Lambert H
Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
Trop Med Int Health. 1998 Dec;3(12):1002-10. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00336.x.
Rapid assessment procedures informed by anthropology are increasingly commonly being utilised in the formulation of a range of international disease control and prevention strategies. Refinement of these rapid procedures has narrowly focused on their methods, in contrast with the broader potential scope of context-based anthropological contributions. The control of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in India is used to illustrate the potential role of anthropologically informed insights and investigations in the development of effective interventions, with particular reference to the examples of syndromic management, symptom presentation and treatment provision. The paper argues for anthropological epidemiological and clinical studies to be properly integrated in order to fulfil their substantial potential for interdisciplinary illumination.
由人类学提供信息的快速评估程序越来越普遍地被用于制定一系列国际疾病控制和预防策略。与基于背景的人类学贡献的更广泛潜在范围相比，这些快速程序的改进狭隘地集中在其方法上。以印度的艾滋病毒和其他性传播疾病（STD）控制为例，说明人类学提供信息的见解和调查在制定有效干预措施中的潜在作用，特别是关于症状管理、症状表现和治疗提供的例子。本文主张将人类学流行病学和临床研究适当地整合起来，以发挥其跨学科阐释的巨大潜力。
