Culture and health [2014]

A David Napier
,
Clyde Ancarno
,
Beverley Butler
,
Joseph Calabrese
,
Angel Chater
,
Helen Chatterjee

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 Good Health and Well

Abstract

Planned and unplanned migrations, diverse social practices, and emerging disease vectors transform how health and wellbeing are understood and negotiated. Simultaneously, familiar illnesses—both communicable and non-communicable—continue to affect individual health and household, community, and state economies. Together, these forces shape medical knowledge and how it is understood, how it comes to be valued, and when and how it is adopted and applied. Perceptions of physical and psychological wellbeing differ substantially across and within societies. Although cultures often merge and change, human diversity assures that different lifestyles and beliefs will persist so that systems of value remain autonomous and distinct. In this sense, culture can be understood as not only habits and beliefs about perceived wellbeing, but also political, economic, legal, ethical, and moral practices and values.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 1607-1639

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

The Lancet (Volume 384, Issue 9954)

Publication milestones

Published - 26/10/2014

Publication status

Published - 26/10/2014

ISSN

0140-6736

External Publication IDs

handle.net: 10547/622999
Scopus: 84923006061

Access to documents

10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61603-2

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