; Summary; 4. Mozambique; Context |
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Religion and health care in Mozambique: what we know so farProcesses and outcomes; Summary; 5. Ethiopia; Context; Religion and health care in Ethiopia: what we know so far; Faith-based health provision and behavior: preliminary findings from interviews; Summary; 6. What have we learned?; Processes; Outcomes; A conceptual model of religion and health care in Africa; 7. Conclusion; Implications for concept formation and interdisciplinary academic fields; Causal inference, methods, and other research priorities; Appendix; Interviewees, affiliations, and dates for Uganda |
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Interviews and dates for MozambiqueInterviewees, affiliations and dates for Ethiopia; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book is the first to investigate what role religion plays in health care in East Africa. Taking in to account the geopolitical and economic environments of the region, the authors examine the roles played by individual and group beliefs, government policies, and pressure from the Millennium Development Goals in affecting health outcomes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 5, 2019) |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Africa, East -- Religious aspects
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Medicine -- Africa, East -- Religious aspects
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Medical economics -- Africa, East
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Medical care -- Religious aspects
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Medical economics
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Medicine -- Religious aspects
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Africa, East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781447337881 |
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1447337883 |
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9781447337898 |
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1447337891 |
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9781447338000 |
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1447338006 |
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