Drink boiled water: A cultural analysis of a health education message

Mark Nichter

Social Science & Medicine, 1985, vol. 21, issue 6, 667-669

Abstract: Water boiling is recommended by health educators in Sri Lanka, and boiled water is given to ill and vulnerable people, but it is not widely consumed by the public. The reasons for this behavior derive from long-standing notions about health care. This study complements one presented some years ago by Wellin, based on the health culture of Peruvians.

Date: 1985
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