Health care behavior on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast

Bruce Barrett

Social Science & Medicine, 1993, vol. 37, issue 3, 355-368

Abstract: Survey methods are used to investigate health behavior in five communities on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast. Eighteen health behaviors classified as 'biomedical' or 'traditional' are analyzed according to the ethnicity and educational level of the respondent. Household location (urban vs rural) and material wealth are also analyzed as predictors of health care behavior. Traditional behaviors are found to vary considerably among the six ethnic groups and among the various socioeconomic groupings. Biomedical behaviors are not found to be clearly related to ethnicity, wealth, or education.

Keywords: Nicaragua; Central; America; health; behavior; ethnomedicine; traditional; medicine; Western; medicine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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