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dc.contributor.authorKoczberski, Gina
dc.contributor.authorCurry, George
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:14:13Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:14:13Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:21:05Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.citationKoczberski, G and Curry, G.N.. 1999. Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea. Australian Geographical Studies 37 (3): 230-247.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19514
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This paper examines indigenous concepts of health and well-being amongst the Wosera Abelam, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Indigenous conceptual frameworks for understanding human well-being are remarkably resilient despite the use of western medical services and nutritional advice from health clinics. Their resilience is probably attributable to their embeddedness within a wider worldview that emphasises the social context of health and well-being and thus makes them resistant to change. Whilst the Wosera Abelam are open and receptive to modern health services, their response to these services remains considerably influenced by indigenous concepts of health and illness.

dc.subjectconcepts of health - health practices - developing countries - indigenous health practices - East Sepik Province - Papua New Guinea - Pacific Islands
dc.titleSik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume37
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage230
dcterms.source.endPage247
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Geographical Studies
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Koczberski,G. and Curry, G.N., 1999,Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea, Australian Geographical Studies 37(3,pp. 230-247.

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Reproduced with permission.

curtin.identifierEPR-200
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDepartment of Social Sciences
curtin.facultyDivision of Humanities
curtin.facultyFaculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)


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